The EFDA Nations Cup, was a Country vs Country competition for Formula Opel cars between 1990 and 1998. It had always been Dan Partel's dream to stage a race that pitted drivers in equal cars racing for their country. The Formula Opel/Vauxhall one make racing series offered the best opportunity for such an event.

The 1997 EFDA Nations Cup (Nations Cup VIII), was held at Donington Park, England (18/19 October 1997).

Final positions

Position	Country	Driver 1	Driver 2
1	Italy	Giovanni Montanari	Giovanni Anapoli Giovanni Anapoli Giovanni Anapoli is a race car driver born in Montecchio Precalcino, Italy on 23 August 1974.He began his career in 1994, driving in Italian Formula Europa Boxer, where he would race until 1995 when he moved to Formula Opel Euroseries....
2	Brazil	Marcello Battistuzzi	Wagner Ebrahim
3	Germany	Marko Stipp	Jorg Bergmeister Jörg Bergmeister Jörg Bergmeister is a race car driver from Germany.His father, Willi Bergmeister, owns a workshop and dealership where Michael Schumacher learned his trade as a car mechanic in the 1980s....
4	European Union	Warren Carway	Justin Wilson
5	United States	Buddy Rice Buddy Rice Buddy Rice is an American racecar driver. He is best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 while driving for Rahal Letterman Racing, and the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona for Brumos Racing.-Early career:...	Matt Sielsky
6	Austria	Hubert Stromberger Hubert Stromberger Hubert Stromberger is a former Austrian racing driver. He competed in one CART Championship Car race for Project Indy in 1995 at Road America where he started 27th and finished 16th. He also attempted to qualify at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course a month later but failed to make the race...	Walter Thimmler
7	United Kingdom	Adam Wilcox Adam Wilcox Adam Wilcox is a British racing driver.-Career:Wilcox has been racing since he was eight years old and has won eight major championship titles...	Stuart Mosley
8	Republic of Ireland	Vivion Daly	Mark Kershaw
9	Netherlands	Sandor Van Es	Sepp Koster
10	United Nations	Andrea Piccini Andrea Piccini Andrea Piccini is a Italian racing driver, currently competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Hexis AMR.-Single Seaters:...	Tony Bertocchi
11	Nordic Nordic countries The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...	Hannu Viinikainen	Andreas Bostrom
12	South America South America South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...	Fabricio Masullo	Luciano Zanguirolani
13	Australia	Stephen White Stephen White Stephen White may refer to:* Stephen K. White, American political theorist at the University of Virginia* Stephen M. White , U.S. Senator from California* Stephen V. White , U.S. congressman from New York...	Ian Agnew

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