Japanese Grand Prix 1997

Suzuka
12 October 1997
53 laps
310.6 km
5.860 km a lap

Pole positionJacques VilleneuveWilliams · 1:36.071
Fastest lapHeinz-Harald Frentzen1:38.942 · lap 48
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	5	Ferrari	2	53	1:29:48.446	10
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzenfastest lap	4	Williams · Renault	6	53	+1.378	6
3	Eddie Irvine	6	Ferrari	3	53	+26.384	4
4	Mika Häkkinen	9	McLaren · Mercedes	4	53	+27.129	3
5	Jean Alesi	7	Benetton · Renault	7	53	+40.403	2
6	Johnny Herbert	16	Sauber · Petronas	8	53	+41.630	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	Jordan · Peugeot	9	53	+56.825
8	Gerhard Berger	8	Benetton · Renault	5	53	+1:00.429
9	Ralf Schumacher	11	Jordan · Peugeot	13	53	+1:22.036
10	David Coulthard	10	McLaren · Mercedes	11	52	Engine
12	Damon Hill	1	Arrows · Yamaha	17	52	+1 lap
13	Pedro Diniz	2	Arrows · Yamaha	16	52	+1 lap
14	Jos Verstappen	18	Tyrrell · Ford	21	52	+1 lap
DNF	Tarso Marques	21	Minardi · Hart	20	46	Gearbox
DNF	Mika Salo	19	Tyrrell · Ford	22	46	Engine
DNF	Olivier Panis	14	Prost · Mugen-Honda	10	36	Engine
DNF	Shinji Nakano	15	Prost · Mugen-Honda	15	22	Wheel bearing
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	20	Minardi · Hart	19	8	Engine
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	22	Stewart · Ford	12	6	Spun off
DNF	Jan Magnussen	23	Stewart · Ford	14	3	Spun off
DSQ	Jacques Villeneuve	3	Williams · Renault	1	53	Ignored yellow flags in practice
DNS	Gianni Morbidelli	17	Sauber · Petronas	18		Injury

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 25, Eddie Irvine 17, Jacques Villeneuve 6, Heinz-Harald Frentzen 5. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Michael Schumacher	2	3	1	1	1	25
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	5	4	2	2	5
Eddie Irvine	3	1	2	3	3	17
Mika Häkkinen	4	4	5	5	4
Jean Alesi	7	6	6	4	5
Johnny Herbert	8	8	7	7	6
Giancarlo Fisichella	9	10	9	9	7
Gerhard Berger	5	7	11	10	8
Ralf Schumacher	13	13	13	12	9
David Coulthard	11	9	8	8	10
Damon Hill	17	11	12	11	12
Pedro Diniz	16	16	14	13	13
Jos Verstappen	21	17	16	16	14
Tarso Marques	20	14	15	14	out
Mika Salo	22	18	17	15	out
Olivier Panis	10	12	10	–	out
Shinji Nakano	15	15	–	–	out
Ukyo Katayama	19	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	12	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	14	–	–	–	out
Jacques Villeneuve	1	2	3	6	out	6

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 75 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 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Michael Schumacher	+13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+16.7	+9.6	+5.0	+1.4
Eddie Irvine	0.0	+6.1	+10.4	+26.4
Mika Häkkinen	+14.9	+10.9	+12.9	+27.1
Jean Alesi	+17.5	+13.7	+11.5	+40.4
Johnny Herbert	+23.6	+26.7	+29.7	+41.6
Giancarlo Fisichella	+29.4	+34.9	+40.5	+56.8
Gerhard Berger	+21.2	+45.2	+47.3	+60.4
Ralf Schumacher	+35.3	+53.5	+75.5	+82.0
David Coulthard	+25.6	+33.7	+33.2	+42.8
Damon Hill	+30.5	+53.0	+75.3	+110.8
Pedro Diniz	+44.9	+73.8	+105.3	+155.3
Jos Verstappen	+50.5	+89.4	+136.1	+185.7
Tarso Marques	+40.9	+83.3	+120.0	out
Mika Salo	+51.5	+90.7	+134.5	out
Olivier Panis	+32.4	+38.3	–	out
Shinji Nakano	+41.2	–	–	out
Ukyo Katayama	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	–	–	–	out
Jacques Villeneuve	+12.3	+6.5	+25.2	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:36.071
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.133	+0.062
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:36.466	+0.395
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.469	+0.398
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:36.561	+0.490
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:36.628	+0.557
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:36.682	+0.611
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:36.906	+0.835
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:36.917	+0.846
10	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:37.073	+1.002
11	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.095	+1.024
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:37.343	+1.272
13	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:37.443	+1.372
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:37.480	+1.409
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:37.588	+1.517
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:37.853	+1.782
17	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:38.022	+1.951
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:38.556	+2.485
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:38.983	+2.912
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:39.678	+3.607
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:40.259	+4.188
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:40.529	+4.458

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Shinji Nakano	1	17	31.423 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	20, 30	29.897 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	21, 37	30.043 s
Michael Schumacher	2	18, 33	30.259 s
Mika Salo	2	18, 31	30.613 s
David Coulthard	2	14, 35	30.675 s
Johnny Herbert	2	20, 37	30.717 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	21, 37	30.769 s
Mika Häkkinen	2	13, 30	30.842 s
Eddie Irvine	2	16, 32	31.022 s
Jos Verstappen	2	16, 33	31.309 s
Pedro Diniz	2	19, 34	31.891 s
Tarso Marques	2	18, 36	32.248 s
Damon Hill	2	17, 36	33.089 s
Olivier Panis	2	15, 32	33.106 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	22, 38	34.548 s
Jean Alesi	3	14, 27, 40	30.326 s
Gerhard Berger	3	13, 26, 39	30.657 s

Every stop, lap by lap (37)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
13	Gerhard Berger	1	30.765 s
13	Mika Häkkinen	1	30.842 s
14	David Coulthard	1	30.847 s
14	Jean Alesi	1	32.083 s
15	Olivier Panis	1	33.106 s
16	Eddie Irvine	1	31.022 s
16	Jos Verstappen	1	31.687 s
17	Shinji Nakano	1	31.423 s
17	Damon Hill	1	33.089 s
18	Michael Schumacher	1	30.259 s
18	Mika Salo	1	31.574 s
18	Tarso Marques	1	32.248 s
19	Pedro Diniz	1	31.891 s
20	Jacques Villeneuve	1	29.897 s
20	Johnny Herbert	1	30.717 s
21	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	30.974 s
21	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	31.246 s
22	Ralf Schumacher	1	34.548 s
26	Gerhard Berger	2	31.605 s
27	Jean Alesi	2	32.317 s
30	Mika Häkkinen	2	31.693 s
30	Jacques Villeneuve	2	37.076 s
31	Mika Salo	2	30.613 s
32	Eddie Irvine	2	32.366 s
32	Olivier Panis	2	36.492 s
33	Jos Verstappen	2	31.309 s
33	Michael Schumacher	2	32.236 s
34	Pedro Diniz	2	35.168 s
35	David Coulthard	2	30.675 s
36	Tarso Marques	2	32.347 s
36	Damon Hill	2	33.350 s
37	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	30.043 s
37	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	30.769 s
37	Johnny Herbert	2	31.204 s
38	Ralf Schumacher	2	40.357 s
39	Gerhard Berger	3	30.657 s
40	Jean Alesi	3	30.326 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	48	1:38.942
2	Michael Schumacher	48	1:39.268	+0.326
3	Jean Alesi	29	1:39.381	+0.439
4	Ralf Schumacher	46	1:39.737	+0.795
5	David Coulthard	52	1:39.771	+0.829
6	Eddie Irvine	15	1:39.935	+0.993
7	Gerhard Berger	48	1:39.998	+1.056
8	Mika Häkkinen	24	1:40.151	+1.209
9	Jacques Villeneuve	22	1:40.163	+1.221
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	45	1:40.217	+1.275

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Michael Schumacher	78	▲1
2	Jacques Villeneuve	77	▼1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	41
4	Jean Alesi	36
5	David Coulthard	30
6	Gerhard Berger	24
7	Eddie Irvine	22	▲1
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	▼1
9	Mika Häkkinen	17	▲1
10	Olivier Panis	16	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points
1	Williams	118
2	Ferrari	100
3	Benetton	64
4	McLaren	47
5	Jordan	33
6	Prost	21
7	Sauber	16
8	Arrows	9
9	Stewart	6
10	Tyrrell	2