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

1997 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 June 1997
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMontreal, 54 laps
Round7 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was the

  • 604th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Montreal
More 1997 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari541hr 17m 40.646s10
2+6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault54+2.565s6
3+3Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot54+3.219s4
4 Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault54+3.768s3
5+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas54+4.716s2
6+13Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda54+36.701s1
7-2United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes54+37.753s 
8+8Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha53+1 lap 
9+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha53+1 lap 
10+8Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas53+1 lap 
11-1France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda51DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Renault35DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart32DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot14DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart5DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari0DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Olivier Panis ended lap 51 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:18.095 
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:18.1080.013
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:18.3880.293
4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:18.4640.369
5United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:18.4660.371
6Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:18.7500.655
7Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:18.8690.774
8France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:18.8990.804
9Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:18.9160.821
10France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda1:19.0340.939
11Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Renault1:19.2861.191
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:19.5031.408
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:19.6221.527
14Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.1022.007
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:20.1292.034
16Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:20.1752.080
17Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.3362.241
18Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:20.3572.262
19Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:20.3702.275
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart1:20.3702.275
21Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:20.4912.396
22Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:21.0342.939

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1997 Canadian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher37
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve30
3France flag lazyload Olivier Panis15
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine14
5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen13
6France flag lazyload Jean Alesi13
7United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard11
8Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger10
9Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen10
10Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella8
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert7
12Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello6
13Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher4
14Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo2
15Italy flag lazyload Nicola Larini1
=Japan flag lazyload Shinji Nakano1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari51
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault43
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault23
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes21
5France flag lazyload Prost-Mugen-Honda16
6Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot12
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Alexander Wurz
Milestone race start
450th for McLaren (3rd constructor to start 450 races)
Wins
24th for Michael Schumacher
110th for Ferrari
Podiums
50th for Michael Schumacher (6th driver to score 50 podiums, 1st German driver), 28th for Jean Alesi, 1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (177th different podium finisher, 27th Italian driver)
394th for Ferrari, 90th for Benetton (6th constructor to score 90 podiums), 5th for Jordan
Poles
15th for Michael Schumacher
119th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
5th for David Coulthard (first since 1995; first for McLaren)
70th for McLaren (4th constructor to set 70 fastest laps; first since 1993)
Front row starts
31st for Michael Schumacher, 15th for Jacques Villeneuve
Points finishes
1st for Shinji Nakano (274th different point scorer, 4th Japanese driver)
Pole & win
7th for Michael Schumacher (first since 1995; first for Ferrari)

See also

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

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