Grand Prix of Germany 1997

 Grand Prix of Germany 1997

Racing data
10th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXII Grand Mobil 1 Prize from Germany
Date:	July 25, 1997
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg
Length:	307.035 km in 45 laps of 6.823 km
Weather:	cloudy, dry
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault
Time:	1: 41.873 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault
Time:	1: 45.747 min (lap 9)
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes

The 1997 German Grand Prix (officially the LXII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland ) took place on July 25th at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg in Hockenheim and was the tenth race of the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship . First place went to Gerhard Berger, ahead of Michael Schumacher and Mika Häkkinen .

report

background

After the British Grand Prix in 1997 , the teams put in test days at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in mid-July . There was the first day Shinji Nakano achieve the fastest time on the following day was Giancarlo Fisichella beat the fastest time. On the third day, Johnny Herbert set the fastest time, and on the last day Ralf Schumacher was the fastest.

Before the race, there was only one driver change, as Gerhard Berger was able to return to the cockpit after his sinus injury and the tragic death of his father, replacing the test driver Alexander Wurz , who had previously jumped in .

Four days before the Grand Prix weekend started, the organizers of the German Grand Prix announced that they had extended the contract. The race at the Hockenheimring will therefore remain in Formula 1 until 2001. Also gave Benetton announced Giancarlo Fisichella to have committed in 1998, after Gerhard Berger announced his retirement from F1.

training

Friday training

The first free practice took place at times during a thunderstorm.

Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time with 1: 46.196 in front of his brother Michael . Williams disappointed in this session and so they ended up in 16th ( Jacques Villeneuve ) and 18th ( Heinz-Harald Frentzen ). Norberto Fontana and Pedro Diniz caused surprises, both of whom ended up only around half a second behind the first in fifth and sixth.

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

Saturday training

Ralf Schumacher was able to secure the best time again, Mika Häkkinen had to admit defeat by two thousandths.

All drivers were placed within four seconds.

Qualifying

Each driver only had twelve laps to set the fastest time.

Gerhard Berger was able to secure the best time with 1: 41.873, around two hundredths ahead of future Benetton driver Giancarlo Fisichella . It was the first pole position for the Benetton team since the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix . Michael Schumacher was able to secure fourth place, his pursuer in the world championship, Jacques Villeneuve , was only ninth, one second behind. The reason for the poor performance was that the car was around 3 km / h slower than Berger's Benetton on the long straights.

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

Warm-up

Villeneuve was first with 1: 45.006, followed by Damon Hill , Giancarlo Fisichella , his team mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Gerhard Berger .

All drivers were placed within six seconds.

run

Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari after the race

The Minardi of Tarso Marques could not start because of a power loss.

Berger was able to defend his lead, but was rushed by Fisichella, who also took the lead for two laps. But when he damaged his tires with a part of Jan Magnussen's engine, he had to give up due to the overheated engine, as the parts of the broken tire collected in the radiator and the engine could no longer be adequately cooled.

Meanwhile, Villeneuve had a disastrous race as he was eliminated with twelve laps to go. When trying to overtake the newcomer Jarno Trulli , the Canadian spun and had to retire.

Berger kept the lead until the end and was able to convince himself to win the race. With this success Gerhard Berger was able to secure his tenth victory and his second Grand Slam (combination of pole position, victory and the fastest race lap). It was also Berger's twelfth pole position and his 21st fastest race lap. At the same time, however, it was his last Formula 1 victory and the last for Benetton. Curiously, Gerhard Berger was also able to win his first victory at the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix at Benetton, which was also Benetton's first victory. It is the last victory of an Austrian in Formula 1 so far.

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	Norberto Fontana
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	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 41.873	01
02	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 41.896	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 42.034	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 42.181	04th
05	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1: 42.421	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 42.493	06th
07th	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 42.498	07th
08th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 42.687	08th
09	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 42.967	09
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 43.209	10
11	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 43.226	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 43.272	12
13	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 43.361	13
14th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 43.660	14th
15th	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 43.927	15th
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 44.069	16
17th	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 44.112	17th
18th	Norberto Fontana	Clean Petronas	1: 44.552	18th
19th	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 45.372	19th
20th	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 45.811	20th
21st	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1: 45.942	21st
22nd	Ukyō Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1: 46.499	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 49.400 min (based on the best time of 1: 41.873 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	45	2	1: 20: 59.046	01	1: 45.747
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	45	2	+ 17,527	04th	1: 46.603
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	45	1	+ 24.770	03	1: 46.831
04th	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	45	1	+ 27.165	11	1: 46.733
05	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	45	1	+ 29.995	07th	1: 46.127
06th	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	45	2	+ 34.717	06th	1: 45.917
07th	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	45	1	+1: 19.722	17th	1: 47.939
08th	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	44	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 46.560
09	Norberto Fontana	Clean Petronas	44	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 47.908
10	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 50.159
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	40	2	DNF	02	1: 46.274
-	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	33	2	DNF	12	1: 47.074
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	33	1	DNF	19th	1: 49.611
-	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	33	1	DNF	09	1: 47.044
-	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	27	1	DNF	15th	1: 48.189
-	Ukyō Katayama	Minardi-Hart	23	-	DNF	22nd	1: 50.161
-	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	08th	-	DNF	14th	1: 49.184
-	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	08th	-	DNF	16	1: 48.836
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	01	1	DNF	08th	2: 22.236
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	01	-	DNF	05	3: 13.699
-	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	01	-	DNF	10	3: 16.256
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	0-	-	DNS	21st	-

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 53 02  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 43 03  Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 22nd 04th  Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 20th 05  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 19th 06th  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 18th 07th  Olivier Panis Cheers to Mugen Honda 15th 08th  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 14th 08th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 14th 10  Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 9 11  Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 8th 12  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 7th 13  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 6th 14th  Alexander Wurz Benetton Renault 4th

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Jarno Trulli Cheers to Mugen Honda 3 16  Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 2 17th  Nicola Larini Clean Petronas 1 17th  Shinji Nakano Cheers to Mugen Honda 1 17th  Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 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  Ferrari 71 02  Williams-Renault 62 03  Benetton Renault 46 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 28 05  Cheers to Mugen Honda 19th 06th  Jordan-Peugeot 17th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Petronas 8th 08th  Stewart-Ford 6th 09  Tyrrell-Ford 2 10  Arrows-Yamaha 1 -  Minardi-Hart 0 -  Lola Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Germany 1997 ( Memento from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Germany 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Germany 1997
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Germany 1997
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Germany 1997
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Germany 1997
7. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de result Germany 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
8. ^ Motorsport-magazin.com Race Germany 1997
9. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Statistics Germany 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

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