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Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

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 Germany AMG-Mercedes Germany Marcel Tiemann
Italy Alessandro Nannini
Germany Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 171
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
2 GT1 12 Germany AMG-Mercedes Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 171
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3 GT1 3 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
Sweden Anders Olofsson
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
France Jean-Marc Gounon
McLaren F1 GTR M 171
BMW S70 6.0L V12
4 GT1 8 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport
Finland JJ Lehto
United Kingdom Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTR M 171
BMW S70 6.0L V12
5 GT1 6 Germany Porsche AG France Bob Wollek
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 169
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 GT1 1 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Denmark John Nielsen
McLaren F1 GTR M 169
BMW S70 6.0L V12
7 GT1 11 Germany AMG-Mercedes Germany Bernd Schneider
Austria Alexander Wurz
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 169
Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
8 GT1 9 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport
Netherlands Peter Kox
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
McLaren F1 GTR M 169
BMW S70 6.0L V12
9 GT1 44 Japan Team Lark McLaren Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
McLaren F1 GTR M 168
BMW S70 6.0L V12
10 GT1 7 Germany Porsche AG United Kingdom Allan McNish
France Yannick Dalmas
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 164
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11 GT1 17 France JB Racing Italy Mauro Baldi
France Emmanuel Collard
France Alain Ferté
Porsche 911 GT1 M 164
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT1 5 United Kingdom David Price Racing Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
France Olivier Grouillard
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 154
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
13 GT1 16 Germany Roock Racing Germany Ralf Kelleners
France Christophe Bouchut
Sweden Carl Rosenblad
Porsche 911 GT1 M 159
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT2 51 France Viper Team Oreca Monaco Olivier Beretta
France Philippe Gache
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 156
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15 GT2 57 Germany Roock Racing Portugal Pedro Chaves
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
Japan Hisashi Wada
Porsche 911 GT2 M 155
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 52 France Viper Team Oreca United Kingdom Justin Bell
United States Tommy Archer
Japan Hideshi Matsuda
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 155
Chrysler 8.0L V10
17 GT2 66 Germany Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
Japan Seiichi Sodeyama
Porsche 911 GT2 P 153
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 56 Germany Roock Racing Switzerland Bruno Eichmann
Portugal Ni Amorim
Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Porsche 911 GT2 M 153
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 83 France Larbre Compétition France Patrice Goueslard
France Jean-Luc Chereau
France Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 148
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 55 Austria Augustin Motorsport Germany Ernst Gschwender
Germany Helmut Reis
Germany Wido Rössler
Porsche 911 GT2 G 143
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 62 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Switzerland Denis Lay
Switzerland Uwe Sick
Switzerland Franz Hunkeler
Porsche 911 GT2 P 145
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 GT2 58 France Estoril Racing Team France Michel Monteiro
Portugal Manuel Monteiro
Switzerland Henri-Louis Maunoir
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 140
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23 GT2 59 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Cor Euser
Germany Harald Becker
Netherlands Herman Buurman
Marcos LM600 D 138
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
24 GT2 63 Germany Krauss Motorsport Japan Takashi Suzuki
Japan Sumio Sakurai
United Kingdom Nigel Smith
Porsche 911 GT2 P 130
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 GT2 53 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Naohiro Kawano
Japan Yukihiro Hane
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 84
Chrysler 8.0L V10
26
NC
GT2 84 Japan NSX Dream 28 Competition Japan Hajime Ooshiro
Japan Masayoshi Furuya
Japan Shigekazu Saeki
Honda NSX ? 45
Honda 3.2L V6
27
DNF
GT1 4 United Kingdom David Price Racing United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Butch Leitzinger
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 G 110
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
28
DNF
GT2 50 United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team
Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing
Italy Luca Drudi
France Michel Ligonnet
Japan Masahiro Kimoto
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 86
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
GT1 46 Japan Team Menicon SARD Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
SARD MC8-R D 71
Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8
30
DNF
GT1 27 United Kingdom Parabolica Motorsport United Kingdom Gary Ayles
United Kingdom Chris Goodwin
Sweden Stefan Johansson
McLaren F1 GTR M 65
BMW S70 6.0L V12
31
DNF
GT2 69 Germany Proton Competition Germany Gerold Ried
France Patrick Vuillaume
Austria Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 P 59
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
32
DNF
GT1 20 France DAMS Panoz France Éric Bernard
France Franck Lagorce
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 M 26
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
33
DNF
GT1 25 France BBA Compétition France Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
Japan Jun Harada
Japan Tomiko Yoshikawa
McLaren F1 GTR D 18
BMW S70 6.1L V12
34
DNF
GT1 15 France First Racing Project
United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing
Thailand Ratanakul Prutirat
France Fabien Giroix
France Jérôme Policand
Lotus Elise GT1 P 15
Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
35
DNF
GT2 85 Japan Team Signal Japan Takeshi Yuasa
Japan Kiyoaki Hanai
Japan Akio Tomita
Nissan Silvia ? 2
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
36
DNF
GT1 39 Japan IDC Ootsukakagu SARD Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi
SARD MC8-R Y 0
Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0L Turbo V8
DNS GT1 2 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
Denmark John Nielsen
Germany Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTR M
BMW S70 6.0L V12

‡ – Did not score points due to 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

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