Grand Prix of Austria 1997

 Grand Prix of Austria 1997

Racing data
14th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXI Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	September 21, 1997
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	A1 ring
Length:	306.933 km in 71 laps of 4.323 km
Weather:	sunny and dry
Spectator:	~ 125,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 10.304 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 11.814 min (lap 36)
Podium
First:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault

The 1997 Austrian Grand Prix (officially the XXI Austrian Grand Prix ) took place on September 21 at the A1-Ring in Spielberg and was the 14th race of the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship . Jacques Villeneuve took first place ahead of David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen .

report

training

Friday training

Heinz-Harald Frentzen set the fastest time with 1: 11.527 in front of Jacques Villeneuve , Rubens Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella . Michael Schumacher was around seven tenths behind the fastest time in seventh place.

All drivers were within three and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Surprisingly, Pedro Diniz set the fastest time with 1: 10.782 ahead of Jan Magnussen , who was only three thousandths behind. Villeneuve had to admit defeat by 16 thousandths and was in third place, Schumacher again in seventh place. What is remarkable is the density of the times in the first six, all of which were only a tenth behind the fastest time.

All drivers were within three seconds.

Qualifying

Villeneuve set the fastest time ahead of Mika Häkkinen and Jarno Trulli . His competitor for the world championship, Michael Schumacher, is in ninth place, around seven tenths behind.

All drivers were placed within four seconds. Tarso Marques would have qualified for 21st place, but was subsequently excluded from the Formula 1 weekend because his car was underweight.

Warm-up

Häkkinen was the fastest with 1: 12.803, Trulli and Michael Schumacher just behind.

All drivers were within five seconds.

run

Häkkinen won the start and led the race in front of Trulli for not even a lap because his engine went up in flames after the Jochen Rindt corner. Trulli inherited the leadership.

On lap 37 there was a spectacular accident between Eddie Irvine and Jean Alesi . Fighting for position four, Alesi tried to slow down Northern Ireland. However, with Alesi far behind, Irvine expected no attack, and as a result Alesi sped almost unchecked into Irvine. The Benetton rose and slid over the Ferrari. As a result of the accident, Alesi was observed by the stewards for dangerous driving, but there was no penalty.

On the same lap, Trulli's Mugen-Honda engine also went up while in the lead. As a result, Villeneuve got first place again, but only for two laps. This time, however, the reason was a pit stop. Schumacher was able to lead for two laps, then had to stop on lap 42 as well. Coulthard was now in the lead, but had to refuel on the following lap, after which Villeneuve came back to the front.

Michael Schumacher was safely in third place when he received a stop-and-go penalty for overtaking under yellow. Schumacher later said that he had not seen the yellow flags because they were not visible on the inside of the curve.

Villeneuve was able to cross the finish line and took another victory, reducing his gap to Schumacher to one point.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Danka Arrows Yamaha	1	Damon Hill	Arrows A18	Yamaha 3.0 V10	B.
	2	Pedro Diniz
Rothmans Williams Renault	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams FW19	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F310B	Ferrari 3.0 V10	G
	6th	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	7th	Jean Alesi	Benetton B197	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	8th	Gerhard Berger
West McLaren Mercedes	9	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4 / 12	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	G
	10	David Coulthard
B&H Total Jordan Peugeot	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan 197	Peugeot 3.0 V10	G
	12	Giancarlo Fisichella
Cheers Gauloises Peugeot	14th	Jarno Trulli	Cheers JS45	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	15th	Shinji Nakano
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	16	Johnny Herbert	Clean C16	Petronas 3.0 V10	G
	17th	Gianni Morbidelli
Tyrrell	18th	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell 025	Ford ED5 3.0 V8	G
	19th	Mika Salo
Minardi team	20th	Ukyō Katayama	Minardi M197	Hard 3.0 V8	B.
	21st	Tarso Marques
Stewart Ford	22nd	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart SF01	Ford Zetec -R 3.0 V10	B.
	23	Jan Magnussen

classification

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 10.304	01
02	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 10.398	02
03	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 10.511	03
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1: 10.670	04th
05	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 10.700	05
06th	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 10.893	06th
07th	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 11.025	07th
08th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 11.051	08th
09	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 11.056	09
10	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 11.076	10
11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 11.186	11
12	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 11.210	12
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Clean Petronas	1: 11.261	13
14th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 11.299	14th
15th	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 11.382	15th
16	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 11.596	16
17th	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 11.615	17th
18th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 11.620	18th
19th	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1: 12.036	19th
20th	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 12.230	20th
EX	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1: 12.304	EX 1
22nd	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 14.246	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 15.225 min (based on the best time of 1: 10.304 min)

¹ Tarso Marques was subsequently excluded due to the light car

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	71	1	1: 27: 35.999	01	1: 11.814
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1	+ 2.909	10	1: 12.207
03	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	71	1	+ 3.962	04th	1: 12.223
04th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	71	1	+ 12,127	14th	1: 12.375
05	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	71	1	+ 31.859	11	1: 12.862
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	71	2	+ 33,410	09	1: 12.169
07th	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	71	1	+ 37.207	07th	1: 12.903
08th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	71	1	+ 49.057	12	1: 12.574
09	Gianni Morbidelli	Clean Petronas	71	1	+1: 06.455	13	1: 12.826
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 12.624
11	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	69	2	+ 2 round	19th	1: 14.394
12	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	69	2	+ 2 round	20th	1: 13.708
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	67	1	DNF	17th	1: 13.074
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	64	2	DNF	05	1: 12.535
-	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	58	1	DNF	03	1: 12.598
-	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	58	2	DNF	06th	1: 12.605
-	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	57	1	DNF	16	1: 13.010
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	48	1	DNF	21st	1: 13.862
-	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	38	-	DNF	08th	1: 12.704
-	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	37	1	DNF	15th	1: 12.953
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	01	-	DNF	02	1: 31.574
EX	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	0-	-	EX	0-	-

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 68 02  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 67 03  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 31 04th  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 30th 05  Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 28 06th  Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 21st 07th  Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 20th 08th  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 18th 09  Olivier Panis Cheers to Mugen Honda 15th 10  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 14th 10  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 14th 12  Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 13 13  Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 7th 14th  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 6th

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Alexander Wurz Benetton Renault 4th 16  Jarno Trulli Cheers to Mugen Honda 3 17th  Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 2 17th  Shinji Nakano Cheers to Mugen Honda 2 19th  Nicola Larini Clean Petronas 1 -  Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 0 -  Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 0 -  Ukyō Katayama Minardi-Hart 0 -  Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Gianni Morbidelli Clean Petronas 0 -  Norberto Fontana Clean Petronas 0 -  Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart 0 -  Vincenzo Sospiri Lola Ford 0 -  Ricardo Rosset Lola Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 98 02  Ferrari 86 03  Benetton Renault 53 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 44 05  Jordan-Peugeot 33 06th  Cheers to Mugen Honda 20th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Petronas 15th 08th  Arrows-Yamaha 7th 09  Stewart-Ford 6th 10  Tyrrell-Ford 2 -  Minardi-Hart 0 -  Lola Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Austria 1997 ( Memento from September 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Austria 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Austria 1997
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Austria 1997
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Austria 1997
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Austria 1997
7. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Austria 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Austria 1997