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1997 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round8 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 605th World Championship race
  • 47th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari721hr 38m 50.492s10
2 (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault72+23.537s6
3+2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari72+1m 14.801s4
4 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault72+1m 21.784s3
5+3(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault72+1m 22.735s2
6-3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot72+1m 29.871s1
7+2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes71DNF 
8+6(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
9+2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot71+1 lap 
10-4(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda70+2 laps 
11+10(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart70+2 laps 
12+5(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha69+3 laps 
R (FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Renault60DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha58DNF 
R (ARG) Norberto FontanaSauber-Petronas40DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes18DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda7DNF 
R (BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart5DNF 

Notes

  • David Coulthard entered the final lap in P5 before retiring.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:14.548 
2(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:14.7490.201
3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:14.7550.207
4(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:14.8000.252
5(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:14.8600.312
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda1:14.9570.409
7(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Renault1:14.9860.438
8(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:15.2280.680
9(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.2700.722
10(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.3390.791
11(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:15.4530.905
12(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:15.8571.309
13(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:15.8761.328
14(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:16.0181.470
15(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:16.1491.601
16(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:16.5361.988
17(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:16.7292.181
18(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.9412.393
19(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:17.2562.708
20(ARG) Norberto FontanaSauber-Petronas1:17.5382.990
21(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:17.5633.015
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart1:18.2803.732

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher47
2(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve33
3(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen19
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine18
5(FRA) Olivier Panis15
6(FRA) Jean Alesi15
7(GBR) David Coulthard11
8(AUT) Gerhard Berger10
9(FIN) Mika Hakkinen10
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella8
11(GBR) Johnny Herbert7
12(BRA) Rubens Barrichello6
13(DEU) Ralf Schumacher5
14(FIN) Mika Salo2
15(ITA) Nicola Larini1
=(JPN) Shinji Nakano1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari65
2Williams-Renault52
3Benetton-Renault25
4McLaren-Mercedes21
5Prost-Mugen-Honda16
6Jordan-Peugeot13
7Sauber-Petronas8
8Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Norberto Fontana (first Argentine driver to start a race since 1988)
Wins
25th for Michael Schumacher
111th for Ferrari
Podiums
51st for Michael Schumacher
6th for Eddie Irvine
3rd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
395th & 396th for Ferrari
232nd for Williams
Poles
16th for Michael Schumacher
120th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
27th for Michael Schumacher
126th for Ferrari
Front row starts
32nd for Michael Schumacher
6th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Pole & win
8th for Michael Schumacher
Win & fastest lap
17th for Michael Schumacher
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
6th for Michael Schumacher (first since 1995 and last until 2001; last German driver to complete a hat-trick until 2001; first for Ferrari)