1997 European Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 26 October 1997
Winner	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Fastest lap	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
Circuit	Jerez, 69 laps
Round	17 of 17
Race numbers	The 1997 European Grand Prix was the 614th World Championship race 8th World Championship European Grand Prix 7th and last World Championship race at Jerez (first since 1994) 1997 Drivers’ title decider
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Next race	1998 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	69	1hr 38m 57.771s	10
2	+4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1.654s	6
3	-2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	69	+1.803s	4
4	+4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	69	+1.919s	3
5	+2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	69	+3.789s	2
6	-3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	69	+4.537s	1
7	+2	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	69	+1m 07.145s
8	+6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	69	+1m 12.961s
9	+2	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	69	+1m 17.487s
10	+5	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	69	+1m 18.215s
11	+6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	68	+1 lap
12	+9	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap
13	-3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	68	+1 lap
14	+4	Norberto Fontana	Sauber-Petronas	68	+1 lap
15	+5	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	68	+1 lap
16	+6	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap
17	+2	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	68	+1 lap
R		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	47	DNF
R		Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	47	DNF
R		Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	44	DNF
R		Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	30	DNF
R		Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	11	DNF

Notes

Michael Schumacher ended lap 47 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:21.072
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.072	0.000
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:21.072	0.000
4	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:21.130	0.058
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.369	0.297
6	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.476	0.404
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.610	0.538
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:21.656	0.584
9	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:21.735	0.663
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:22.011	0.939
11	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:22.167	1.095
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:22.222	1.150
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:22.234	1.162
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.263	1.191
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:22.351	1.279
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.740	1.668
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.804	1.732
18	Norberto Fontana	Sauber-Petronas	1:23.281	2.209
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:23.409	2.337
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1:23.854	2.782
21	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:24.222	3.150
22	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:24.301	3.229

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

Last start: Gerhard Berger, Norberto Fontana, Ukyo Katayama
Milestone race start: 50th for Pedro Diniz (94th driver to start 50 races, 7th Brazilian driver)
World Champion: 1st and only title for Jacques Villeneuve (26th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Canadian champion)
Wins: 1st for Mika Hakkinen (87th different winner, 2nd Finnish driver; first Finnish winner since 1985); 107th for McLaren
Race 1-2: 27th for McLaren
Podiums: 19th for Jacques Villeneuve, 16th for Mika Hakkinen, 15th for David Coulthard; 268th & 269th for McLaren, 242nd for Williams
Poles: 13th and last for Jacques Villeneuve (last Canadian polesitter until 2020); 108th for Williams (last until 2001)
Fastest laps: 6th and last for Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 110th for Williams
Front row starts: 35th for Michael Schumacher, 22nd for Jacques Villeneuve
Points finishes: 94th and last for Gerhard Berger