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Home / Seasons / 1997 F1 World Championship Season / 1997 San Marino Grand Prix

1997 San Marino Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 April 1997
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitImola, 62 laps
Round4 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 San Marino Grand Prix was the

  • 601st World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Imola
More 1997 season
More San Marino Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault621hr 31m 00.673s10
2+1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari62+1.237s6
3+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari62+1m 18.343s4
4+2Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot62+1m 23.388s3
5+9France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault61+1 lap2
6+2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes61+1 lap1
7+5Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniSauber-Petronas61+1 lap 
8-4France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda61+1 lap 
9+10Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
10+11Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
11+11Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart59+3 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha53DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes38DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas18DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot17DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda11DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha11DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault4DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:23.303 
2Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:23.6460.343
3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:23.9550.652
4France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda1:24.0750.772
5Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:24.0810.778
6Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:24.5961.293
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:24.7231.420
8Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.8121.509
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:24.8611.558
10United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.0771.774
11Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:25.3712.068
12Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniSauber-Petronas1:25.5442.241
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:25.5792.276
14France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:25.7292.426
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:25.7432.440
16Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:26.1922.889
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:26.2532.950
18Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:26.7123.409
19Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.8523.549
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart1:26.9603.657
21Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.4284.125
22Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:28.7275.424

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1997 San Marino Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve20
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher14
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard10
=Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen10
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine10
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger10
7Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen10
8France flag lazyload Olivier Panis6
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher4
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert3
=Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella3
12France flag lazyload Jean Alesi3
13Italy flag lazyload Nicola Larini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault30
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari24
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes20
4Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault13
5Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot7
6France flag lazyload Prost-Mugen-Honda6
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas4

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Gerhard Berger (4th driver to start 200 races, 1st Austrian driver), 100th for Johnny Herbert (38th driver to start 100 races, 7th British driver)
Wins
1st for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (86th different winner, 4th German driver; last win until 1999; only win for Williams)
98th for Williams
Podiums
48th for Michael Schumacher, 4th for Eddie Irvine, 2nd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (first podium since 1995; first for Williams)
390th & 391st for Ferrari, 230th for Williams
Poles
7th for Jacques Villeneuve
101st for Williams
Qualifying 1-2
53rd for Williams
Fastest laps
2nd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
104th for Williams
Front row starts
13th for Jacques Villeneuve, 3rd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Points finishes
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (273rd different point scorer, 45th Italian driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (54th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 2nd German driver)

See also

  • San Marino Grand Prix
  • Imola circuit
  • 1997 World Championship season

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