Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship 1997 standings

Championship points standings for the Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship 1997

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Position			Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyres	Points
1.			Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Renault Laguna			281
2.			Frank Biela	Audi Sport UK	Audi A4 Quattro			171
3.			Jason Plato	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Renault Laguna			170
4.			Rickard Rydell	Volvo S40 Racing	Volvo S40			137
5.			James Thompson	Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord			132
6.			Gabriele Tarquini	Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord			130
7.			John Bintcliffe	Audi Sport UK	Audi A4 Quattro			119
8.			David Leslie	Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera Gt			87
9.			Tim Harvey	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot	Peugeot 406			66
10.			Kelvin Burt	Volvo S40 Racing	Volvo S40			60
11.			Antony Reid	Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera GT			56
12.			John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Vauxhall Vectra 16V			44
13.			Paul Radisich	Team Mondeo	Ford Mondeo Ghia			41
14.			Derek Warwick	Vauxhall Sport	Vauxhall Vectra 16V			33
15.			Will Hoy	Team Mondeo	Ford Mondeo Ghia			27
16.			Patrick Watts	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot	Peugeot 406			26
17.			Lee Brookes	Brookes Motorsport	Peugeot 406			5
18.			Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett Racing	Honda Accord			3
19.			Colin Gallie	Team DCSR - Pyramid Motorsport	BMW 318is			2
			Jan Brunstedt	Janco Motorsport	Opel Vectra 16V			0
			Ian Heward	Promotor Sport	Vauxhall Cavalier GSi			0
			Matt Neal	Team Dynamics	Ford Mondeo Ghia Vauxhall Vectra 16V			0
			Jamie Wall	Mint Motorsport	Vauxhall Cavalier GSi			0

		Driver	Number
Most race wins		Alain Menu	12
Most pole positions		Alain Menu	11
Most podium positions		Alain Menu	21
Most podium positions without a win		David Leslie	3
Most fastest race laps		Alain Menu	12
Youngest driver		Jamie Wall	20 y/o
Oldest driver		Jan Brunstedt	47 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
73.9%	Great Britain		Jason Plato, James Thompson, John Bintcliffe, David Leslie, Tim Harvey, Kelvin Burt, Antony Reid, John Cleland, Derek Warwick, Will Hoy, Patrick Watts, Lee Brookes, Robb Gravett, Matt Neal, Ian Heward, Jamie Wall, Colin Gallie	17
8.7%	Sweden		Rickard Rydell, Jan Brunstedt	2
4.3%	Switzerland		Alain Menu	1
4.3%	New Zealand		Paul Radisich	1
4.3%	Italy		Gabriele Tarquini	1
4.3%	Germany		Frank Biela	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1997 Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship

Driver		Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Biela, Frank		32 y/o	24	5	11	2	3
Bintcliffe, John		31 y/o	24	2	4	1	0
Brookes, Lee		29 y/o	23	0	0	0	0
Brunstedt, Jan		47 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Burt, Kelvin		29 y/o	24	0	1	0	0
Cleland, John		44 y/o	24	0	0	0	0
Gallie, Colin		25 y/o	22	0	0	0	0
Gravett, Robb		41 y/o	22	0	0	0	0
Harvey, Tim		35 y/o	24	0	2	0	0
Heward, Ian		32 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Hoy, Will		45 y/o	21	0	0	0	0
Leslie, David		43 y/o	24	0	3	0	0
Menu, Alain		33 y/o	24	12	21	11	12
Neal, Matt		30 y/o	20	0	0	0	0
Plato, Jason		29 y/o	24	2	9	4	1
Radisich, Paul		34 y/o	24	0	0	0	0
Reid, Antony		38 y/o	24	0	2	1	2
Rydell, Rickard		29 y/o	24	1	6	1	1
Tarquini, Gabriele		35 y/o	24	1	6	1	3
Thompson, James		23 y/o	24	1	7	1	2
Wall, Jamie		20 y/o	23	0	0	0	0
Warwick, Derek		42 y/o	24	0	0	0	0
Watts, Patrick		41 y/o	24	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL