The 1997 Autosport International Trophy was a motor race for International Formula 3000 held on the weekend of 10–11 May 1997. The event was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, and consisted of one 205 km race. It was the opening round of ten in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship.
Results Qualifying Drivers below the red line did not qualify for the race. Driver Team Time 1 3 Ricardo Zonta Super Nova Racing 1:40.463 2 2 RSM Marko +0.169 3 26 Jason Watt Den Blå Avis +0.660 4 6 Soheil Ayari Team Astromega +1.074 5 23 Rui Águas Nordic Racing +1.148 6 1 Craig Lowndes RSM Marko +1.320 7 14 Oliver Tichy Pacific Racing +1.387 8 12 Max Wilson Edenbridge Racing +1.448 9 20 Gastón Mazzacane Auto Sport Racing +1.482 10 4 Laurent Redon Super Nova Racing +1.485 11 38 Dino Morelli DKS Racing +1.596 12 21 Tom Kristensen Auto Sport Racing +1.646 13 7 Cyrille Sauvage Draco Racing +1.872 14 27 David Cook DC Cook Motorsport +2.012 15 19 Gareth Rees Durango Formula +2.021 16 15 Marc Gené Pacific Racing +2.050 17 31 Anthony Beltoise Ravarotto Racing +2.085 18 9 Fabrizio Gollin Apomatox +2.087 19 10 Apomatox +2.751 20 5 Boris Derichebourg Team Astromega +2.990 21 18 Stephen Watson Durango +3.038 22 8 Pedro Couceiro Draco Racing +3.264 23 17 Jamie Davies DAMS +3.363 24 35 Christian Horner Arden International +3.462 25 32 Patrick Lemarié Ravarotto Racing +3.604 26 11 Werner Lupberger Edenbridge Racing +3.751 27 29 Markus Friesacher Coloni Motorsport +3.943 28 22 Thomas Biagi Nordic Racing +3.988 29 16 Grégoire de Galzain DAMS +4.104 30 24 Oliver Gavin Bob Salisbury Engineering +6.543 31 37 Gonzalo Rodríguez Redman Bright +7.500 32 30 Emiliano Spataro Coloni Motorsport +13.098 33 25 Thomas Schie Bob Salisbury Engineering +32.181 EXC 36 Kurt Mollekens Source: – Mollekens was excluded from participating in the weekend having failed to attend the drivers' briefing.
Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 21 Tom Kristensen Auto Sport Racing 40 1:21:22.689 12 10 2 8 Pedro Couceiro Draco Racing 40 +4.348 22 6 3 17 Jamie Davies DAMS 40 +4.600 23 4 4 26 Jason Watt Den Blå Avis 40 +7.692 3 3 5 38 Dino Morelli DKS Racing 40 +9.207 11 2 6 32 Patrick Lemarié Ravarotto Racing 40 +10.041 25 1 7 7 Cyrille Sauvage Draco Racing 40 +10.679 13 8 14 Oliver Tichy Pacific Racing 40 +17.826 7 9 10 Apomatox 40 +30.462 19 10 20 Gastón Mazzacane Auto Sport Racing 40 +35.467 9 11 11 Werner Lupberger Edenbridge Racing 40 +52.288 26 12 5 Boris Derichebourg Team Astromega 40 +1:04.380 20 13 15 Marc Gené Pacific Racing 40 +1:30.894 16 14 1 Craig Lowndes RSM Marko 39 +1 lap 6 15 18 Stephen Watson Durango 39 +1 lap 21 16 35 Christian Horner Arden International 39 +1 lap 24 DSQ 3 Ricardo Zonta Super Nova Racing 40 Gearbox 1 DNF 6 Soheil Ayari Team Astromega 29 Spun out 4 DNF 4 Laurent Redon Super Nova Racing 27 10 DNF 2 RSM Marko 20 2 DNF 12 Max Wilson Edenbridge Racing 19 Crash damage 8 DNF 19 Gareth Rees Durango Formula 11 Crash 15 DNF 23 Rui Águas Nordic Racing 7 Spun out 5 DNF 27 David Cook DC Cook Motorsport 0 Crash 14 DNF 31 Anthony Beltoise Ravarotto Racing 0 17 DNF 9 Fabrizio Gollin Apomatox 0 Crash 18 Fastest Lap: Marc Gené (Pacific Racing), 1:53.745 Source:
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Tom Kristensen 10 2 Pedro Couceiro 6 3 Jamie Davies 4 4 Jason Watt 3 5 Dino Morelli 2 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Auto Sport Racing 10 2 Draco Racing 6 3 DAMS 4 4 Den Blå Avis 3 5 DKS Racing 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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