1997 International Sports Racing Series

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The 1997 International Sports Racing Series season was the first season of International Sports Racing Series (later known as the FIA Sportscar Championship). It was a series for sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight, called SR1 and SR2. It began on July 6, 1997, and ended November 9, 1997, after 4 races.

As a new series, and with only 4 races, no championships were awarded for teams or drivers.

Schedule[edit]

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 United Kingdom Donington 2 Hours Donington Park July 6
2 Belgium Zolder 1 Hour 15 Minutes Zolder Circuit August 3
3 Czech Republic Masaryk Grand Prix (30 Minutes) Autodrom Brno Masaryk September 14
4 Spain Gran Premio Repsol Sport Prototipos (2 Hours) Circuito Permanente Del Jarama November 9

Season results[edit]

Rnd Circuit SR1 Winning Team SR2 Winning Team Results
SR1 Winning Drivers SR2 Winning Drivers
1 Donington Germany #7 Joest Racing Italy #20 Centenari Results
Sweden Stefan Johansson
Italy Pierluigi Martini
Italy Arturo Merzario
Italy Giovanni Li Calzi
2 Zolder Switzerland #6 Horag Hotz Racing None Results
Switzerland Fredy Lienhard
Belgium Didier Theys
3† Brno None Italy #20 Symbol Team Results
Italy Arturo Merzario
4 Jarama France #4 Courage Compétition Italy #20 Symbol Team Results
France Didier Cottaz
France Jérôme Policand
Italy Arturo Merzario
United Kingdom Robin Donovan

† - Round 3 was included in the championship, but only 1 SR2-class car participated. The race was instead made up of CN and S2000 based hillclimb cars.

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