1997 FIA GT Championship season
1997 FIA GT Championship season | |||
Previous: | 1996 | Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 FIA GT Championship season was the first season of FIA GT Championship motor racing. It featured a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. The series began on 13 April 1997 and ended on 26 October 1997 after 11 rounds.
The FIA GT Championship replaced the BPR Global GT Series in 1997, although the rules stayed mostly the same.
Contents
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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Hockenheimring | 13 April |
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Silverstone Circuit | 11 May |
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Helsinki street course | 25 May |
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Nürburgring | 29 June |
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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 20 July |
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A1-Ring | 3 August |
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Suzuka Circuit | 24 August |
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Donington Park | 14 September |
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Mugello Circuit | 28 September |
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Sebring International Raceway | 18 October |
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Laguna Seca Raceway | 26 October |
Season results
Drivers Championship
Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in each class in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1. Drivers who do not drive the car for a prescribed minimum distance were not awarded points.
GT1 Standings
Pos | Driver | Team | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
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6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 72 | |||
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10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 59 | ||
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GT2 Standings
Justin Bell won the GT2 Drivers Championship driving a Chrysler Viper GTS-R for Viper Team Oreca.
Teams Championship
Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in each class in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team were taken into account.
GT1 Standings
Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
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Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR | Mercedes-Benz 6.0L V12 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 110 | ||
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McLaren F1 GTR | BMW 6.0L V12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 85 | |
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McLaren F1 GTR | BMW 6.0L V12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 37 | |
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Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 911 GT1 Evo |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 |
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Porsche 911 GT1 | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
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Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
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McLaren F1 GTR | BMW 6.0L V12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
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Lotus Elise GT1 | Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT1 | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT1 | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 |
GT2 Standings
Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Rd10 | Rd11 | Total |
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 126 | |
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 83 |
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
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Marcos LM600 | Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
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Callaway Corvette LM Porsche 911 GT2 |
Chevrolet 6.3L V8 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 |
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 |
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 in FIA GT Championship. |
- Official FIA GT homepage
- 1997 FIA GT Championship race results
- 1997 FIA GT Championship images Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- 1997 FIA GT Championship points tables Retrieved from web.archive.org on 24 August 2009
- Grand Touring Car Technical Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 25 August 2009