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1997 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 72 laps
Round2 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 599th World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault721hr 36m 06.990s10
2+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault72+4.190s6
3+2(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda72+15.870s4
4 (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes72+33.033s3
5-3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari72+33.731s2
6 (FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault72+34.020s1
7+6(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas72+50.912s 
8-1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot72+1m 00.639s 
9-1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault72+1m 15.402s 
10+2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes71+1 lap 
11+8(ITA) Nicola LariniSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
12+5(ITA) Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart71+1 lap 
13+9(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
14+1(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda71+1 lap 
15+6(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
16-2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari70+2 laps 
17-8(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha68DNF 
18 (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart67+5 laps 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot52DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha15DNF 
Did not start
  (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Damon Hill ended lap 68 in P12 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jan Magnussen did not take the restart after the initial race start was aborted.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
5(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda
6(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault
9(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha
10(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
13(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas
14(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
15(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda
16(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha
17(ITA) Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart
18(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart
19(ITA) Nicola LariniSauber-Petronas
20  
21(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:16.004 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:16.5940.590
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:16.6440.640
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.6920.688
5(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda1:16.7560.752
6(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:16.7570.753
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:16.9120.908
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:16.9710.967
9(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:17.0901.086
10(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:17.1751.171
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:17.2591.255
12(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:17.2621.258
13(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:17.4091.405
14(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:17.5271.523
15(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:17.9991.995
16(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:18.0952.091
17(ITA) Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart1:18.3362.332
18(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:18.5572.553
19(ITA) Nicola LariniSauber-Petronas1:18.6442.640
20(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:18.7732.769
21(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.8852.881
22(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:19.2743.270

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) David Coulthard10
=(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve10
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher8
5(FIN) Mika Hakkinen7
6(FRA) Olivier Panis6
7(ITA) Nicola Larini1
=(FRA) Jean Alesi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes17
2Williams-Renault10
3Benetton-Renault10
4Ferrari8
5Prost-Mugen-Honda6
6Sauber-Petronas1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (90th driver to start 50 races, 5th German driver)
Wins
5th for Jacques Villeneuve
96th for Williams
Podiums
47th for Gerhard Berger
12th for Jacques Villeneuve
4th for Olivier Panis (first for Prost)
228th for Williams
88th for Benetton
1st for Prost (47th different podium finisher)
Poles
5th for Jacques Villeneuve
99th for Williams
Fastest laps
7th for Jacques Villeneuve
103rd for Williams
Front row starts
29th for Michael Schumacher
11th for Jacques Villeneuve
Pole & win
1st for Jacques Villeneuve (44th different driver to win from pole, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian driver to win from pole since 1979)
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Jacques Villeneuve
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Jacques Villeneuve (34th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 2nd Canadian driver; first Canadian driver to complete a hat-trick since 1979)