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1997 Macau Grand Prix

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Race details
Date 16 November 1997
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit
6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance Leg 1
15 laps, 73.44 km (45.63 mi)
Leg 2
15 laps, 73.44 km (45.63 mi)
Leg 1
Pole
Driver France Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Time 2:15.892
Fastest Lap
Driver France Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Time 2:16.111
Podium
First France Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Second France Patrice Gay Graff Racing
Third Macau André Couto Prema Powerteam
Leg 2
Driver France Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Fastest Lap
Driver Netherlands Tom Coronel TOM'S
Time 2:15.950
Podium
First France Soheil Ayari Graff Racing
Second France Patrice Gay Graff Racing
Third Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme

The 1997 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 44th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 1997. It was the fourteenth edition for Formula Three cars. Although he crashed at 250 km/h (160 mph) on the ninth lap of the first leg which necessitated a rebuild of his car, Graff Racing driver Soheil Ayari won the two-leg aggregate event by 11.5 seconds over his teammate Patrice Gay in second position. Third place was taken by Enrique Bernoldi of the Promatecme team.[1]

Entry list

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Team No Driver Vehicle Engine
United Kingdom San Miguel Paul Stewart Racing 1 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
2 United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Germany Bertram Schafer Racing 3 Italy Massimiliano Angelelli Dallara 397 Opel
5 Belgium Bas Leinders
Italy RC Motorsport 6 Italy Oliver Martini Dallara 397 Opel
12 Italy Michele Gasparini Dallara 396
Japan TOM'S 7 Netherlands Tom Coronel Dallara 397 Toyota
France Gauloises Graff Racing 8 France Patrice Gay Dallara 396 Opel
9 France Soheil Ayari
France Promatecme 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Dallara 397 Renault
16 France Nicolas Minassian
France LD Autosport 17 France Stéphane Sarrazin Dallara 396 Fiat
Japan Toda Racing 18 Japan Yuji Tachikawa Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
Italy Prema Powerteam 19 Portugal André Couto Dallara 397 Opel
20 Netherlands Donny Crevels Dallara 396 Fiat
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing 21 Germany Wolf Henzler Martini MK73 Opel
United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing 22 Australia Mark Webber Dallara 397 Mugen-Honda
23 Brazil Ricardo Maurício
France ASM Formule 3 25 Belgium David Saelens Dallara 396 Opel
Italy EF Project 26 Italy Maurizio Mediani Dallara 397 Fiat
Japan Tomei Sport 27 Argentina Sebastián Martino Dallara 397 Opel
28 Japan Keiichi Nishimiya Dallara 396
Germany GM Motorsport 29 United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Dallara 397 Opel
30 Germany Norman Simon
France La Filiere 31 France Franck Montagny Martini MK73 Opel
32 Spain Oriol Servià
United Kingdom Martin Donnelly Racing 33 Brazil Mário Haberfeld Dallara 397 Opel
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 35 United Kingdom Ben Collins Dallara 397 Mitsubishi
36 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom
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Race results

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References

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  1. ^ MacDonald, Bruce (17 November 1997). "Ayari rises from the ashes to grab Macau Grand Prix". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Macau Grand Prix 1997 - Entry List" (PDF). Macau Grand Prix. Formel 3 Guide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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