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

1997 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 July 1997
Winner
  • Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger
  • Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger
  • Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger
  • Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round10 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 607th World Championship race
  • 45th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault451hr 20m 59.046s10
2+2Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari45+17.527s6
3 Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes45+24.770s4
4+7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda45+27.165s3
5+2Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot45+29.995s2
6 France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault45+34.717s1
7+10Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda45+1m 19.722s 
8+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha44+1 lap 
9+9Argentina flag lazyload Norberto FontanaSauber-Petronas44+1 lap 
10+10Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
11-9Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot40DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault33DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas8DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha8DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart0DNF 

Notes

  • Giancarlo Fisichella ended lap 40 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:41.873 
2Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:41.8960.023
3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:42.0340.161
4Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:42.1810.308
5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:42.4210.548
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:42.4930.620
7Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:42.4980.625
8United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:42.6870.814
9Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:42.9671.094
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:43.2091.336
11Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda1:43.2261.353
12Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:43.2721.399
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:43.3611.488
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:43.6601.787
15Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:43.9272.054
16Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:44.0692.196
17Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:44.1122.239
18Argentina flag lazyload Norberto FontanaSauber-Petronas1:44.5522.679
19Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:45.3723.499
20Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:45.8113.938
21Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart1:45.9424.069
22Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:46.4994.626

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher53
2Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve43
3France flag lazyload Jean Alesi22
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger20
5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen19
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine18
7France flag lazyload Olivier Panis15
8United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard14
9Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen14
10Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher9
11Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella8
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert7
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello6
14Austria flag lazyload Alexander Wurz4
15Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli3
16Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo2
17Italy flag lazyload Nicola Larini1
=Japan flag lazyload Shinji Nakano1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari71
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault62
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault46
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes28
5France flag lazyload Prost-Mugen-Honda19
6Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot17
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Yamaha1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
10th and last for Gerhard Berger (22nd driver to win ten races, 2nd Austrian driver; first win since 1994)
27th and last for Benetton
Podiums
52nd for Michael Schumacher
48th and last for Gerhard Berger (last Austrian driver to finish on the podium until 2005)
15th for Mika Hakkinen
397th for Ferrari
265th for McLaren
93rd for Benetton
Poles
12th and last for Gerhard Berger (first since 1995; only pole for Benetton)
13th for Benetton
Fastest laps
21st and last for Gerhard Berger
35th for Benetton
Front row starts
32nd and last for Gerhard Berger
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (124th different front row starter, 21st Italian driver; first Italian front row starter since 1992; only front row start for Jordan)
Points finishes
1st for Jarno Trulli (276th different point scorer, 46th Italian driver)
Pole & win
5th and last for Gerhard Berger (first since 1994; first Austrian driver to win from pole since 1994; only win from pole for Benetton)
Win & fastest lap
4th and last for Gerhard Berger (first since 1992; first Austrian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1992; only win and fastest lap for Benetton)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd and last for Gerhard Berger (first since 1987; first Austrian driver to complete a hat-trick since 1987; only hat-trick for Benetton)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1997 World Championship season

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