1997 European Grand Prix

Fact File

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 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

Starting Grid

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

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

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1997

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jacques Villeneuve	81
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	42
3	David Coulthard	36
4	Jean Alesi	36
5	Gerhard Berger	27
6	Mika Hakkinen	27
7	Eddie Irvine	24
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	20
9	Olivier Panis	16
10	Johnny Herbert	15
11	Ralf Schumacher	13
12	Damon Hill	7
13	Rubens Barrichello	6
14	Alexander Wurz	4
15	Jarno Trulli	3
16	Mika Salo	2
=	Pedro Diniz	2
18	Shinji Nakano	2
19	Nicola Larini	1
DQ	Michael Schumacher	78

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	123
2	Ferrari	102
3	Benetton-Renault	67
4	McLaren-Mercedes	63
5	Jordan-Peugeot	33
6	Prost-Mugen-Honda	21
7	Sauber-Petronas	16
8	Arrows-Yamaha	9
9	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	6
10	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Gerhard Berger, Norberto Fontana, Ukyo Katayama

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Pedro Diniz

World Champion

Driver: 1st and only world championship for Jacques Villeneuve (26th different world champion, 1st Canadian champion)

Wins

Driver: 1st for Mika Hakkinen (87th different winner, 2nd Finnish driver)

Constructor: 107th for McLaren

Race 1-2

Constructor: 27th for McLaren

Podiums

Driver: 19th for Jacques Villeneuve, 16th for Mika Hakkinen, 15th for David Coulthard

Constructor: 268th & 269th for McLaren, 242nd for Williams

Poles

Driver: 13th and last for Jacques Villeneuve

Constructor: 108th for Williams

Fastest laps

Driver: 6th and last for Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Constructor: 110th for Williams

Front row starts

Driver: 35th for Michael Schumacher, 22nd for Jacques Villeneuve

Points finishes

Driver: 94th and last for Gerhard Berger

See also

• European Grand Prix
• Jerez Circuit
• 1997 World Championship season