en 1997 Mediterranean Grand Prix

The 1997 Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race for International Formula 3000 held on the weekend of 19–20 July 1997. The event was held at Enna-Pergusa in Enna, Sicily, Italy, and consisted of one 202km race. It was the fifth round of ten in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship, as well as the 35th Mediterranean Grand Prix.^[1]

Results

Drivers below the red line did not qualify for the race.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	17	Jamie Davies	DAMS	1:32.846
2	3	Ricardo Zonta	Super Nova Racing	+0.244
3	7	Cyrille Sauvage	Draco Racing	+0.478
4	12	Max Wilson	Edenbridge Racing	+0.604
5	37	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Redman Bright	+0.775
6	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	RSM Marko	+0.802
7	23	Rui Águas	Nordic Racing	+0.881
8	26	Jason Watt	Den Blå Avis	+0.956
9	14	Oliver Tichy	Pacific Racing	+0.985
10	21	Tom Kristensen	Auto Sport Racing	+0.996
11	4	Laurent Redon	Super Nova Racing	+1.194
12	8	Pedro Couceiro	Draco Racing	+1.401
13	36	Kurt Mollekens	Keerbergs Transport Racing	+1.404
14	6	Soheil Ayari	Team Astromega	+1.421
15	22	Marc Gené	Nordic Racing	+1.447
16	1	Craig Lowndes	RSM Marko	+1.491
17	5	Boris Derichebourg	Team Astromega	+1.598
18	20	Gastón Mazzacane	Auto Sport Racing	+1.614
19	33	Thomas Biagi	GP Racing	+1.653
20	18	Stephen Watson	Durango Formula	+1.932
21	19	Gareth Rees	Durango Formula	+1.938
22	11	Werner Lupberger	Edenbridge Racing	+1.943
23	31	Anthony Beltoise	Ravarotto Racing	+1.986
24	16	Grégoire de Galzain	DAMS	+2.174
25	30	Emiliano Spataro	Coloni Motorsport	+2.233
26	29	Markus Friesacher	Coloni Motorsport	+2.396
27	27	David Cook	DC Cook Motorsport	+2.674
28	25	Thomas Schie	Bob Salisbury Engineering	+2.995
29	24	James Taylor	Bob Salisbury Engineering	+4.447
30	35	Christian Horner	Arden International	+4.484
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	17	Jamie Davies	DAMS	41	1:04:48.310	1	10
2	3	Ricardo Zonta	Super Nova Racing	41	+24.262	2	6
3	12	Max Wilson	Edenbridge Racing	41	+32.001	4	4
4	1	Craig Lowndes	RSM Marko	41	+32.987	15	3
5	36	Kurt Mollekens	Keerbergs Transport Racing	41	+41.831	12	2
6	4	Laurent Redon	Super Nova Racing	41	+48.013	11	1
7	18	Stephen Watson	Durango Formula	41	+56.859	19
8	7	Cyrille Sauvage	Draco Racing	41	+1:33.893	3
9	5	Boris Derichebourg	Team Astromega	41	+1:36.019	16
10	22	Marc Gené	Nordic Racing	40	+1 lap	14
11	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	RSM Marko	40	+1 lap	6
12	31	Anthony Beltoise	Ravarotto Racing	40	+1 lap	22
13	30	Emiliano Spataro	Coloni Motorsport	40	+1 lap	24
14	33	Thomas Biagi	GP Racing	40	+1 lap	18
15	20	Gastón Mazzacane	Auto Sport Racing	40	+1 lap	17
16	19	Gareth Rees	Durango Formula	40	+1 lap	20
17	29	Markus Friesacher	Coloni Motorsport	40	+1 lap	25
DNF	6	Soheil Ayari	Team Astromega	22		13
DNF	27	David Cook¹	DC Cook Motorsport	21		26
DNF	21	Tom Kristensen	Auto Sport Racing	17		10
DNF	37	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Redman Bright	14	Crash	5
DNF	16	Grégoire de Galzain	DAMS	9		23
DNF	14	Oliver Tichy	Pacific Racing	5		9
DNF	11	Werner Lupberger	Edenbridge Racing	5		21
DNF	23	Rui Águas	Nordic Racing	0	Crash	7
DNF	26	Jason Watt	Den Blå Avis	0	Crash	8
WD	8	Pedro Couceiro	Draco Racing		Crashed in warm-up
Fastest Lap: Jamie Davies (DAMS), 1:33.500
Source:^[3]

^1 – David Cook did not qualify, but was allowed to start following Pedro Couceiro's withdrawal.

Pos.	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Tom Kristensen	18
1	Jamie Davies	18
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	11.5	-6.5
4	Ricardo Zonta	11	-7
4	Soheil Ayari	11	-7