The 1997 Pokka Suzuka 1000km was the seventh race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan on August 24, 1997.
Several Japanese teams chose to participate in this race, conforming to either the GT1 and GT2 classes.
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 10 AMG-Mercedes Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini Bernd Schneider‡ Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 171 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 2 GT1 12 AMG-Mercedes Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 171 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 3 GT1 3 Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing Anders Olofsson Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon McLaren F1 GTR 171 BMW S70 6.0L V12 4 GT1 8 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport JJ Lehto Steve Soper McLaren F1 GTR 171 BMW S70 6.0L V12 5 GT1 6 Porsche AG Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen Hans-Joachim Stuck Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 169 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 6 GT1 1 Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing Andrew Gilbert-Scott Geoff Lees John Nielsen McLaren F1 GTR 169 BMW S70 6.0L V12 7 GT1 11 AMG-Mercedes Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz Aguri Suzuki Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 169 Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12 8 GT1 9 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia McLaren F1 GTR 169 BMW S70 6.0L V12 9 GT1 44 Team Lark McLaren Keiichi Tsuchiya Masanori Sekiya Akihiko Nakaya McLaren F1 GTR 168 BMW S70 6.0L V12 10 GT1 7 Porsche AG Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas Pedro Lamy Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 164 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 11 GT1 17 JB Racing Mauro Baldi Emmanuel Collard Alain Ferté Porsche 911 GT1 164 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 12 GT1 5 David Price Racing David Brabham Perry McCarthy Olivier Grouillard Panoz Esperante GTR-1 154 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 13 GT1 16 Roock Racing Ralf Kelleners Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad Porsche 911 GT1 159 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache Chrysler Viper GTS-R 156 Chrysler 8.0L V10 15 GT2 57 Roock Racing Pedro Chaves Robert Nearn Hisashi Wada Porsche 911 GT2 155 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Justin Bell Tommy Archer Hideshi Matsuda Chrysler Viper GTS-R 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 17 GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Wolfgang Kaufmann Seiichi Sodeyama Porsche 911 GT2 153 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT2 56 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim Claudia Hürtgen Porsche 911 GT2 153 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 19 GT2 83 Larbre Compétition Patrice Goueslard Jean-Luc Chereau Jack Leconte Porsche 911 GT2 ? 148 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT2 55 Augustin Motorsport Ernst Gschwender Helmut Reis Wido Rössler Porsche 911 GT2 147 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Denis Lay Uwe Sick Franz Hunkeler Porsche 911 GT2 145 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT2 58 Estoril Racing Team Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro Henri-Louis Maunoir Porsche 911 GT2 ? 140 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 23 GT2 59 Marcos Racing International Cor Euser Harald Becker Herman Buurman Marcos LM600 138 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 24 GT2 63 Krauss Motorsport Takashi Suzuki Sumio Sakurai Nigel Smith Porsche 911 GT2 130 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 25 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Manabu Orido Naohiro Kawano Yukihiro Hane Chrysler Viper GTS-R 84 Chrysler 8.0L V10 26NC GT2 84 NSX Dream 28 Competition Hajime Ooshiro Masayoshi Furuya Shigekazu Saeki Honda NSX ? 45 Honda 3.2L V6 27DNF GT1 4 David Price Racing Andy Wallace James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Panoz Esperante GTR-1 110 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 28DNF GT2 50 Agusta Racing Team Elf Haberthur Racing Luca Drudi Michel Ligonnet Masahiro Kimoto Porsche 911 GT2 ? 86 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF GT1 46 Team Menicon SARD Masami Kageyama Tetsuya Tanaka SARD MC8-R 71 Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8 30DNF GT1 27 Parabolica Motorsport Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin Stefan Johansson McLaren F1 GTR 65 BMW S70 6.0L V12 31DNF GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 59 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 32DNF GT1 20 DAMS Panoz Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce Panoz Esperante GTR-1 26 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 33DNF GT1 25 BBA Compétition Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Jun Harada Tomiko Yoshikawa McLaren F1 GTR 18 BMW S70 6.1L V12 34DNF GT1 15 First Racing Project GT1 Lotus Racing Ratanakul Prutirat Fabien Giroix Jérôme Policand Lotus Elise GT1 15 Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8 35DNF GT2 85 Team Signal Takeshi Yuasa Kiyoaki Hanai Akio Tomita Nissan Silvia ? 2 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 36DNF GT1 39 IDC Ootsukakagu SARD Tatsuya Tanigawa Yuji Tachikawa Yasutaka Hinoi SARD MC8-R 0 Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8 DNS GT1 2 Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing John Nielsen Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR – BMW S70 6.0L V12 ‡ – Scored points despite not being entered in that car
Statistics Pole Position – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 1:56.023 Fastest Lap – #12 AMG-Mercedes – 2:00.019 Average Speed – 167.340 km/h
References
External links World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results