11 May FIA Formula 3000 International Championship 1997 Round 01 Silverstone
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Round 1 of the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom on 11 May 1997. Ricardo Zonta started on pole position and Tom Kristensen was the race winner.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Tom Kristensen | Denmark | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:22.689 | - | - | 1:55.806 | 151.588 |
| 2 | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Angola | International Draco Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:27.037 | +4.348 | +4.348 | 1:55.574 | 151.453 |
| 3 | 17 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 40 | 1:21:27.289 | +4.600 | +0.252 | 1:55.019 | 151.445 |
| 4 | 26 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:30.381 | +7.692 | +3.092 | 1:55.643 | 151.350 |
| 5 | 38 | Dino Morelli | Great Britain | Gosselin Competition | Avon | 40 | 1:21:31.896 | +9.207 | +1.515 | 1:55.857 | 151.303 |
| 6 | 32 | Patrick Lemarié | France | Ravarotto Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:32.730 | +10.041 | +0.834 | 1:55.968 | 151.277 |
| 7 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | International Draco Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:33.368 | +10.679 | +0.638 | 1:55.574 | 151.257 |
| 8 | 14 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Pacific Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:40.515 | +17.826 | +7.147 | 1:56.183 | 151.037 |
| 9 | 10 | Jean Philippe Belloc | France | Apomatox | Avon | 40 | 1:21:53.151 | +30.462 | +12.636 | 1:54.779 | 150.648 |
| 10 | 20 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:58.156 | +35.467 | +5.005 | 1:56.400 | 150.495 |
| 11 | 11 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:22:14.977 | +52.288 | +16.821 | 1:56.734 | 149.982 |
| 12 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 40 | 1:22:27.069 | +1:04.380 | +12.092 | 1:57.823 | 149.615 |
| 13 | 15 | Marc Gené | Spain | Pacific Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:22:53.583 | +1:30.894 | +26.514 | 1:53.745 | 148.818 |
| 14 | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Australia | RSM Marko | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:56.867 | ||
| 15 | 18 | Stephen Watson | South Africa | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1:55.785 | |||
| 16 | 35 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1:59.293 | |||
| DSQ | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Brazil | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:21:15.501 | 1:54.973 | 151.812 | ||
| DNF | 6 | Soheil Ayari | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 29 | 1:56.028 | ||||
| DNF | 4 | Laurent Redon | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 27 | 1:57.856 | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | RSM Marko | Avon | 20 | 1:55.774 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 19 | 1:56.485 | ||||
| DNF | 19 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 11 | 1:59.568 | ||||
| DNF | 23 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Nordic Racing | Avon | 7 | 1:56.721 | ||||
| DNS | 36 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | David Cook | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 31 | Anthony Beltoise | France | DKS Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 9 | Fabrizio Gollin | Italy | Apomatox | Avon |