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

1997 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 May 1997
Winner
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella
  • Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot
CircuitCatalunya, 64 laps
Round6 of 17
Race numbers

The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix was the

  • 603rd World Championship race
  • 27th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Catalunya
More 1997 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault641hr 30m 35.896s10
2+10France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda64+5.804s6
3+1France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault64+12.534s4
4+3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari64+17.979s3
5+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas64+27.986s2
6-3United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes64+29.744s1
7-2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes64+48.785s 
8-6Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault64+1m 04.139s 
9-1Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot64+1m 04.767s 
10-4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault64+1m 05.670s 
11+8Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
12-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari63+1 lap 
13+9Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
14-1Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas62+2 laps 
15+3Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart62+2 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha53DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot50DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha18DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart11DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:16.525 
2Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:16.7910.266
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:17.5210.996
4France flag lazyload Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:17.7171.192
5Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:17.7371.212
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:18.0411.516
7Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:18.3131.788
8Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:18.3851.860
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:18.4231.898
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:18.4941.969
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:18.8732.348
12France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda1:19.1572.632
13Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:19.3232.798
14Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.0793.554
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:20.0893.564
16Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:20.1033.578
17Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:20.2553.730
18Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart1:20.4523.927
19Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.5824.057
20Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:20.6724.147
21Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:21.0294.504
22Denmark flag lazyload Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:21.0604.535

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve30
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher27
3France flag lazyload Olivier Panis15
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine14
5United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard11
6Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen10
7Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger10
8Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen10
9France flag lazyload Jean Alesi7
10Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello6
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert5
12Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher4
13Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella4
14Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo2
15Italy flag lazyload Nicola Larini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari41
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault40
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes21
4Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Renault17
5France flag lazyload Prost-Mugen-Honda15
6Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Peugeot8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Wins
7th for Jacques Villeneuve
99th for Williams
Podiums
27th for Jean Alesi, 14th for Jacques Villeneuve, 5th and last for Olivier Panis
231st for Williams, 89th for Benetton, 2nd for Prost
Poles
8th for Jacques Villeneuve
103rd for Williams
Qualifying 1-2
54th for Williams
Fastest laps
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (97th different fastest lap setter, 15th Italian driver; last until 2005; first Italian driver to set a fastest lap since 1992 and last until 2005; only fastest lap for Jordan)
2nd and last for Jordan (first since 1991)
Front row starts
14th for Jacques Villeneuve, 5th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Pole & win
3rd for Jacques Villeneuve

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Catalunya circuit
  • 1997 World Championship season

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