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

1997 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 September 1997
Winner
  • David Coulthard
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Jean Alesi
  • Benetton-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Mika Hakkinen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMonza, 53 laps
Round13 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 610th World Championship race
  • 48th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 47th World Championship race at Monza
More 1997 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes531hr 17m 04.609s10
2-1(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault53+1.937s6
3-1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault53+4.343s4
4-1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot53+5.871s3
5-1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault53+6.416s2
6+3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari53+11.481s1
7 (AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault53+12.471s 
8+2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari53+17.639s 
9-4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes53+49.373s 
10+6(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda53+1m 02.706s 
11+4(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda53+1m 03.327s 
12+6(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas52+1 lap 
13-2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
14+8(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart50+3 laps 
R (GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha46DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot39DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas38DNF 
R (FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart8DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha4DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:22.990 
2(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:23.0420.052
3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:23.0660.076
4(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:23.2310.241
5(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.3400.350
6(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.3470.357
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:23.4430.453
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:23.6030.613
9(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:23.6240.634
10(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:23.8910.901
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:24.1771.187
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:24.2421.252
13(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:24.3941.404
14(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:24.4821.492
15(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:24.5531.563
16(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Mugen-Honda1:24.5671.577
17(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:24.6391.649
18(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:24.7351.745
19(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:25.6932.703
20(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:25.8452.855
21(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:26.6553.665
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart1:27.6774.687

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher67
2(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve57
3(FRA) Jean Alesi28
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen27
5(GBR) David Coulthard24
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger21
7(GBR) Eddie Irvine18
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella17
9(FRA) Olivier Panis15
10(FIN) Mika Hakkinen14
11(GBR) Johnny Herbert14
12(DEU) Ralf Schumacher11
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
1Ferrari85
2Williams-Renault84
3Benetton-Renault53
4McLaren-Mercedes38
5Jordan-Peugeot28
6Prost-Mugen-Honda20
7Sauber-Petronas15
8Arrows-Yamaha7
9Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
10Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Wins
3rd for David Coulthard
106th for McLaren
Podiums
30th for Jean Alesi (20th driver to score 30 podiums, 3rd French driver)
13th for David Coulthard
5th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
266th for McLaren
236th for Williams
94th for Benetton
Poles
2nd and last for Jean Alesi (first since 1994; first French polesitter since 1994; only pole for Benetton)
14th for Benetton
Fastest laps
1st for Mika Hakkinen (98th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Finnish driver; first Finnish driver to set a fastest lap since 1985)
71st for McLaren
Front row starts
8th for Jean Alesi (last for Benetton) & Heinz-Harald Frentzen (last until 1999; last for Williams)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1997 World Championship season

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