1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 28 September 1997
Winner	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Pole position	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
Circuit	Nurburgring, 67 laps
Round	15 of 17
Race numbers	The 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix was the: 612th World Championship race 1st World Championship Luxembourg Grand Prix 27th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	67	1hr 31m 27.843s	10
2	+8	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	67	+11.770s	6
3		(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	67	+13.480s	4
4	+3	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	67	+16.416s	3
5	+10	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	67	+43.147s	2
6	+5	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	67	+43.750s	1
7	+9	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	67	+44.354s
8	+5	(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	67	+44.777s
9	+10	(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	66	+1 lap
10	+10	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	66	+1 lap
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	50	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	43	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	42	DNF
R		(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	40	DNF
R		(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	22	DNF
R		(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	16	DNF
R		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	DNF
R		(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1	DNF
R		(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1	DNF
R		(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	0	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	0	DNF

Notes

Mika Hakkinen ended lap 43 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.602
2	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:16.691	0.089
3	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:16.741	0.139
4	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:17.289	0.687
5	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:17.385	0.783
6	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.387	0.785
7	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:17.587	0.985
8	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:17.595	0.993
9	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:17.614	1.012
10	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:17.620	1.018
11	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:17.650	1.048
12	(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:17.722	1.120
13	(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:17.795	1.193
14	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.855	1.253
15	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:18.128	1.526
16	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:18.303	1.701
17	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:18.699	2.097
18	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1:19.347	2.745
19	(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.490	2.888
20	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:19.526	2.924
21	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:19.531	2.929
22	(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:20.615	4.013

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: Gianni Morbidelli
Milestone race start: 50th for Mika Salo (93rd driver to start 50 races, 4th Finnish driver)
Wins: 11th and last for Jacques Villeneuve; 103rd for Williams (last until 2001)
Podiums: 31st for Jean Alesi (last for Benetton); 18th for Jacques Villeneuve; 7th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 239th & 240th for Williams; 95th for Benetton
Poles: 1st for Mika Hakkinen (79th different polesitter, 2nd Finnish driver; first Finnish driver since 1986); 80th for McLaren (4th constructor to take 80 pole pole positions; first since 1993)
Fastest laps: 4th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 108th for Williams
Front row starts: 20th for Jacques Villeneuve (28th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Canadian driver); 3rd for Mika Hakkinen