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1997 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault641hr 30m 35.896s10
2+10(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda64+5.804s6
3+1(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault64+12.534s4
4+3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari64+17.979s3
5+5(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas64+27.986s2
6-3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes64+29.744s1
7-2(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes64+48.785s 
8-6(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault64+1m 04.139s 
9-1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot64+1m 04.767s 
10-4(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault64+1m 05.670s 
11+8(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
12-1(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari63+1 lap 
13+9(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
14-1(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas62+2 laps 
15+3(ITA) Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart62+2 laps 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha53DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot50DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda34DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha18DNF 
R (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart11DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1:16.525 
2(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Renault1:16.7910.266
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:17.5210.996
4(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault1:17.7171.192
5(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:17.7371.212
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault1:18.0411.516
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:18.3131.788
8(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaJordan-Peugeot1:18.3851.860
9(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Peugeot1:18.4231.898
10(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:18.4941.969
11(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:18.8732.348
12(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Mugen-Honda1:19.1572.632
13(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliSauber-Petronas1:19.3232.798
14(FIN) Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.0793.554
15(GBR) Damon HillArrows-Yamaha1:20.0893.564
16(JPN) Shinji NakanoProst-Mugen-Honda1:20.1033.578
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:20.2553.730
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliMinardi-Hart1:20.4523.927
19(NLD) Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.5824.057
20(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart1:20.6724.147
21(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows-Yamaha1:21.0294.504
22(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:21.0604.535

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve30
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher27
3(FRA) Olivier Panis15
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine14
5(GBR) David Coulthard11
6(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen10
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger10
8(FIN) Mika Hakkinen10
9(FRA) Jean Alesi7
10(BRA) Rubens Barrichello6
11(GBR) Johnny Herbert5
12(DEU) Ralf Schumacher4
13(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella4
14(FIN) Mika Salo2
15(ITA) Nicola Larini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari41
2Williams-Renault40
3McLaren-Mercedes21
4Benetton-Renault17
5Prost-Mugen-Honda15
6Jordan-Peugeot8
7Stewart-Ford Cosworth6
8Sauber-Petronas6
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & 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
1-2 start
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