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Home / Seasons / 1997 F1 World Championship Season / 1997 Belgian Grand Prix

1997 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 August 1997
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round12 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 609th World Championship race
  • 44th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 32nd World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari441hr 33m 46.717s10
2+2Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot44+26.753s6
DQ Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes44+30.856s 
3+4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault44+32.147s4
4+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas44+39.025s3
5-4Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault44+42.103s2
6+9Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault44+1m 03.741s1
7+1Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha44+1m 25.931s 
8-6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault44+1m 42.008s 
9+4Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas44+1m 42.582s 
10+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari43DNF 
11+8Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
12+6Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
13-4United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha42DNF 
14+6Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart42DNF 
15PLItaly flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda42+2 laps 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes19DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart18DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda5DNF 

Notes

  • Mika Hakkinen was disqualified post-race for a fuel irregularity.
  • Eddie Irvine ended lap 43 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Damon Hill ended lap 42 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Ukyo Katayama ended lap 42 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot
5Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
6  
7Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault
8Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha
10United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas
12Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth
13Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas
14  
15Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
16Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
18Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth
19Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart
21Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart
Started from the pit lane
 Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot
 Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:49.450 
2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:49.7590.309
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:50.2930.843
4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:50.4701.020
5Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:50.5031.053
6Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:50.5201.070
7Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:50.6561.206
8Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:50.8531.403
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:50.9701.520
10United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:51.4101.960
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:51.7252.275
12Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:51.9162.466
13Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:52.0942.644
14Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda1:52.2742.824
15Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:52.3912.941
16Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:52.7493.299
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:52.7933.343
18Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:52.8863.436
19Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:52.8973.447
20Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:53.5444.094
21Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:53.7254.275
22Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart1:54.5055.055

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher66
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve55
3Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen23
4France flag lazyload Jean Alesi22
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger21
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine18
7France flag lazyload Olivier Panis15
8United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard14
9Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella14
10Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen14
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert14
12Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher11
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill7
14Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello6
15Austria flag lazyload Alexander Wurz4
16Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli3
17Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo2
18Japan flag lazyload Shinji Nakano2
19Italy flag lazyload Nicola Larini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari84
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault78
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault47
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes28
5Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot25
6France flag lazyload Prost-Mugen-Honda20
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas15
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Yamaha7
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Minardi (9th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
26th for Michael Schumacher
112th for Ferrari
Podiums
53rd for Michael Schumacher
4th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
2nd for Giancarlo Fisichella
398th for Ferrari
235th for Williams
6th for Jordan
Poles
10th for Jacques Villeneuve (22nd driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Canadian driver)
105th for Williams
Fastest laps
8th for Jacques Villeneuve
106th for Williams
Front row starts
18th for Jacques Villeneuve
7th for Jean Alesi (first since 1995; first for Benetton)

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1997 World Championship season

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