1997 Canadian Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 15 June 1997
Winner:	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position:	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap:	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit:	Montreal, 54 laps
Round:	7 of 17

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	54	1hr 17m 40.646s	10
2	+6	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	54	+2.565s	6
3	+3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	54	+3.219s	4
4		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	54	+3.768s	3
5	+8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	54	+4.716s	2
6	+13	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	54	+36.701s	1
7	-2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	54	+37.753s
8	+8	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	53	+1 lap
9	+6	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	53	+1 lap
10	+8	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	53	+1 lap
11	-1	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	51	DNF
R		Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	46	DNF
R		Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	42	DNF
R		Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Renault	35	DNF
R		Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	33	DNF
R		Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	32	DNF
R		Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	14	DNF
R		Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	5	DNF
R		Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	DNF
R		Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	0	DNF
R		Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:18.095
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:18.108
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:18.388
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:18.464
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.466
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:18.750
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:18.869
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:18.899
9	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.916
10	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:19.034
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Renault	1:19.286
12	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:19.503
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.622
14	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.102
15	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:20.129
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:20.175
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.336
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.357
19	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:20.370
20	Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	1:20.370
21	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:20.491
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:21.034

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:18.095
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:18.108	0.013
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:18.388	0.293
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:18.464	0.369
5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.466	0.371
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:18.750	0.655
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:18.869	0.774
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:18.899	0.804
9	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.916	0.821
10	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:19.034	0.939
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Renault	1:19.286	1.191
12	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:19.503	1.408
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.622	1.527
14	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.102	2.007
15	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:20.129	2.034
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:20.175	2.080
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.336	2.241
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.357	2.262
19	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:20.370	2.275
20	Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	1:20.370	2.275
21	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:20.491	2.396
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:21.034	2.939

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	37
2	Jacques Villeneuve	30
3	Olivier Panis	15
4	Eddie Irvine	14
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13
6	Jean Alesi	13
7	David Coulthard	11
8	Gerhard Berger	10
9	Mika Hakkinen	10
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	8
11	Johnny Herbert	7
12	Rubens Barrichello	6
13	Ralf Schumacher	4
14	Mika Salo	2
15	Nicola Larini	1
=	Shinji Nakano	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	51
2	Williams-Renault	43
3	Benetton-Renault	23
4	McLaren-Mercedes	21
5	Prost-Mugen-Honda	16
6	Jordan-Peugeot	12
7	Sauber-Petronas	8
8	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	6
9	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Alexander Wurz

Wins

Driver: 24th for Michael Schumacher

Constructor: 110th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 50th for Michael Schumacher, 28th for Jean Alesi, 1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (177th different podium finisher, 27th Italian driver)

Constructor: 394th for Ferrari, 90th for Benetton, 5th for Jordan

Poles

Driver: 15th for Michael Schumacher

Constructor: 119th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 5th for David Coulthard

Constructor: 70th for McLaren

Front row starts

Driver: 31st for Michael Schumacher, 15th for Jacques Villeneuve

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for Shinji Nakano (274th different point scorer, 4th Japanese driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 7th for Michael Schumacher

See also

• Canadian Grand Prix
• Montreal Circuit
• 1997 World Championship season