The 1997 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race for International Formula 3000 held on the weekend of 18–19 May 1997. The event was held at the Circuit de Pau-Ville in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, and consisted of one 207km race. It was the second round of ten in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship, and the 56th running of the Pau Grand Prix.[1]
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| Round 2 of 10 in the 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 18–19 May 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Circuit de Pau-Ville | |||||||||||||
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Results
editQualifying
editDrivers below the red line did not qualify for the race.
Race
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
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| 1 | 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya
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RSM Marko | 75 | 1:32:44.230 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 21 |  Tom Kristensen
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Auto Sport Racing | 75 | +35.073 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 17 |  Jamie Davies
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DAMS | 75 | +37.200 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Laurent Redon
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Super Nova Racing | 75 | +47.855 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage
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Draco Racing | 75 | +48.562 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Soheil Ayari
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Team Astromega | 75 | +1:09.720 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 |  Max Wilson
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Edenbridge Racing | 75 | +1:11.892 | 11 | |
| 8 | 14 |  Oliver Tichy
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Pacific Racing | 75 | +1:15.137 | 9 | |
| 9 | 23 |  Rui Águas
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Nordic Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 10 | 36 |  Kurt Mollekens
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Keerbergs Transport Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 11 | 38 | Dino Morelli
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DKS Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 12 | 26 | Jason Watt
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Den Blå Avis | 74 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| 13 | 32 | Patrick Lemarié
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Ravarotto Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 14 | 25 |  Thomas Schie
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Bob Salisbury Engineering | 74 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 15 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg
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Team Astromega | 74 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| DNF | 19 | Gareth Rees
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Durango Formula | 57 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Fabrizio Gollin
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Apomatox | 45 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 1 |  Craig Lowndes
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RSM Marko | 39 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 31 | Anthony Beltoise
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Ravarotto Racing | 37 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Jean-Philippe Belloc
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Apomatox | 15 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Ricardo Zonta
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Super Nova Racing | 2 | Crash | 8 | |
| DNF | 8 | Pedro Couceiro
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Draco Racing | 2 | Crash | 7 | |
| Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya (RSM Marko), 1:12.697 | |||||||
| Source:[3] | |||||||
Championship standings
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "1997 International Formula 3000 Championship - Round 2 Pau". Classic Sport Classic TIYL on YouTube. 13 March 2021.
- ^ "F3000 International Championship 1997 Pau Classification – Grid". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "F3000 International Championship 1997 Pau Classification – Race". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 March 2024.