Layout of the Helsinki Thunder street circuit for 1997

The 1997 FIA GT Helsinki 3 Hours was the third race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season. It was run at a temporary street circuit in Helsinki, Finland on May 25, 1997, jointly with the Formula 3000.

Due to the upcoming of the LeMans 24 hours race, many teams opted not to participate in this event. This included the factory Porsche, Lotus and Chrysler squads.

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	8	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	M	113
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
2	GT1	16	Roock Racing	Ralf Kelleners Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT1	M	110
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3	GT1	2	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR	M	110
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
4	GT1	1	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	109
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
5	GT1	24	GBF UK Ltd.	Mauro Martini Andrea Boldrini	Lotus Elise GT1	M	109
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
6	GT1	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Christian Pescatori	Porsche 911 GT1	P	108
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Mauro Baldi Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1	P	108
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8	GT1	11	AMG-Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Alexander Wurz	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	107
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
9	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Bruno Eichmann Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT2	M	106
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	59	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	106
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
11	GT1	31	Augustin Motorsport	Karl Augustin Horst Felbermayr Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	103
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	63	Krauss Motorsport	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	P	103
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT1	9	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Peter Kox Roberto Ravaglia	McLaren F1 GTR	M	101
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Pertti Lievonen Jari Nurminen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	100
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	55	Augustin Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Helmut Reis Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	100
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT1	10	AMG-Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Alessandro Nannini	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	98
					Mercedes-Benz LS600 6.0L V12
17	GT1	15	Lotus Racing Franck Muller Giroix Racing	Fabien Giroix Ratanakul Prutirat Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lotus Elise GT1	P	97
					Chevrolet LT5 6.0L V8
18	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	94
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	60	Marcos Racing International	Ville-Pertti Teuronen Teijo Lahti	Marcos LM600	D	93
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
20	GT1	23	GBF UK Ltd.	Luca Badoer Mimmo Schiattarella	Lotus Elise GT1	M	83
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
21 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	François Lafon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 911 GT2	M	65
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 DNF	GT2	80	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	31
					Rover V8 3.9L V8
23 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Ligonnet Marco Spinelli Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	P	30
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position – #8 BMW Motorsport – 1:26.097
• Fastest Lap – #11 AMG-Mercedes – 1:27.901
• Distance – 359.341 km
• Average Speed – 119.420 km/h

External links

• World Sports Prototype Racing – Race Results