1997 Molson Indy Vancouver
Date | August 31, 1997 |
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Official name | Molson Indy Vancouver |
Location | Streets of Vancouver, British Columbia |
Course | Street track 1.653 mi / 2.660 km |
Distance | 100 laps 165.300 mi / 266.000 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 22.2 °C (72.0 °F) before dropping down to 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) by the end of the event[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 54.025 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 55.136 (on lap 82 of 100) |
Podium | |
First | Maurício Gugelmin (PacWest Racing) |
Second | Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Gil de Ferran (Walker Racing) |
The 1997
Starting grid
- Alex Zanardi 54.025 seconds
- Bobby Rahal 54.351 seconds
- Jimmy Vasser 54.386 seconds
- Michael Andretti 54.419 seconds
- Maurício Gugelmin 54.505 seconds
- Bryan Herta 54.542 seconds
- Gil de Ferran 54.553 seconds
- Mark Blundell 54.600 seconds
- Greg Moore 54.614 seconds
- Dario Franchitti 54.655 seconds
- Scott Pruett 54.750 seconds
- Raul Boesel 55.052 seconds
- André Ribeiro 55.090 seconds
- Christian Fittipaldi 55.118 seconds
- Michel Jourdain Jr. 55.183 seconds
- Adrian Fernandez55.315 seconds
- Paul Tracy 55.535 seconds
- Parker Johnstone 55.635 seconds
- Max Papis 55.930 seconds
- Roberto Moreno 55.962 seconds
- Richie Hearn 56.027 seconds
- Al Unser Jr. 56.028 seconds
- Christian Danner 56.068 seconds
- Juan Manuel Fangio II 56.241 seconds
- P. J. Jones 56.373 seconds
- Hiro Matsushita 58.508 seconds
- Dennis Vitolo 1:02:557
- Gualter Salles No time
Race
First 30 laps
At the start,
Lap 31 - Lap 60
At lap 35,
Lap 61 - Lap 80
Then, Greg Moore had some damages in his right-front suspension at lap 64. At lap 68, Zanardi did an amazing overtaking manoeuvre on Michael Andretti at Turn 3 (The hairpin). Right after this, Andretti suffered problems on his suspension, and retired from the race.
Last 20 laps
With 18 laps to go, Alex Zanardi stalled his engine at the hairpin (Turn 3) again. He came back to the race at 10th place. The top 6 at the following lap was: Bryan Herta, Maurício Gugelmin, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser Jr., Gil de Ferran and Mark Blundell. With 14 laps to go, Zanardi knocked Herta out at the chicane, right after the hairpin. Despite the collision, Herta did not retire. At the last lap, Christian Fittipaldi crashed at turn 10 and retired, but was classified 9th.
Final results
- Maurício Gugelmin
- Jimmy Vasser
- Gil de Ferran
- Alex Zanardi
- Al Unser Jr.
- Raul Boesel
- Mark Blundell
- Bryan Herta
- Christian Fittipaldi retired, but was classified
- André Ribeiro +1 lap
- Parker Johnstone +1 lap
- Juan Manuel Fangio II +2 laps
- Dario Franchitti retired, but was classified
- Hiro Matsushita +6 laps
- Roberto Moreno Steering
- Michael Andretti Contact
- Greg Moore Contact
- Scott Pruett Contact
- Adrian FernandezContact
- Max Papis Clutch
- Michel Jourdain Jr. Contact
- Richie Hearn Contact
- Christian Danner Engine
- Bobby Rahal Transmission
- P. J. Jones Engine
- Gualter Salles Contact
- Dennis Vitolo Contact
- Paul Tracy Contact
Notes
- After his collision with Bryan Herta, Alex Zanardi was fined after the race.
- This was the last time that CARThad run in Vancouver's original track. From 1998, CART had used another track.
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References
- ^ "1997 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.