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 LeMans 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 Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 8 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport
JJ Lehto
Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 113
BMW S70 6.0L V12
2 GT1 16 Roock Racing Ralf Kelleners
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT1 M 110
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3 GT1 2 Gulf Team Davidoff
GTC Racing
Thomas Bscher
John Nielsen
McLaren F1 GTR M 110
BMW S70 6.0L V12
4 GT1 1 Gulf Team Davidoff
GTC Racing
Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Jean-Marc Gounon
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR M 109
BMW S70 6.0L V12
5 GT1 24 GBF UK Ltd. Mauro Martini
Andrea Boldrini
Lotus Elise GT1 M 109
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
6 GT1 22 BMS Scuderia Italia Pierluigi Martini
Christian Pescatori
Porsche 911 GT1 P 108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 26 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Mauro Baldi
Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1 P 108
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT1 11 AMG-Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Alexander Wurz
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 107
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
9 GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Bruno Eichmann
Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT2 M 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 59 Marcos Racing International Cor Euser
Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 106
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
11 GT1 31 Augustin Motorsport Karl Augustin
Horst Felbermayr
Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo G 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT2 63 Krauss Motorsport Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 P 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT1 9 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport
Peter Kox
Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 101
BMW S70 6.0L V12
14 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Pertti Lievonen
Jari Nurminen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 100
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15 GT2 55 Augustin Motorsport Manfred Jurasz
Helmut Reis
Wido Rössler
Porsche 911 GT2 G 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT1 10 AMG-Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Alessandro Nannini
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 98
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
17 GT1 15 Lotus Racing Franck Muller
Giroix Racing
Fabien Giroix
Ratanakul Prutirat
Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lotus Elise GT1 P 97
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
18 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 60 Marcos Racing International Ville-Pertti Teuronen
Teijo Lahti
Marcos LM600 D 93
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
20 GT1 23 GBF UK Ltd. Luca Badoer
Mimmo Schiattarella
Lotus Elise GT1 M 83
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
21
DNF
GT2 57 Roock Racing François Lafon
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Porsche 911 GT2 M 65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
GT2 80 Morgan Motor Company Charles Morgan
William Wykeham
Morgan Plus 8 GTR D 31
Rover V8 3.9L V8
23
DNF
GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Michel Ligonnet
Marco Spinelli
Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 P 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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