1997 British Grand Prix

 1997 British Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	L RAC British Grand Prix
Date:	July 13, 1997
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	303.26 km in 59 laps of 5.14 km
Planned:	308.4 km in 60 laps of 5.14 km
Weather:	sunny and dry, but windy
Spectator:	~ 90,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 21.598 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 24.475 min (lap 34)
Podium
First:	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Second:	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault
Third:	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Renault

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1997 (officially L RAC British Grand Prix ) took place on 13 July at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone instead and was the ninth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1997 . Jacques Villeneuve took first place ahead of Jean Alesi and Alexander Wurz .

report

background

Since Gerhard Berger's father died, Alexander Wurz stepped in for his compatriot and competed in another race.

Thirty years ago, Renault made its debut as an engine manufacturer at the 1967 British Grand Prix .

training

Johnny Herbert before the race weekend

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen was able to secure the fastest time with 1: 22.935 in front of the Williams of Jacques Villeneuve and Heinz-Harald Frentzen . Michael Schumacher was a second behind in seventh place.

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

Saturday training

As on the day before, Häkkinen was able to prevail over Villeneuve with a lead of six hundredths. Schumacher was also able to improve from seven to three and was only half a second behind the Finn.

All drivers were placed within three and a half seconds.

Qualifying

This time the Williams team prevailed and with Villeneuve and Frentzen occupy the first row, the strong Häkkinen had to admit defeat to the Canadian in third place, 2 tenths behind. Behind it are the Schumacher brothers Michael and Ralf on four and five.

All drivers, except for Norberto Fontana , who did not set a time, were within four seconds.

Warm-up

Damon Hill was three tenths faster than Eddie Irvine from Northern Ireland . The strong Hakkinen could only take ninth place.

All drivers were placed within five and a half seconds.

run

Damon Hill in the arrows during the race

Alexander Wurz passed a yellow flag during the race

Villeneuve passes the start-finish straight

Villeneuve was able to maintain the lead in front of Schumacher at the start, while the second Williams, Frentzen, had to start from behind and got into chaos there. Jos Verstappen crashed into his car and he had to give up the race without having completed a lap. The Dutchman was able to continue the race, but also had to park his car on lap 45. Even before the first completed lap it was over for Ukyo Katayama as he was also involved in an accident.

On lap 23 Schumacher was able to pass Villeneuve and take the lead. But he only stayed in front for 15 laps, as he had to retire on lap 38 due to a wheel bearing damage. His worst rival in the fight for the world championship, Jacques Villeneuve, took the lead again. He stayed there until his disastrous pit stop, after which Häkkinen was able to enjoy the lead for a short time until he was overtaken by the Canadian again on lap 53 because the Mercedes engine gave up the ghost.

The race itself was marked by a lot of engine damage, so in addition to Schumacher and Häkkinen, Rubens Barrichello , Mika Salo , Jos Verstappen , Jan Magnussen and Shinji Nakano were also canceled . One of the bitterest weekends for Ford, as all four Ford units suffered engine damage in the race.

Villeneuve was able to finish the last lap and secure victory over the Benettons. For Alexander Wurz , third place means his first podium finish in his still young Formula 1 career. Since Nakano was eliminated in the last laps, Damon Hill was able to get the first point of this season for himself and his Arrows team .

It's Williams 100th Grand Prix win, 28 years after Clay Regazzoni , also at Silverstone, took the team's first win.

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	Alexander Wurz
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	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 21.598	01
02	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1: 21.732	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.797	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 21.977	04th
05	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 22.277	05
06th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 22.279	06th
07th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 22.342	07th
08th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Renault	1: 22.344	08th
09	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 22.368	09
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 22.371	10
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 22.392	11
12	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 23.271	12
13	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 23.366	13
14th	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 23.887	14th
15th	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 24.067	15th
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 24.239	16
17th	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 24.478	17th
18th	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1: 24.553	18th
19th	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.010	19th
20th	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1: 25.154	20th
21st	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 25.525	21st
107 percent time : 1: 27.310 min (based on the best time of 1: 21.598 min)
22nd	Norberto Fontana	Clean Petronas	-	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	59	2	1: 28: 01.665	01	1: 25.082
02	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	59	1	+10.205	11	1: 26.260
03	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Renault	59	1	+11.296	08th	1: 26.429
04th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	59	1	+31.229	06th	1: 26.475
05	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	59	2	+31.880	05	1: 25.872
06th	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	59	2	+1: 13.552	12	1: 26.471
07th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	58	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 26.119
08th	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	58	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 26.610
09	Norberto Fontana	Clean Petronas	58	2	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 27.783
10	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	58	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 29,100
11	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	57	2	DNF	14th	1: 26.778
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	52	1	DNF	03	1: 25.988
-	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	50	2	DNF	15th	1: 27.586
-	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	45	2	DNF	19th	1: 29.137
-	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	44	2	DNF	07th	1: 25.238
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	44	2	DNF	17th	1: 28.053
-	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	42	4th	DNF	09	1: 26.232
-	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	38	2	DNF	04th	1: 24.475
-	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	37	1	DNF	21st	1: 27.877
-	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	29	1	DNF	16	1: 27.111
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	00	-	DNF	02	-
-	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	00	-	DNF	18th	-

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 47 02  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 43 03  Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 21st 04th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 19th 05  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 18th 06th  Olivier Panis Cheers to Mugen Honda 15th 07th  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 14th 08th  Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 10 08th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 10 10  Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 8th 11  Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 7th 11  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 7th 13  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 6th 14th  Alexander Wurz Benetton Renault 4th

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 2 16  Nicola Larini Clean Petronas 1 16  Shinji Nakano Cheers to Mugen Honda 1 16  Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1 -  Jarno Trulli Cheers to Mugen Honda 0 -  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 65 02  Williams-Renault 62 03  Benetton Renault 35 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 24 05  Cheers to Mugen Honda 16 06th  Jordan-Peugeot 15th

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 Great Britain 1997 ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} motorsportarchiv.de Statistics Great Britain 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Great Britain 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Great Britain 1997
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Great Britain 1997
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Great Britain 1997
7. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Great Britain 1997
8. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Great Britain 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Great Britain 1997

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