European Grand Prix 1997

Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera
26 October 1997
69 laps
305.5 km
4.428 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionJacques VilleneuveWilliams · 1:21.072
Fastest lapHeinz-Harald Frentzen1:23.135 · lap 30
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	9	McLaren · Mercedes	5	69	1:38:57.771	10
2	David Coulthard	10	McLaren · Mercedes	6	69	+1.654	6
3	Jacques Villeneuve	3	Williams · Renault	1	69	+1.803	4
4	Gerhard Berger	8	Benetton · Renault	8	69	+1.919	3
5	Eddie Irvine	6	Ferrari	7	69	+3.789	2
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzenfastest lap	4	Williams · Renault	3	69	+4.537	1
7	Olivier Panis	14	Prost · Mugen-Honda	9	69	+1:07.145
8	Johnny Herbert	16	Sauber · Petronas	14	69	+1:12.961
9	Jan Magnussen	23	Stewart · Ford	11	69	+1:17.487
10	Shinji Nakano	15	Prost · Mugen-Honda	15	69	+1:18.215
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	Jordan · Peugeot	17	68	+1 lap
12	Mika Salo	19	Tyrrell · Ford	21	68	+1 lap
13	Jean Alesi	7	Benetton · Renault	10	68	+1 lap
14	Norberto Fontana	17	Sauber · Petronas	18	68	+1 lap
15	Tarso Marques	21	Minardi · Hart	20	68	+1 lap
16	Jos Verstappen	18	Tyrrell · Ford	22	68	+1 lap
17	Ukyo Katayama	20	Minardi · Hart	19	68	+1 lap
DNF	Michael Schumacher	5	Ferrari	2	47	Collision
DNF	Damon Hill	1	Arrows · Yamaha	4	47	Gearbox
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	11	Jordan · Peugeot	16	44	Water leak
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	22	Stewart · Ford	12	30	Gearbox
DNF	Pedro Diniz	2	Arrows · Yamaha	13	11	Spun off

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Michael Schumacher 39, Jacques Villeneuve 24, Heinz-Harald Frentzen 5, Mika Häkkinen 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 17	Lap 35	Lap 52	Finish	Laps led
Mika Häkkinen	5	4	4	3	1	1
David Coulthard	6	5	3	2	2
Jacques Villeneuve	1	2	2	1	3	24
Gerhard Berger	8	9	8	5	4
Eddie Irvine	7	7	6	4	5
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	3	5	6	6	5
Olivier Panis	9	11	10	7	7
Johnny Herbert	14	13	12	8	8
Jan Magnussen	11	8	9	9	9
Shinji Nakano	15	15	14	10	10
Giancarlo Fisichella	17	14	15	11	11
Mika Salo	21	20	16	12	12
Jean Alesi	10	12	11	13	13
Norberto Fontana	18	17	17	14	14
Tarso Marques	20	21	19	15	15
Jos Verstappen	22	16	18	16	16
Ukyo Katayama	19	18	20	17	17
Michael Schumacher	2	1	1	–	out	39
Damon Hill	4	6	7	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	16	19	13	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	12	10	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	13	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 17	Lap 35	Lap 52	Last lap
Mika Häkkinen	+16.5	+18.6	+9.8	0.0
David Coulthard	+18.4	+18.0	+8.9	+1.7
Jacques Villeneuve	+5.0	+2.1	0.0	+1.8
Gerhard Berger	+28.0	+26.8	+14.3	+1.9
Eddie Irvine	+21.3	+21.8	+13.5	+3.8
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+14.4	+19.3	+19.9	+4.5
Olivier Panis	+42.6	+57.4	+62.7	+67.1
Johnny Herbert	+47.3	+65.6	+68.0	+73.0
Jan Magnussen	+26.7	+56.8	+71.0	+77.5
Shinji Nakano	+52.2	+78.1	+90.2	+78.2
Giancarlo Fisichella	+51.4	+79.0	+93.2	+96.8
Mika Salo	+69.1	+93.7	+108.0	+106.1
Jean Alesi	+43.3	+58.0	+110.3	+106.8
Norberto Fontana	+58.8	+95.9	+121.8	+136.7
Tarso Marques	+75.9	+111.1	+134.5	+147.8
Jos Verstappen	+58.3	+110.6	+138.9	+157.3
Ukyo Katayama	+59.7	+112.9	+139.6	+157.9
Michael Schumacher	0.0	0.0	–	out
Damon Hill	+19.9	+25.6	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	+68.9	+77.6	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	+42.4	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.072
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.072
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:21.072
4	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:21.130	+0.058
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.369	+0.297
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:21.476	+0.404
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.610	+0.538
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:21.656	+0.584
9	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:21.735	+0.663
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.011	+0.939
11	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:22.167	+1.095
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.222	+1.150
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:22.234	+1.162
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.263	+1.191
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:22.351	+1.279
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.740	+1.668
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.804	+1.732
18	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	1:23.281	+2.209
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:23.409	+2.337
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:23.854	+2.782
21	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.222	+3.150
22	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:24.301	+3.229

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Eddie Irvine	2	24, 44	25.567 s
Jos Verstappen	2	22, 43	25.588 s
David Coulthard	2	25, 45	25.716 s
Johnny Herbert	2	27, 46	25.817 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	23, 44	25.958 s
Mika Häkkinen	2	26, 44	26.003 s
Michael Schumacher	2	22, 43	26.209 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	28, 48	26.324 s
Shinji Nakano	2	25, 48	26.372 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	24, 47	26.736 s
Norberto Fontana	2	24, 42	27.084 s
Gerhard Berger	2	29, 47	27.258 s
Olivier Panis	2	20, 43	27.307 s
Damon Hill	2	22, 45	27.521 s
Ukyo Katayama	2	25, 46	28.013 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	17, 43	28.089 s
Jan Magnussen	2	19, 45	28.220 s
Mika Salo	3	15, 34, 51	24.729 s
Tarso Marques	3	15, 33, 51	26.085 s
Jean Alesi	3	25, 45, 47	26.415 s

Every stop, lap by lap (43)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
15	Mika Salo	1	25.492 s
15	Tarso Marques	1	27.185 s
17	Ralf Schumacher	1	28.307 s
19	Jan Magnussen	1	28.726 s
20	Olivier Panis	1	27.307 s
22	Jos Verstappen	1	25.588 s
22	Michael Schumacher	1	26.209 s
22	Damon Hill	1	27.764 s
23	Jacques Villeneuve	1	25.958 s
24	Eddie Irvine	1	25.567 s
24	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	26.845 s
24	Norberto Fontana	1	27.084 s
25	David Coulthard	1	25.855 s
25	Shinji Nakano	1	27.288 s
25	Jean Alesi	1	27.889 s
25	Ukyo Katayama	1	29.713 s
26	Mika Häkkinen	1	26.003 s
27	Johnny Herbert	1	25.817 s
28	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	26.324 s
29	Gerhard Berger	1	27.258 s
33	Tarso Marques	2	26.085 s
34	Mika Salo	2	24.729 s
42	Norberto Fontana	2	30.968 s
43	Michael Schumacher	2	27.802 s
43	Jos Verstappen	2	27.921 s
43	Ralf Schumacher	2	28.089 s
43	Olivier Panis	2	29.862 s
44	Mika Häkkinen	2	26.875 s
44	Eddie Irvine	2	26.956 s
44	Jacques Villeneuve	2	27.153 s
45	David Coulthard	2	25.716 s
45	Damon Hill	2	27.521 s
45	Jan Magnussen	2	28.220 s
45	Jean Alesi	2	28.698 s
46	Johnny Herbert	2	26.193 s
46	Ukyo Katayama	2	28.013 s
47	Jean Alesi	3	26.415 s
47	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	26.736 s
47	Gerhard Berger	2	29.986 s
48	Shinji Nakano	2	26.372 s
48	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	33.880 s
51	Mika Salo	3	25.377 s
51	Tarso Marques	3	27.513 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	30	1:23.135
2	Gerhard Berger	31	1:23.361	+0.226
3	Michael Schumacher	42	1:23.692	+0.557
4	Jacques Villeneuve	42	1:23.906	+0.771
5	Olivier Panis	45	1:23.941	+0.806
6	Jean Alesi	27	1:23.975	+0.840
7	David Coulthard	27	1:24.006	+0.871
8	Mika Häkkinen	28	1:24.072	+0.937
9	Eddie Irvine	37	1:24.266	+1.131
10	Damon Hill	40	1:24.274	+1.139

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jacques Villeneuve	81	▲1
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	42	▲1
3	David Coulthard	36	▲2
4	Jean Alesi	36
5	Gerhard Berger	27	▲1
6	Mika Häkkinen	27	▲3
7	Eddie Irvine	24
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	20
9	Olivier Panis	16	▲1
10	Johnny Herbert	15	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Williams	123
2	Ferrari	102
3	Benetton	67
4	McLaren	63
5	Jordan	33
6	Prost	21
7	Sauber	16
8	Arrows	9
9	Stewart	6
10	Tyrrell	2