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1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours

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The **1997 FIA GT Laguna Seca 3 Hours ** was the eleventh and final race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Laguna Seca Raceway, United States on October 26, 1997.

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	25	26
DNF	27
DNF	28	29
DNF	30
DNF	31
DNF	32
DNF	33
DNF	34
DNF	35
DNF	36
DNF	37
DNF	38
DNF	39
DNF	40
DNF	DSQ†	DSQ†
GT1	11	DEU AMG-Mercedes	DEU Bernd Schneider
DEU Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		130
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
GT1	7	DEU Porsche AG	FRA Bob Wollek
FRA Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		130
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	47	DEU Porsche AG	GBR Allan McNish
DEU Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		130
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	3	GBR Gulf Team Davidoff
GBR GTC Racing	FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel
FRA Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR		130
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	6	DEU Porsche AG	BEL Thierry Boutsen
DEU Hans Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		129
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	1	GBR Gulf Team Davidoff
GBR GTC Racing	GBR Geoff Lees
SWE Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR		128
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	12	DEU AMG-Mercedes	AUT Alexander Wurz
CAN Greg Moore	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		127
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
GT1	10	DEU AMG-Mercedes	DEU Marcel Tiemann
ITA Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		127
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
GT1	14	GBR GT1 Lotus Racing	NLD Jan Lammers
NLD Mike Hezemans
ITA Max Angelelli	Lotus Elise GT1		127
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
GT1	2	GBR Gulf Team Davidoff
GBR GTC Racing	DNK John Nielsen
DEU Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		127
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	8	DEU BMW Motorsport
DEU Schnitzer Motorsport	ITA Roberto Ravaglia
GBR Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR		125
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT1	30	GBR G-Force Strandell	GBR Geoff Lister
GBR John Greasley
SWE Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT1		124
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	17	FRA JB Racing	FRA Emmanuel Collard
ITA Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		123
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	56	DEU Roock Racing	CHE Bruno Eichmann
FRA Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		121
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	52	FRA Viper Team Oreca	GBR Justin Bell
USA Tommy Archer	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		120
Chrysler 8.0L V10
GT2	51	FRA Viper Team Oreca	MCO Olivier Beretta
FRA Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		120
Chrysler 8.0L V10
GT2	54	GBR Chamberlain Engineering	IRL Tim O'Kennedy
GBR Richard Dean	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		116
Chrysler 8.0L V10
GT2	63	DEU Krauss Motorsport	DEU Michael Trunk
DEU Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	70	DEU Dellenbach Motorsport	DEU Klaus Horn
DEU Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2		115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	58	FRA Estoril Racing Team	FRA Michel Monteiro
PRT Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	114
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	53	GBR Chamberlain Engineering	USA Tim Moser
USA Shane Lewis
FRA Patrick Vuillaume	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		114
Chrysler 8.0L V10
GT2	97	USA GMB Motorsports	USA Cort Wagner
USA Dirk Layer
USA Kelly Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	?	113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	72	CHE Elf Haberthur Racing	BEL Michel Neugarten
BEL Stéphane de Groodt	Porsche 911 GT2		108
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	77	USA Saleen-Allen Speedlab
GBR Cirtek Motorsport	GBR Robert Schirle
GBR Christian Vann	Saleen Mustang RRR		107
Ford 5.9L V8
GT2	60	NLD Marcos Racing International	NZL Rob Wilson
NLD Martijn Koene	Marcos LM600		106
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
GT2	57	DEU Roock Racing	DEU Uwe Alzen
DEU Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2		66
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	29	GBR Newcastle United Lister	GBR Julian Bailey
BEL Eric van de Poele	Lister Storm GTL		103
Jaguar 7.0L V12
GT2	69	DEU Proton Competition	DEU Gerold Ried
AUT Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2		98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	62	CHE Stadler Motorsport	CHE Uwe Sick
CHE Denis Lay	Porsche 911 GT2		96
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	87	DEU Roock Racing	GBR Hugh Price
GBR John Robinson
DEU André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2		91
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	27	GBR Parabolica Motorsport	GBR Gary Ayles
GBR Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR		82
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT2	61	CHE Stadler Motorsport	CHE Enzo Calderari
CHE Lilian Bryner
DEU Ulli Richter	Porsche 911 GT2		51
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	66	DEU Konrad Motorsport	AUT Franz Konrad
CHE Toni Seiler
USA Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2		37
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT2	95	USA Saleen-Allen Speedlab
GBR Cirtek Motorsport	USA Steve Saleen
ESP Carlos Palau	Saleen Mustang RRR		22
Ford 5.9L V8
GT2	59	NLD Marcos Racing International	NLD Cor Euser
DEU Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		65
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
GT1	9	DEU BMW Motorsport
DEU Schnitzer Motorsport	NLD Peter Kox
FIN JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR		12
BMW S70 6.0L V12
GT2	55	AUT Augustin Motorsport	DEU Wido Rössler
DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2		11
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	20	FRA DAMS Panoz	FRA Éric Bernard
FRA Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		10
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
GT1	13	GBR GT1 Lotus Racing	FRA Fabien Giroix
CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1		7
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
GT2	80	GBR Morgan Motor Company	GBR Mark Hales
GBR William Wykeham
GBR David Vegher	Morgan Plus 8 GTR		2
Rover 5.0L V8
GT1	5	GBR David Price Racing	AUS David Brabham
GBR Andy Wallace	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		128
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
GT1	4	GBR David Price Racing	GBR Perry McCarthy
FRA Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1		124
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8

† – #4 and #5 David Price Racing entries were disqualified due to failing post-race technical inspection. Both cars have front brake ducts larger than those allowed by the rules.

Statistics

Pole Position – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:17.941
Fastest Lap – #7 Porsche AG – 1:19.713
Distance – 468.223 km
Average Speed – 155.398 km/h

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