1997 Japanese Grand Prix
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| 16th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Date: | October 12, 1997 | |
| Place: | Suzuka | |
| Course: | Suzuka International Racing Course | |
| Length: | 310.58 km in 53 laps of 5.86 km
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| Weather: | sunny | |
| Spectator: | ~ 150,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Jacques Villeneuve
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 Williams-Renault
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| Time: | 1: 36.071 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams-Renault
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| Time: | 1: 38.942 min (lap 48) | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Michael sSchumacher
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 Ferrari
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| Second: |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams-Renault
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| Third: |
Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari
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Leadership laps
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The Japanese Grand Prix in 1997 (officially XXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix ) took place on 12 October at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka place and was the 16th and penultimate race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1997 . Michael Schumacher took first place ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Eddie Irvine .
report
background
Gianni Morbidelli announced that he would end his active Formula 1 career after the race.
training
Friday training
Eddie Irvine set the fastest time with 1: 38.903, ahead of Ralf Schumacher by eight thousandths. Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve finished ten and eleven, one and a half seconds behind.
All drivers were within seven and a half seconds.
Saturday training
Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time ahead of Mika Häkkinen , Giancarlo Fisichella , Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve . Michael Schumacher was again ranked tenth.
In the first session on Saturday, a strange accident occurred after 30 minutes: Jos Verstappens Tyrrell got stuck due to a lack of fuel. The yellow flag was waved because of the car, which was ignored by nine drivers, including Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, who also set his fastest time. Villeneuve's violation of the rules in particular had decisive consequences: as he had repeatedly ignored yellow flags over the course of the season, another violation threatened him with a race suspension. Such was finally pronounced against him.
All drivers were within four seconds.
Qualifying
Jacques Villeneuve set the fastest time ahead of Michael Schumacher. They were followed by Irvine, Häkkinen as well as Gerhard Berger and Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
All drivers were within four and a half seconds.
Warm-up
Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time with 1: 38.113 in front of Ralf Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Michael Schumacher.
All drivers were within six seconds.
run
Jacques Villeneuve was excluded from the race after ignoring the yellow flags again. After an objection from Williams he was allowed to participate in the race with reservations.
The race was relatively unspectacular, only the many engine damage caused a stir. The two Mugen Honda, two Hart, one Ford and one Mercedes engines gave up the ghost during the race. Michael Schumacher just won the race, closely followed by his compatriot Frentzen in second place. Villeneuve finished the race in fifth place, but was subsequently disqualified after the objection to his exclusion from the race had been rejected. As a result, he lost the World Cup lead to Schumacher. Williams won the constructor title early anyway.
Registration list
classification
Qualifying
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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| 1 |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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53 | 2 | 1: 29: 48,446 | 2 | 1: 39.268 |
| 2 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 2 | + 1.378 | 6th | 1: 38.942 |
| 3 |
Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari
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53 | 2 | + 26.384 | 3 | 1: 39.935 |
| 4th |
 Mika Hakkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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53 | 2 | + 27.129 | 4th | 1: 40.151 |
| 5 |
 Jean Alesi
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Benetton Renault
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53 | 2 | + 40,403 | 7th | 1: 39.381 |
| 6th |
Johnny Herbert
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 Clean Petronas
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53 | 2 | + 41.630 | 8th | 1: 40.266 |
| 7th |
Giancarlo Fisichella
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 Jordan-Peugeot
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53 | 2 | + 56.825 | 9 | 1: 40.217 |
| 8th |
 Gerhard Berger
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Benetton Renault
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53 | 3 | +1: 00.429 | 5 | 1: 39.998 |
| 9 |
Ralf Schumacher
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Jordan-Peugeot
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53 | 2 | +1: 22.036 | 13 | 1: 39.737 |
| 10 |
David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes
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52 | 2 | DNF | 11 | 1: 39.771 |
| 11 |
Damon Hill
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Arrows-Yamaha
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 41.419 |
| 12 |
 Pedro Diniz
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Arrows-Yamaha
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 41.611 |
| 13 |
 Jos Verstappen
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Tyrrell-Ford
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 21st | 1: 43.051 |
| - |
Tarso Marques
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Minardi-Hart
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46 | 2 | DNF | 20th | 1: 42.699 |
| - |
Mika Salo
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Tyrrell-Ford
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46 | 2 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 42.996 |
| - |
Olivier Panis
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Cheers to Mugen Honda
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36 | 2 | DNF | 10 | 1: 40.430 |
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 Shinji Nakano
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Cheers to Mugen Honda
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22nd | 1 | DNF | 15th | 1: 41.608 |
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Ukyō Katayama
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Minardi-Hart
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8th | - | DNF | 19th | 1: 44.403 |
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Rubens Barrichello
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Stewart-Ford
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6th | - | DNF | 12 | 1: 43.583 |
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 Jan Magnussen
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Stewart-Ford
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3 | - | DNF | 14th | 1: 44.089 |
| DNS |
Gianni Morbidelli
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Clean Petronas
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- | - | INJ | - | - |
| DSQ |
Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 2 | DSQ (+ 39,776) | 1 | 1: 40.163 |
World Cup stands after the race
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Japan 1997 ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Japan 1997 ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Japan 1997
- ↑ Michael Schumacher beaten: Villeneuve to the great duel 1997 , motorsport-magazin.com from December 23, 2017; Accessed March 26, 2020
- ↑ Villeneuve disqualification sets up championship showdown with Schumacher , racefans.net from October 12, 2017; Accessed March 26, 2020
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Japan 1997
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Japan 1997
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Japan 1997
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Race Japan 1997 ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Japan 1997
