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1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours

The 1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours was the third race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at a temporary street circuit in Helsinki, Finland on May 25, 1997, jointly with the Formula 3000.

Due to the upcoming of the Le Mans 24 hours race, many teams opted not to participate in this event. This included the factory Porsche, Lotus and Chrysler squads.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team
DNF	22
DNF	23
DNF
GT1	8	DEU BMW Motorsport
DEU Schnitzer Motorsport	FIN JJ Lehto
GBR Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR		113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	16	DEU Roock Racing	DEU Ralf Kelleners
FRA Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT1		110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	2	GBR Gulf Team Davidoff
GBR GTC Racing	DEU Thomas Bscher
DNK John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR		110
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	1	GBR Gulf Team Davidoff
GBR GTC Racing	GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott
FRA Jean-Marc Gounon
FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR		109
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	24	GBR GBF UK Ltd.	ITA Mauro Martini
ITA Andrea Boldrini	Lotus Elise GT1		109
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
GT1	22	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Pierluigi Martini
ITA Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1		108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	26	DEU Konrad Motorsport	AUT Franz Konrad
ITA Mauro Baldi
ITA Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1		108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	11	DEU AMG-Mercedes	DEU Bernd Schneider
AUT Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		107
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
GT2	56	DEU Roock Racing	DEU Claudia Hürtgen
CHE Bruno Eichmann
PRT Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2		106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	59	NLD Marcos Racing International	NLD Cor Euser
DEU Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		106
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
GT1	31	AUT Augustin Motorsport	AUT Karl Augustin
AUT Horst Felbermayr
ITA Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	63	DEU Krauss Motorsport	DEU Michael Trunk
DEU Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	9	DEU BMW Motorsport
DEU Schnitzer Motorsport	NLD Peter Kox
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR		101
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT2	53	GBR Chamberlain Engineering	FIN Pertti Lievonen
FIN Jari Nurminen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		100
Chrysler 8.0L V10
GT2	55	AUT Augustin Motorsport	AUT Manfred Jurasz
DEU Helmut Reis
DEU Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2		100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	10	DEU AMG-Mercedes	DEU Klaus Ludwig
ITA Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		98
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
GT1	15	GBR Lotus Racing Franck Muller
FRA Giroix Racing	FRA Fabien Giroix
THA Ratanakul Prutirat
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1		97
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
GT2	69	DEU Proton Competition	DEU Gerold Ried
FRA Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	60	NLD Marcos Racing International	FIN Ville-Pertti Teuronen
FIN Teijo Lahti	Marcos LM600		93
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
GT1	23	GBR GBF UK Ltd.	ITA Luca Badoer
ITA Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1		83
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
GT2	57	DEU Roock Racing	FRA François Lafon
FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 911 GT2		65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	80	GBR Morgan Motor Company	GBR Charles Morgan
GBR William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR		31
Rover V8 3.9L V8
GT2	66	DEU Konrad Motorsport	FRA Michel Ligonnet
ITA Marco Spinelli
CHE Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		30
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

Pole Position – #8 BMW Motorsport – 1:26.097
Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:27.901
Distance – 359.341 km
Average Speed – 119.420 km/h

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