The 1997 International Sports Racing Series season was the first season of International Sports Racing Series (later known as the FIA Sportscar Championship). It was a series for sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight, called SR1 and SR2. It began on July 6, 1997, and ended November 9, 1997, after 4 races.
As a new series, and with only 4 races, no championships were awarded for teams or drivers.
Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Donington 2 Hours Donington Park July 6 2 Zolder 1 Hour 15 Minutes Zolder Circuit August 3 3 Masaryk Grand Prix (30 Minutes) Autodrom Brno Masaryk September 14 4 Gran Premio Repsol Sport Prototipos (2 Hours) Circuito Permanente Del Jarama November 9
Season results
Rnd Circuit SR1 Winning Team SR2 Winning Team Results SR1 Winning Drivers SR2 Winning Drivers 1 Donington #7 Joest Racing #20 Centenari Results Stefan Johansson Pierluigi Martini Arturo Merzario Giovanni Li Calzi 2 Zolder #6 Horag Hotz Racing None Results Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys 3† Brno None #20 Symbol Team Results Arturo Merzario 4 Jarama #4 Courage Compétition #20 Symbol Team Results Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand Arturo Merzario Robin Donovan
† - Round 3 was included in the championship, but only 1 SR2-class car participated. The race was instead made up of CN and S2000 based hillclimb cars.
External links 1997 International Sports Racing Series results