British Grand Prix 1997

Silverstone
13 July 1997
59 laps
303.3 km
5.141 km a lap

P1Jacques Villeneuve Williams1:28:01.665
P2Jean Alesi Benetton+10.205
P3Alexander Wurz Benetton+11.296

Pole positionJacques VilleneuveWilliams · 1:21.598
Fastest lapMichael Schumacher1:24.475 · lap 34
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jacques Villeneuve	3	Williams · Renault	1	59	1:28:01.665	10
2	Jean Alesi	7	Benetton · Renault	11	59	+10.205	6
3	Alexander Wurz	8	Benetton · Renault	8	59	+11.296	4
4	David Coulthard	10	McLaren · Mercedes	6	59	+31.229	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	11	Jordan · Peugeot	5	59	+31.880	2
6	Damon Hill	1	Arrows · Yamaha	12	59	+1:13.552	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	Jordan · Peugeot	10	58	+1 lap
8	Jarno Trulli	14	Prost · Mugen-Honda	13	58	+1 lap
9	Norberto Fontana	17	Sauber · Petronas	22	58	+1 lap
10	Tarso Marques	21	Minardi · Hart	20	58	+1 lap
11	Shinji Nakano	15	Prost · Mugen-Honda	14	57	Engine
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	9	McLaren · Mercedes	3	52	Engine
DNF	Jan Magnussen	23	Stewart · Ford	15	50	Engine
DNF	Jos Verstappen	18	Tyrrell · Ford	19	45	Engine
DNF	Eddie Irvine	6	Ferrari	7	44	Halfshaft
DNF	Mika Salo	19	Tyrrell · Ford	17	44	Engine
DNF	Johnny Herbert	16	Sauber · Petronas	9	42	Electrical
DNF	Michael Schumacherfastest lap	5	Ferrari	4	38	Wheel bearing
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	22	Stewart · Ford	21	37	Engine
DNF	Pedro Diniz	2	Arrows · Yamaha	16	29	Engine
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	Williams · Renault	2	0	Collision
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	20	Minardi · Hart	18	0	Accident

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: Jacques Villeneuve 36, Michael Schumacher 15, Mika Häkkinen 8. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 30	Lap 44	Finish	Laps led
Jacques Villeneuve	1	1	5	1	1	36
Jean Alesi	11	9	3	4	2
Alexander Wurz	8	10	4	5	3
David Coulthard	6	3	6	6	4
Ralf Schumacher	5	6	9	7	5
Damon Hill	12	12	12	10	6
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	8	11	8	7
Jarno Trulli	13	13	13	11	8
Norberto Fontana	22	16	14	13	9
Tarso Marques	20	18	18	15	10
Shinji Nakano	14	11	10	9	11
Mika Häkkinen	3	4	2	3	out	8
Jan Magnussen	15	20	16	12	out
Jos Verstappen	19	19	19	16	out
Eddie Irvine	7	7	8	2	out
Mika Salo	17	17	17	14	out
Johnny Herbert	9	5	7	–	out
Michael Schumacher	4	2	1	–	out	15
Rubens Barrichello	21	15	15	–	out
Pedro Diniz	16	14	–	–	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.

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Driver	Lap 15	Lap 30	Lap 44	Last lap
Jacques Villeneuve	0.0	+32.4	0.0	0.0
Jean Alesi	+24.6	+31.4	+26.5	+10.2
Alexander Wurz	+25.4	+31.8	+28.7	+11.3
David Coulthard	+19.8	+35.8	+40.1	+31.2
Ralf Schumacher	+21.8	+45.6	+40.6	+31.9
Damon Hill	+32.0	+67.7	+71.2	+73.6
Giancarlo Fisichella	+23.1	+56.9	+58.7	+92.4
Jarno Trulli	+34.8	+85.8	+101.4	+101.5
Norberto Fontana	+38.5	+86.1	+108.0	+135.8
Tarso Marques	+52.4	+102.6	+143.2	+174.7
Shinji Nakano	+26.5	+55.6	+61.7	+66.9
Mika Häkkinen	+20.4	+23.8	+13.9	out
Jan Magnussen	+60.4	+89.2	+104.8	out
Jos Verstappen	+56.7	+135.1	+143.8	out
Eddie Irvine	+22.1	+40.8	+5.9	out
Mika Salo	+44.2	+98.1	+111.7	out
Johnny Herbert	+20.8	+39.5	–	out
Michael Schumacher	+1.2	0.0	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	+37.3	+88.0	–	out
Pedro Diniz	+36.0	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.598
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:21.732	+0.134
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.797	+0.199
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.977	+0.379
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.277	+0.679
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.279	+0.681
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.342	+0.744
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:22.344	+0.746
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.368	+0.770
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.371	+0.773
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.392	+0.794
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:23.271	+1.673
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:23.366	+1.768
14	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	1:23.790	+2.192
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:23.887	+2.289
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:24.067	+2.469
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:24.239	+2.641
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.478	+2.880
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:24.553	+2.955
20	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:25.010	+3.412
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:25.154	+3.556
22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:25.525	+3.927

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Norberto Fontana	P14	P22	SFB

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
David Coulthard	1	30	27.618 s
Mika Häkkinen	1	33	28.164 s
Rubens Barrichello	1	16	28.202 s
Jean Alesi	1	36	28.591 s
Alexander Wurz	1	38	29.149 s
Pedro Diniz	1	23	30.282 s
Tarso Marques	1	30	31.410 s
Michael Schumacher	2	21, 37	25.278 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	27, 54	25.601 s
Mika Salo	2	21, 39	26.824 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	22, 44	27.434 s
Eddie Irvine	2	22, 44	27.653 s
Norberto Fontana	2	19, 40	27.800 s
Shinji Nakano	2	21, 41	28.028 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	22, 42	28.158 s
Jarno Trulli	2	18, 39	28.798 s
Damon Hill	2	15, 37	30.665 s
Jos Verstappen	2	1, 29	37.677 s
Jan Magnussen	3	14, 30, 44	27.075 s
Johnny Herbert	4	17, 38, 39, 41	26.059 s

Every stop, lap by lap (36)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Jos Verstappen	1	1:03.547 s
14	Jan Magnussen	1	27.075 s
15	Damon Hill	1	32.349 s
16	Rubens Barrichello	1	28.202 s
17	Johnny Herbert	1	26.059 s
18	Jarno Trulli	1	28.798 s
19	Norberto Fontana	1	27.800 s
21	Michael Schumacher	1	25.278 s
21	Mika Salo	1	30.139 s
21	Shinji Nakano	1	30.703 s
22	Eddie Irvine	1	27.653 s
22	Ralf Schumacher	1	30.802 s
22	Jacques Villeneuve	1	53.180 s
23	Pedro Diniz	1	30.282 s
27	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	30.959 s
29	Jos Verstappen	2	37.677 s
30	David Coulthard	1	27.618 s
30	Jan Magnussen	2	27.889 s
30	Tarso Marques	1	31.410 s
33	Mika Häkkinen	1	28.164 s
36	Jean Alesi	1	28.591 s
37	Michael Schumacher	2	28.787 s
37	Damon Hill	2	30.665 s
38	Johnny Herbert	2	27.278 s
38	Alexander Wurz	1	29.149 s
39	Johnny Herbert	3	26.588 s
39	Mika Salo	2	26.824 s
39	Jarno Trulli	2	31.491 s
40	Norberto Fontana	2	27.929 s
41	Shinji Nakano	2	28.028 s
41	Johnny Herbert	4	1:10.807 s
42	Ralf Schumacher	2	28.158 s
44	Jacques Villeneuve	2	27.434 s
44	Jan Magnussen	3	28.371 s
44	Eddie Irvine	2	28.455 s
54	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	25.601 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	34	1:24.475
2	Jacques Villeneuve	42	1:25.082	+0.607
3	Eddie Irvine	43	1:25.236	+0.761
4	Ralf Schumacher	35	1:25.872	+1.397
5	Mika Häkkinen	38	1:25.988	+1.513
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	57	1:26.119	+1.644
7	Johnny Herbert	34	1:26.232	+1.757
8	Jean Alesi	50	1:26.260	+1.785
9	Alexander Wurz	51	1:26.429	+1.954
10	Damon Hill	57	1:26.471	+1.996

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 9. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 9
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Michael Schumacher	47
2	Jacques Villeneuve	43
3	Jean Alesi	21	▲3
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	19	▼1
5	Eddie Irvine	18	▼1
6	Olivier Panis	15	▼1
7	David Coulthard	14
8	Gerhard Berger	10
9	Mika Häkkinen	10
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	8

Constructors' championship after round 9
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	65
2	Williams	62
3	Benetton	35
4	McLaren	24
5	Prost	16
6	Jordan	15
7	Sauber	8
8	Stewart	6
9	Tyrrell	2
10	Arrows	1