1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours

Layout of the Mugello Circuit

The 1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours was the ninth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at Mugello Circuit, Italy on September 28, 1997.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[1][2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	132
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
2	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Marcel Tiemann Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	132
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	132
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	6	Porsche AG	Thierry Boutsen Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	132
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	131
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
6	GT1	3	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jean-Marc Gounon	McLaren F1 GTR	M	157
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	20	DAMS Panoz	Éric Bernard Franck Lagorce	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	M	131
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
8	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Geoff Lees Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	M	130
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
9	GT1	12	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	130
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
10	GT1	5	David Price Racing	David Brabham Perry McCarthy	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	129
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
11	GT1	14	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	M	129
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
12	GT1	21	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Carl Rosenblad	Porsche 911 GT1	G	128
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsport	Gary Ayles Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR	M	127
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
14	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Justin Bell Luca Drudi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	122
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Stéphane Ortelli Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	M	121
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Pedro Chaves Ni Amorim Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT2	M	121
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Marco Spinelli Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	P	118
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Ernst Gschwender Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	G	117
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	87	Roock Racing	Hugh Price John Robinson Mike Martin	Porsche 911 GT2	M	117
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	70	Dellenbach Motorsport	Klaus Horn Günther Blieninger Rainer Bonnetmsüller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	116
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	68	Rennsport Italia	Angelo Zadra Philipp Peter	Porsche 911 GT2	?	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT2	65	RWS	Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sangiuolo Mario Spagnoli	Porsche 911 GT2	?	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Renato Mastropietro Leonardo Maddalena Piergiuseppe Peroni	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	115
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
24	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick Denis Lay	Porsche 911 GT2	P	114
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	73	Seikel Motorsport	Bruno Michelotti Jacques Corbet Andrew Bagnall	Porsche 911 GT2	?	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	M	111
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
27 DNF	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Ralf Kalaschek Max Angelelli Davide Campana	Lotus Elise GT1	M	105
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
28 DNF	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	103
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
29 DNF	GT1	17	JB Racing	Emmanuel Collard Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	98
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	GT1	4	David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	G	96
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
31 DNF	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	82
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
32 DNF	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Hans-Jörg Hofer Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	74
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	70
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
35 DNF	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	67
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
36 DNF	GT2	63	Krauss Rennsport Technik	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	61
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT2	77	Saleen-Allen Speedlab Cirtek Motorsport	Peter Owen Robert Schirle Mark Peters	Saleen Mustang RRR	D	45
					Ford 5.9L V8
38 DNF	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	34
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
39 DNF	GT1	19	Martin Veyhle Racing (MVR)	Alexander Grau Marco Werner	Lotus Elise GT1	?	11
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT2	64	Kremer Racing	Alfonso de Orléans-Bourbon Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 911 GT2	G	7
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	58	Estoril Racing Team	Michel Monteiro Manuel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT2	?	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Mauro Simoncini Alfons Taels	Marcos LM600	D	–
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:41.865
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:45.013
• Distance – 692.340 km
• Average Speed – 171.930 km/h

References

1. "1997 Mugello FIA GT". Motor Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
2. "FIA GT Championship Mugello 1997". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 19 May 2026.

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results

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