1997 International Sports Racing Series

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

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

Season results

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