San Marino Grand Prix 1997

Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola
27 April 1997
62 laps
305.7 km
4.959 km a lap

P1Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams1:31:00.673
P2Michael Schumacher Ferrari+1.237
P3Eddie Irvine Ferrari+1:18.343

Pole positionJacques VilleneuveWilliams · 1:23.303
Fastest lapHeinz-Harald Frentzen1:25.531 · lap 42
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzenfastest lap	4	Williams · Renault	2	62	1:31:00.673	10
2	Michael Schumacher	5	Ferrari	3	62	+1.237	6
3	Eddie Irvine	6	Ferrari	9	62	+1:18.343	4
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	Jordan · Peugeot	6	62	+1:23.388	3
5	Jean Alesi	7	Benetton · Renault	14	61	+1 lap	2
6	Mika Häkkinen	9	McLaren · Mercedes	8	61	+1 lap	1
7	Nicola Larini	17	Sauber · Petronas	12	61	+1 lap
8	Olivier Panis	14	Prost · Mugen-Honda	4	61	+1 lap
9	Mika Salo	19	Tyrrell · Ford	19	60	+2 laps
10	Jos Verstappen	18	Tyrrell · Ford	21	60	+2 laps
11	Ukyo Katayama	20	Minardi · Hart	22	59	+3 laps
DNF	Pedro Diniz	2	Arrows · Yamaha	17	53	Gearbox
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	3	Williams · Renault	1	40	Gearbox
DNF	David Coulthard	10	McLaren · Mercedes	10	38	Engine
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	22	Stewart · Ford	13	32	Engine
DNF	Johnny Herbert	16	Sauber · Petronas	7	18	Electrical
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	11	Jordan · Peugeot	5	17	Transmission
DNF	Shinji Nakano	15	Prost · Mugen-Honda	18	11	Collision
DNF	Damon Hill	1	Arrows · Yamaha	15	11	Collision
DNF	Gerhard Berger	8	Benetton · Renault	11	4	Spun off
DNF	Jan Magnussen	23	Stewart · Ford	16	2	Spun off
DNS	Jarno Trulli	21	Minardi · Hart	20		Gearbox

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: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 36, Jacques Villeneuve 25, Michael Schumacher 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 16	Lap 31	Lap 47	Finish	Laps led
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	3	1	1	1	36
Michael Schumacher	3	2	2	2	2	1
Eddie Irvine	9	7	7	3	3
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	8	8	4	4
Jean Alesi	14	11	6	5	5
Mika Häkkinen	8	10	5	6	6
Nicola Larini	12	12	11	7	7
Olivier Panis	4	6	10	8	8
Mika Salo	19	16	12	9	9
Jos Verstappen	21	15	14	10	10
Ukyo Katayama	22	17	15	12	11
Pedro Diniz	17	14	13	11	out
Jacques Villeneuve	1	1	3	–	out	25
David Coulthard	10	9	4	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	13	13	9	–	out
Johnny Herbert	7	5	–	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	5	4	–	–	out
Shinji Nakano	18	–	–	–	out
Damon Hill	15	–	–	–	out
Gerhard Berger	11	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	16	–	–	–	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 16	Lap 31	Lap 47	Last lap
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Michael Schumacher	+3.3	+4.1	+4.2	+1.2
Eddie Irvine	+27.2	+37.5	+59.9	+78.3
Giancarlo Fisichella	+27.7	+39.4	+61.4	+83.4
Jean Alesi	+37.4	+31.5	+75.1	+104.6
Mika Häkkinen	+28.9	+23.9	+75.7	+105.0
Nicola Larini	+41.3	+59.4	+98.8	+125.9
Olivier Panis	+26.9	+53.8	+105.8	+143.2
Mika Salo	+65.3	+82.1	+132.5	+177.9
Jos Verstappen	+62.5	+100.6	+143.2	+184.5
Ukyo Katayama	+91.8	+140.3	+254.9	+312.7
Pedro Diniz	+48.9	+85.2	+145.3	out
Jacques Villeneuve	0.0	+4.7	–	out
David Coulthard	+28.3	+16.3	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	+47.7	+49.2	–	out
Johnny Herbert	+18.3	–	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	+16.3	–	–	out
Shinji Nakano	–	–	–	out
Damon Hill	–	–	–	out
Gerhard Berger	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:23.303
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:23.646	+0.343
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:23.955	+0.652
4	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:24.075	+0.772
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:24.081	+0.778
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:24.596	+1.293
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:24.723	+1.420
8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:24.812	+1.509
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:24.861	+1.558
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:25.077	+1.774
11	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:25.371	+2.068
12	Nicola Larini	Sauber	1:25.544	+2.241
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:25.579	+2.276
14	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:25.729	+2.426
15	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:25.743	+2.440
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:26.192	+2.889
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:26.253	+2.950
18	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:26.712	+3.409
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:26.852	+3.549
20	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	1:26.960	+3.657
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:27.428	+4.125
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:28.727	+5.424

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Mika Salo	1	33	24.154 s
Jacques Villeneuve	1	26	25.250 s
David Coulthard	1	35	25.689 s
Jos Verstappen	1	31	26.165 s
Mika Häkkinen	1	35	26.528 s
Jean Alesi	1	33	27.421 s
Ukyo Katayama	1	32	54.405 s
Michael Schumacher	2	24, 45	21.196 s
Olivier Panis	2	20, 34	22.265 s
Eddie Irvine	2	25, 46	22.375 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	27, 44	22.379 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	25, 44	22.728 s
Pedro Diniz	3	18, 40, 41	14.235 s
Nicola Larini	4	25, 34, 44, 54	11.556 s

Every stop, lap by lap (24)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
18	Pedro Diniz	1	26.683 s
20	Olivier Panis	1	22.265 s
24	Michael Schumacher	1	23.566 s
25	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	22.758 s
25	Eddie Irvine	1	23.796 s
25	Nicola Larini	1	24.215 s
26	Jacques Villeneuve	1	25.250 s
27	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	25.239 s
31	Jos Verstappen	1	26.165 s
32	Ukyo Katayama	1	54.405 s
33	Mika Salo	1	24.154 s
33	Jean Alesi	1	27.421 s
34	Nicola Larini	2	11.778 s
34	Olivier Panis	2	24.720 s
35	David Coulthard	1	25.689 s
35	Mika Häkkinen	1	26.528 s
40	Pedro Diniz	2	14.235 s
41	Pedro Diniz	3	27.619 s
44	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	22.379 s
44	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	22.728 s
44	Nicola Larini	3	24.433 s
45	Michael Schumacher	2	21.196 s
46	Eddie Irvine	2	22.375 s
54	Nicola Larini	4	11.556 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	42	1:25.531
2	Michael Schumacher	61	1:25.537	+0.006
3	Jacques Villeneuve	21	1:25.997	+0.466
4	David Coulthard	33	1:26.067	+0.536
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	23	1:26.620	+1.089
6	Nicola Larini	43	1:26.753	+1.222
7	Mika Häkkinen	29	1:26.791	+1.260
8	Eddie Irvine	45	1:26.811	+1.280
9	Jean Alesi	30	1:27.091	+1.560
10	Ralf Schumacher	17	1:27.217	+1.686

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 4
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jacques Villeneuve	20
2	Michael Schumacher	14	▲3
3	David Coulthard	10	▼1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10
5	Eddie Irvine	10	▲1
6	Gerhard Berger	10	▼3
7	Mika Häkkinen	10	▼3
8	Olivier Panis	6	▼1
9	Ralf Schumacher	4	▼1
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	3

Constructors' championship after round 4
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Williams	30
2	Ferrari	24	▲1
3	McLaren	20	▼1
4	Benetton	13
5	Jordan	7	▲1
6	Prost	6	▼1
7	Sauber	4