1997 Italian Grand Prix

 1997 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 7, 1997
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	305.81 km in 53 laps of 5.77 km
Weather:	dry and warm
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault
Time:	1: 22.990 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 24.808 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault
Third:	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault

The 1997 Italian Grand Prix (officially LXVIII Gran Premio d'Italia ) took place on September 7th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the 13th race of the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship . David Coulthard took first place ahead of Jean Alesi and Heinz-Harald Frentzen .

report

training

Friday training

Heinz-Harald Frentzen secured the fastest time by almost a second ahead of team-mate Jacques Villeneuve , Jean Alesi and David Coulthard . Michael Schumacher was around two seconds behind his compatriot in 13th place.

All drivers were within four and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Villeneuve set the fastest time ahead of Alesi with 1: 23.194. Behind them are Giancarlo Fisichella , Mika Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher .

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari F310B

Alesi was able to prevail over Frentzen by five hundredths. This is followed by Fisichella, Villeneuve, Häkkinen and Coulthard at seven hundredths.

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

It was only Alesi's second and final pole position in his career.

Warm-up

Häkkinen was the fastest ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Coulthard with 1: 24.234. The only thing worth mentioning is that Tarso Marques is almost 14 seconds behind the best time of the session.

run

Jean Alesi celebrates his second place

Jean Alesi won the start and kept the lead until halfway through the race, but after a bad pit stop, Mika Häkkinen , Michael Schumacher and then David Coulthard , who had started from six, took the lead.

Mika Häkkinen's race was overshadowed by bad luck, because at the first pit stop he ran out of fuel a few meters from the pit, but he was just able to save himself over the pit line. After the stop came the next setback when his tire lost air and he had to stop again for fresh tires. He was one of four drivers who stopped more than once.

Coulthard was able to save his two-second lead over the finish line and win the race. Coulthard dedicated the victory to Princess Diana , who died just a week before the race.

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	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	1: 22.990	01
02	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1: 23.042	02
03	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 23.066	03
04th	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1: 23.231	04th
05	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.340	05
06th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.347	06th
07th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	1: 23.443	07th
08th	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1: 23.603	08th
09	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 23.624	09
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 23.891	10
11	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 24.177	11
12	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 24.242	12
13	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 24.394	13
14th	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 24.482	14th
15th	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 24.553	15th
16	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	1: 24.567	16
17th	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1: 24.639	17th
18th	Gianni Morbidelli	Clean Petronas	1: 24.735	18th
19th	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.693	19th
20th	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 25.845	20th
21st	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1: 26.655	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1: 27.677	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 28.799 min (based on the best time of 1: 22.990 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1	1: 17: 04,609	06th	1: 25.975
02	Jean Alesi	Benetton Renault	53	1	+ 1.937	01	1: 26.067
03	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	53	1	+ 4.433	02	1: 25,600
04th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	53	1	+ 5.871	03	1: 25.960
05	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	53	1	+ 6.416	04th	1: 25.715
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	53	1	+ 11,481	09	1: 25.863
07th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Renault	53	1	+ 12.471	07th	1: 25.653
08th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	1	+ 17.639	10	1: 25.655
09	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	2	+ 49.373	05	1: 24.808
10	Jarno Trulli	Cheers to Mugen Honda	53	1	+1: 02.706	16	1: 26.718
11	Shinji Nakano	Cheers to Mugen Honda	53	1	+1: 03.327	15th	1: 26.383
12	Gianni Morbidelli	Clean Petronas	52	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 27.257
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	52	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 27.571
14th	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	50	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 29.116
-	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	46	1	DNF	14th	1: 27.081
-	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	39	2	DNF	08th	1: 25.909
-	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	38	1	DNF	12	1: 26.572
-	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	33	1	DNF	19th	1: 28.004
-	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	31	1	DNF	13	1: 27.447
-	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	12	-	DNF	20th	1: 28.227
-	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	08th	-	DNF	21st	1: 29.133
-	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	04th	-	DNF	17th	1: 28.569

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 67 02  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 57 03  Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 28 04th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 27 05  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 24 06th  Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 21st 07th  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 18th 08th  Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 17th 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 11 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  Ferrari 85 02  Williams-Renault 84 03  Benetton Renault 53 04th  McLaren-Mercedes 38 05  Jordan-Peugeot 28 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 Italy 1997 ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Italy 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Italy 1997
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Italy 1997
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Italy 1997
6. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Statistics Italy 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Italy 1997
8. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Italy 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Italy 1997

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