1997 Spanish Grand Prix
1997 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 25 May 1997 | ||||
Official name | XXXIX Gran Premio Marlboro de España | ||||
Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1] | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.728 km (2.938 miles) | ||||
Distance | 64 laps, 302.469 km (187.946 miles) | ||||
Scheduled distance | 65 laps, 307.196 km (190.883 miles) | ||||
Weather | Clear | ||||
Attendance | 64,000 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||||
Time | 1:16.525 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | |||
Time | 1:22.242 on lap 20 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Williams-Renault | ||||
Second |
Mugen-Honda | ||||
Third | Benetton-Renault | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXXIX Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 May 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the sixth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship.
The 64-lap race was won from
The win, Villeneuve's third of the season, put him back into the lead of the Drivers' Championship by three points from German Michael Schumacher, who finished fourth in his Ferrari.
Race summary
In this high tyre wearing race, especially for the
Panis was gaining on the leader, Villeneuve, by approximately 1.5 seconds per lap. By the end of lap 49, the gap was 10.8 seconds, from 13 seconds at the end of lap 47. However, during lap 50, Panis was held up by traffic, firstly Ralf Schumacher's Jordan and then the Ferrari of Eddie Irvine. With marshals not waving the blue flags,[3] Irvine failed to let Panis through, and thus allowing Jean Alesi and Michael Schumacher to catch him up. When Irvine finally yielded on lap 57, the gap between Panis and Villeneuve was back up to 16.1 seconds. Irvine later received a stop-go penalty for his actions. After Panis cleared the traffic, he was lapping 1.5 to 2 seconds faster than the leader and managed to close the gap to less than 6 seconds by the end of the race, but it was too late and Villeneuve took his 3rd victory of the season. This was Panis's final podium finish in Formula One.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:16.525 | |
2 | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:16.791 | +0.266 |
3 | 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.521 | +0.996 |
4 | 7 | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:17.717 | +1.192 |
5 | 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.737 | +1.212 |
6 | 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:18.041 | +1.516 |
7 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.313 | +1.788 |
8 | 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:18.385 | +1.860 |
9 | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:18.423 | +1.898 |
10 | 16 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas
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1:18.494 | +1.969 |
11 | 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:18.873 | +2.348 |
12 | 14 | Olivier Panis | Mugen-Honda
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1:19.157 | +2.632 |
13 | 17 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber-Petronas
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1:19.323 | +2.798 |
14 | 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.079 | +3.554 |
15 | 1 | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:20.089 | +3.564 |
16 | 15 | Shinji Nakano | Mugen-Honda
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1:20.103 | +3.578 |
17 | 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.255 | +3.730 |
18 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 1:20.452 | +3.927 |
19 | 18 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.582 | +4.057 |
20 | 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 1:20.672 | +4.147 |
21 | 2 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:21.029 | +4.504 |
22 | 23 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 1:21.060 | +4.535 |
107% time : 1:21.882
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Source: [4] |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 64 | 1:30:35.896 | 1 | 10 |
2 | 14 | Olivier Panis | Mugen-Honda
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64 | +5.804 | 12 | 6 |
3 | 7 | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 64 | +12.534 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 64 | +17.979 | 7 | 3 |
5 | 16 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas
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64 | +27.986 | 10 | 2 |
6 | 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 64 | +29.744 | 3 | 1 |
7 | 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 64 | +48.785 | 5 | |
8 | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 64 | +1:04.139 | 2 | |
9 | 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 64 | +1:04.767 | 8 | |
10 | 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 64 | +1:05.670 | 6 | |
11 | 18 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 63 | +1 lap | 19 | |
12 | 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 63 | +1 lap | 11 | |
13 | 23 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 63 | +1 lap | 22 | |
14 | 17 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber-Petronas
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62 | +2 laps | 13 | |
15 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 62 | +2 laps | 18 | |
Ret | 2 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 53 | Engine | 21 | |
Ret | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 50 | Engine | 9 | |
Ret | 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 37 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 35 | Puncture | 14 | |
Ret | 15 | Shinji Nakano | Mugen-Honda
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34 | Gearbox | 16 | |
Ret | 1 | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 17 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 11 | Gearbox | 20 | |
Source:[5]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1997 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ BBC. "Classic Spanish GP". Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ a b Murray Walker, Martin Brundle (Commentators) (1997). ITV F1 - Spanish Grand Prix (Television). Barcelona, Spain: ITV.
- ^ "Spain 1997 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "1997 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Spain 1997 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.