GT W.C. Europa Sprint & FIA GT

FIA GT Championship 1997 – Race 3: Helsinki

Complete coverage
25 May 1997

Helsinki, Finland

Class GT1

Race result

Finishers
1.	#8 Jyrki Jarvi Lehto / Steve Soper Team Schnitzer · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR	10
2.	#16 Ralf Kelleners Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT1	6
3.	#2 Thomas Bscher / John Nielsen GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR	4
4.	#1 Andrew Gilbert-Scott / Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR	3
5.	#23/24 Mauro Martini / Andrea Boldrini GBF · Lotus Elise GT1	2
6.	#22 Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori BMS Scuderia Italia · Porsche 911 GT1	1
7.	#26 Mauro Baldi / Franz Konrad Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT1
8.	#11 Alexander Wurz / Bernd Schneider AMG · Mercedes CLK GTR
9.	#31 Stefano Butteiro / Horst Felbermayr Augustin Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 Evo (993)
10.	#9 Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia Team Schnitzer · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
11.	#10 Alessandro Nannini AMG · Mercedes CLK GTR
12.	#13/15 Fabien Giroix / Jean-Denis Deletraz / Ratanakol Prutirat Giroix Racing Team · Lotus Elise GT1
13.	#23 Luca Badoer / Domenico Schiattarella GBF · Lotus Elise GT1
Did not start
ns	#19 Alexander Grau / Gerd Ruch Martin Veyhle Racing · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR

Qualifying

Starting grid
1.	#8 Jyrki Jarvi Lehto / Steve Soper Team Schnitzer · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
2.	#10 Alessandro Nannini AMG · Mercedes CLK GTR
3.	#11 Alexander Wurz / Bernd Schneider AMG · Mercedes CLK GTR
4.	#9 Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia Team Schnitzer · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
5.	#2 Thomas Bscher / John Nielsen GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
6.	#1 Andrew Gilbert-Scott / Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
7.	#16 Ralf Kelleners Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT1
8.	#23 Luca Badoer / Domenico Schiattarella GBF · Lotus Elise GT1
9.	#22 Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori BMS Scuderia Italia · Porsche 911 GT1
10.	#23/24 Mauro Martini / Andrea Boldrini GBF · Lotus Elise GT1
11.	#26 Mauro Baldi / Franz Konrad Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT1
12.	#13/15 Fabien Giroix / Jean-Denis Deletraz / Ratanakol Prutirat Giroix Racing Team · Lotus Elise GT1
13.	#19 Alexander Grau / Gerd Ruch Martin Veyhle Racing · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
14.	#31 Stefano Butteiro / Horst Felbermayr Augustin Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 Evo (993)

Class GT2

Race result

Finishers
1.	#56/57 Claudia Hürtgen / Bruno Eichmann / Ni Amorim Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	10
2.	#59 Cor Euser / Harald Becker Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600	6
3.	#63 Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller Krauss Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	4
4.	#53 Jari Nurminen Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R	3
5.	#55 Wido Rössler / Helmut Reis Augustin Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	2
6.	#69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	1
Retirements
R	#57 Fancois Lafon Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R	#67 Michel Ligonnet Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R	#67/66 Toni Seiler / Marco Spinelli Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R	#80 William Wykeham / Charles Morgan Morgan Works Race Team · Morgan Plus 8 GTR

Qualifying

Starting grid
1.	#57 Fancois Lafon Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
2.	#59 Cor Euser / Harald Becker Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600
3.	#67 Michel Ligonnet / Toni Seiler / Marco Spinelli Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
4.	#56/57 Claudia Hürtgen / Bruno Eichmann / Ni Amorim Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
5.	#53 Jari Nurminen Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
6.	#63 Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller Krauss Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
7.	#55 Wido Rössler / Helmut Reis Augustin Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
8.	#69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
9.	#80 William Wykeham / Charles Morgan Morgan Works Race Team · Morgan Plus 8 GTR