Sebring Friday qualifying

SEBRING, Fla., October 17, 1997 - Results following today's qualifying session for the October 18th, 10th race of the FIA GT World Championship at the 3.758-mile Sebring International Raceway: P. Drivers Nat Type of car Time Speed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. J.J. Lehto FIN McLaren-BMW F1 GTR 1:55.929 116.69 Steve Soper BRI 2. Bernd Schneider GER Mercedes CLK-GTR 1:56.423 116.20 Alexander Wurz AUT 3. Yannick Dalmas FRA Porsche 911 GT1 1:56.561 116.06 Bob Wollek FRA 4. Alessandro Nannini ITA Mercedes CLK-GTR 1:56.748 115.89 Marcel Tieman GER 5. Klaus Ludwig GER Mercedes CLK-GTR 1:56.930 115.70 Greg Moore CDN 6. Peter Kox NLD McLaren-BMW F1 GTR 1:57.398 115.23 Roberto Ravaglia ITA 7. Hans Stuck GER Porsche 911 GT1 1:57.711 114.93 Thierry Boutsen BEL 8. Eric Bernard FRA Panoz-Ford GTR 1:58.862 113.81 Frank Lagorce FRA 9. Anders Olofsson SWE McLaren-BMW F1 GTR 1:59.198 113.49 Geoff Lees BRI 10. Andy Wallace BRI Panoz-Ford GTR 1:59.757 112.96 Olivier Groullaird FRA 11. Mike Hezemans NLD Lotus GT1 1:59.776 112.95 Lammers NLD 12. David Brabham AUS Panoz-Ford GTR 1:59.817 112.91 Perry McCarthy BRI 13. Jean-Marc Gounon FRA McLaren-BMW F1 GTR 1:59.820 112.90 P-H Raphanel FRA 14. Emmanuel Collard FRA Porsche 911 GT 2:00.757 112.03 Mauro Baldi ITA 15. Thomas Bscher GER McLaren1 GTR 2:00.821 111.97 John Nielsen DEN 16. Julian Bailey BRI Lister Storm 2:02.387 110.54 Eric van de Poele BEL 17. Fabien Giroix FRA Lotus GT1 2:03.311 109.71 Jean-Denis Deletraz CH 18. John Greasly BRI Porsche 911 GT 2:03.931 109.16 Geoff Lister BRI Magnus Wallinder SWE 19. Philippe Gache FRA Dodge Viper 2:05.243 108.02 Olivier Beretta FRA 20. Justin Bell BRI Dodge Viper 2:05.697 107.63 Tommy Archer U.S.