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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※

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※

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.

External links※

• 1997 International Sports Racing Series results

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