1997 Japanese Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 12 October 1997
Winner	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Fastest lap	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
Circuit	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round	16 of 17
Race numbers	The 1997 Japanese Grand Prix was the 613th World Championship race 13th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 11th World Championship race at Suzuka 1997 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1hr 29m 48.446s	10
2	+4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	53	+1.378s	6
3		Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+26.384s	4
4		Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+27.129s	3
DQ		Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	53	+39.776s
5	+2	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	53	+40.403s	2
6	+2	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	53	+41.630s	1
7	+2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+56.825s
8	-3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	53	+1m 00.429s
9	+4	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+1m 22.036s
10	+1	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	52	DNF
11	+6	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap
12	+4	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap
13	+8	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
R		Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	46	DNF
R		Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	46	DNF
R		Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	36	DNF
R		Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	22	DNF
R		Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	8	DNF
R		Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	6	DNF
R		Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	3	DNF
Did not start
		Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas

Notes

Jacques Villeneuve was disqualified post-race for ignoring a yellow flag in practice, having initially raced under appeal.
David Coulthard ended lap 52 in P8 before retiring on the final lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:36.071
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.133	0.062
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:36.466	0.395
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.469	0.398
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:36.561	0.490
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:36.628	0.557
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:36.682	0.611
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:36.906	0.835
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:36.917	0.846
10	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:37.073	1.002
11	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.095	1.024
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:37.343	1.272
13	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:37.443	1.372
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:37.480	1.409
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:37.588	1.517
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:37.853	1.782
17	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:38.022	1.951
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:38.556	2.485
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:38.983	2.912
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1:39.678	3.607
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.259	4.188
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.529	4.458

How the championship standings stood post-1997 Japanese Grand Prix.

Milestone race start: 100th for Michael Schumacher (39th driver to start 100 races, 2nd German driver)
World Champion: 9th title for Williams (1st constructor to win nine championships) NEW RECORD
Wins: 27th for Michael Schumacher; 113th for Ferrari
Podiums: 54th for Michael Schumacher, 8th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 7th for Eddie Irvine; 399th & 400th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 400 podiums), 241st for Williams
Poles: 12th for Jacques Villeneuve; 107th for Williams
Fastest laps: 5th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 109th for Williams
Front row starts: 34th for Michael Schumacher, 21st for Jacques Villeneuve
Points finishes: 25th for Johnny Herbert