Grand Prix of Luxembourg 1997

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Flag of Luxembourg.svg Grand Prix of Luxembourg 1997
Racing data
15th of 17 races in the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship
Route profile
Surname: V Grand Prix of Luxembourg
Date: September 28, 1997
Place: Adenau
Course: Nürburgring
Length: 305.252 km in 67 laps of 4.556 km

Weather: dry and cloudy
Spectator: ~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver: FinlandFinland Mika Hakkinen United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes
Time: 1: 16.602 min
Fastest lap
Driver: GermanyGermany Heinz-Harald Frentzen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault
Time: 1: 18.805 min (lap 32)
Podium
First: CanadaCanada Jacques Villeneuve United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault
Second: FranceFrance Jean Alesi ItalyItaly Benetton Renault
Third: GermanyGermany Heinz-Harald Frentzen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault

The 1997 Grand Prix of Luxembourg (officially V Grand Prix of Luxembourg ) took place on September 28th at the Nürburgring and was the 15th race of the 1997 Formula 1 World Championship . Jacques Villeneuve took first place ahead of Jean Alesi and Heinz-Harald Frentzen .

report

background

Olivier Panis returned after a serious accident in Montreal where he broke both legs. Jarno Trulli , who was brought in to replace the Frenchman, could no longer find a cockpit and stayed with the team as a substitute driver.

training

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time with 1: 17.998 ahead of Rubens Barrichello , Gerhard Berger and Ralf Schumacher . Michael Schumacher was eighth, about a second behind, Jacques Villeneuve was twelve with one and a half seconds. Olivier Panis , who came back to Formula 1 after a serious injury, was able to secure eleventh place, leaving title contender Villeneuve behind by half a second.

With the exception of Ukyo Katayama , who had problems with the car and only managed a time that is around twenty seconds behind Hakkinen's best time, all drivers were within three and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Heinz-Harald Frentzen set the session best time with 1: 17.158 ahead of Häkkinen and Giancarlo Fisichella , Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher.

All drivers were within three seconds.

Qualifying

Häkkinen was able to prevail by nine hundredths ahead of Villeneuve, followed by Frentzen, Fisichella, Schumacher, David Coulthard and Gerhard Berger.

It is Mika Häkkinen's first of 26 pole positions in his career, the first pole position for McLaren since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix and the first pole position for Mercedes as a designer or engine supplier since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix .

Warm-up

For the third time, Häkkinen set the best session time, this time around a second ahead of his teammate Coulthard, which suggests that the Finn will start the race with little fuel.

With the exception of Shinji Nakano , who set a time ten seconds behind Häkkinen's best time, all drivers were within four seconds.

run

Häkkinen, who celebrated his 29th birthday on race day, led the team in front of his colleague Coulthard, who moved up from sixth to second, followed by Villeneuve. During the start, Ralf Schumacher and his team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella collided while attempting to overtake . As a result, the Jordan took off from Ralf and landed on his brother Michael's Ferrari. The thrown up dust made Katayama unable to avoid the rolling Fisichella and crashed into the Italian. Michael was able to continue the race, Ralf, Fisichella and Katayama had to give up the race before the first lap. Two laps later, Michael also had to give up at the pits due to safety issues.

After the start, Häkkinen, Coulthard, Villeneuve, Barrichello, Alesi and Magnussen are in places one to six. Frentzen, who damaged his ignition lock after touching it , flew far back. The first six were to maintain their positions until the first series of pit stops.

The drama began on lap 43: Häkkinen was leading around twelve seconds ahead of Coulthard, who is being followed by Villeneuve. But then, almost at the same time, the McLaren drivers' Mercedes engines burst. On the same lap, Jan Magnussen , among others, retired from sixth position due to a damaged drive shaft. Villeneuve subsequently inherited the lead, Alesi in second, Frentzen in third, Berger in four and Diniz in five were his pursuers.

Villeneuve was able to keep the lead and thus celebrate his eleventh career victory, which brought him ahead of Schumacher in the drivers' championship. It will also be the Canada's last win in the future. In this race, Yamaha also scored the last points as an engine supplier.

Registration list

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

classification

Qualifying

Item driver constructor time begin
01 FinlandFinland Mika Hakkinen United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1: 16.602 01
02 CanadaCanada Jacques Villeneuve United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault 1: 16.691 02
03 GermanyGermany Heinz-Harald Frentzen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault 1: 16.741 03
04th ItalyItaly Giancarlo Fisichella IrelandIreland Jordan-Peugeot 1: 17.289 04th
05 GermanyGermany Michael sSchumacher ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 17.385 05
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Coulthard United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1: 17.387 06th
07th AustriaAustria Gerhard Berger ItalyItaly Benetton Renault 1: 17.587 07th
08th GermanyGermany Ralf Schumacher IrelandIreland Jordan-Peugeot 1: 17.595 08th
09 BrazilBrazil Rubens Barrichello United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stewart-Ford 1: 17.614 09
10 FranceFrance Jean Alesi ItalyItaly Benetton Renault 1: 17.620 10
11 FranceFrance Olivier Panis FranceFrance Cheers to Mugen Honda 1: 17.650 11
12 DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stewart-Ford 1: 17.722 12
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Damon Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows-Yamaha 1: 17.795 13
14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eddie Irvine ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 17.855 14th
15th BrazilBrazil Pedro Diniz United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows-Yamaha 1: 18.228 15th
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johnny Herbert SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clean Petronas 1: 18.303 16
17th JapanJapan Shinji Nakano FranceFrance Cheers to Mugen Honda 1: 18.699 17th
18th BrazilBrazil Tarso Marques ItalyItaly Minardi-Hart 1: 19.347 18th
19th ItalyItaly Gianni Morbidelli SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clean Petronas 1: 19.490 19th
20th FinlandFinland Mika Salo United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 19.526 20th
21st NetherlandsNetherlands Jos Verstappen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 19.531 21st
22nd JapanJapan Ukyo Katayama ItalyItaly Minardi-Hart 1: 20.615 22nd
107 percent time : 1: 21.964 min (based on the best time of 1: 16.602 min)

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap
01 CanadaCanada Jacques Villeneuve United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault 67 2 1: 31: 27.843 02 1: 19.838
02 FranceFrance Jean Alesi ItalyItaly Benetton Renault 67 2 + 11.770 10 1: 19.716
03 GermanyGermany Heinz-Harald Frentzen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault 67 2 + 13,480 03 1: 18.805
04th AustriaAustria Gerhard Berger ItalyItaly Benetton Renault 67 2 + 16,416 07th 1: 19.996
05 BrazilBrazil Pedro Diniz United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows-Yamaha 67 1 + 43.147 15th 1: 21.262
06th FranceFrance Olivier Panis FranceFrance Cheers to Mugen Honda 67 1 + 43.750 11 1: 21.086
07th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johnny Herbert SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clean Petronas 67 2 + 44.354 16 1: 20.518
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Damon Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows-Yamaha 67 1 + 44.777 13 1: 20.407
09 ItalyItaly Gianni Morbidelli SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clean Petronas 66 2 + 1 lap 19th 1: 20.865
10 FinlandFinland Mika Salo United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 66 2 + 1 lap 20th 1: 21.996
- NetherlandsNetherlands Jos Verstappen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 50 2 DNF 21st 1: 22.455
- FinlandFinland Mika Hakkinen United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 43 1 DNF 01 1: 19.576
- BrazilBrazil Rubens Barrichello United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stewart-Ford 43 1 DNF 09 1: 20.737
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Coulthard United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 42 1 DNF 06th 1: 19.920
- DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stewart-Ford 40 1 DNF 12 1: 21.448
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eddie Irvine ItalyItaly Ferrari 22nd - DNF 14th 1: 21.793
- JapanJapan Shinji Nakano FranceFrance Cheers to Mugen Honda 16 - DNF 17th 1: 21.969
- GermanyGermany Michael sSchumacher ItalyItaly Ferrari 02 - DNF 05 1: 29.314
- BrazilBrazil Tarso Marques ItalyItaly Minardi-Hart 01 - DNF 18th 1: 36.826
- JapanJapan Ukyo Katayama ItalyItaly Minardi-Hart 01 - DNF 22nd 3: 00.630
- ItalyItaly Giancarlo Fisichella IrelandIreland Jordan-Peugeot 00 - DNF 04th -
- GermanyGermany Ralf Schumacher IrelandIreland Jordan-Peugeot 00 - DNF 08th -

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 77
02 GermanyGermany Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 68
03 GermanyGermany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 35
04th FranceFrance Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 34
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 30th
06th AustriaAustria Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 24
07th ItalyItaly Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 20th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 18th
09 FranceFrance Olivier Panis Cheers to Mugen Honda 16
10 FinlandFinland Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 14th
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 14th
12 GermanyGermany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 13
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 7th
14th BrazilBrazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 6th
Item driver constructor Points
15th AustriaAustria Alexander Wurz Benetton Renault 4th
16 ItalyItaly Jarno Trulli Cheers to Mugen Honda 3
17th FinlandFinland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 2
17th JapanJapan Shinji Nakano Cheers to Mugen Honda 2
17th BrazilBrazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 2
20th ItalyItaly Nicola Larini Clean Petronas 1
- DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 0
- JapanJapan Ukyō Katayama Minardi-Hart 0
- NetherlandsNetherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 0
- ItalyItaly Gianni Morbidelli Clean Petronas 0
- ArgentinaArgentina Norberto Fontana Clean Petronas 0
- BrazilBrazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart 0
- ItalyItaly Vincenzo Sospiri Lola Ford 0
- BrazilBrazil Ricardo Rosset Lola Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault 112
02 ItalyItaly Ferrari 86
03 ItalyItaly Benetton Renault 62
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 44
05 IrelandIreland Jordan-Peugeot 33
06th FranceFrance Cheers to Mugen Honda 21st
Item constructor Points
07th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clean Petronas 15th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows-Yamaha 9
09 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stewart-Ford 6th
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 2
- ItalyItaly Minardi-Hart 0
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola Ford 0

Individual evidence

  1. motorsportarchiv.de Overview Luxembourg 1997 ( Memento from April 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Luxembourg 1997 ( Memento from September 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Luxembourg 1997
  4. motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Luxembourg 1997
  5. motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Luxembourg 1997
  6. motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Luxembourg 1997
  7. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Luxembourg 1997 ( Memento from September 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Motorsport-magazin.com Race Luxembourg 1997