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1997 Hungarian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitHungaroring, 77 laps
Round11 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix was the:

  • 608th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Hungaroring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault771hr 45m 47.149s10
2+1(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha77+9.079s6
3+7(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas77+20.445s4
4-3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari77+30.501s3
5+9(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot77+30.715s2
6+10(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda77+41.512s1
7+5(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda77+1m 15.552s 
8-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault77+1m 16.409s 
9-4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari76DNF 
10+10(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart76+1 lap 
11-2(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault76+1 lap 
12+10(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart75+2 laps 
13+8(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes65DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha53DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot42DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault29DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes12DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas7DNF 
R (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth5DNF 

Notes

  • Eddie Irvine entered the final lap in P6 before retiring.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:14.672 
2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:14.8590.187
3(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:15.0440.372
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.1400.468
5(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:15.4240.752
6(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:15.5200.848
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:15.6991.027
8(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.7051.033
9(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:15.9051.233
10(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:16.1381.466
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:16.1381.466
12(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda1:16.2971.625
13(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:16.3001.628
14(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:16.6862.014
15(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:16.7662.094
16(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:16.7842.112
17(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:16.8582.186
18(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:17.0952.423
19(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:17.1182.446
20(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:17.2322.560
21(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:17.4822.810
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart1:18.0203.348

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher56
2(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve53
3(FRA) Jean Alesi22
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger20
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen19
6(GBR) Eddie Irvine18
7(FRA) Olivier Panis15
8(GBR) David Coulthard14
9(FIN) Mika Hakkinen14
10(GBR) Johnny Herbert11
11(DEU) Ralf Schumacher11
12(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella8
13(GBR) Damon Hill7
14(BRA) Rubens Barrichello6
15(AUT) Alexander Wurz4
16(ITA) Jarno Trulli3
17(FIN) Mika Salo2
18(JPN) Shinji Nakano2
19(ITA) Nicola Larini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari74
2Williams-Renault72
3Benetton-Renault46
4McLaren-Mercedes28
5Prost-Mugen-Honda20
6Jordan-Peugeot19
7Sauber-Petronas12
8Arrows-Yamaha7
9Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
10Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for Jacques Villeneuve
101st for Williams
Podiums
41st for Damon Hill (only podium for Arrows)
16th for Jacques Villeneuve
6th for Johnny Herbert (last podium until 1999; last for Sauber)
234th for Williams
8th and last for Arrows (first since 1989)
3rd for Sauber
Poles
17th for Michael Schumacher
121st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
3rd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
105th for Williams
Front row starts
33rd for Michael Schumacher
17th for Jacques Villeneuve
Points finishes
2nd and last for Shinji Nakano