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Austrian Grand Prix

Grosser Preis von Österreich 1997

Round 14 of 17Red Bull Ring, SpielbergSep 21 199771 laps

Podium

COUMcLaren

VILWilliams

FREWilliams

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:27:35.999 from P1

PoleVIL1:10.304

Fastest lapVIL1:11.814 on lap 36

Pit stops24recorded stops

Finishers14 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	–	71	1:27:35.999	10	1:11.814	1
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	10	▲8	71	+2.909s	6	1:12.207	1
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	▲1	71	+3.962s	4	1:12.223	1
4	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	14	▲10	71	+12.127s	3	1:12.375	1
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	11	▲6	71	+31.859s	2	1:12.862	1
6	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	9	▲3	71	+33.410s	1	1:12.169	2
7	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	7	–	71	+37.207s		1:12.903	1
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	12	▲4	71	+49.057s		1:12.574	1
9	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	13	▲4	71	+66.455s		1:12.826	1
10	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	18	▲8	70	+1 lap		1:12.624	1
11	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	19	▲8	69	+2 laps		1:14.394	2
12	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	20	▲8	69	+2 laps		1:13.708	2
13	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	17	▲4	67	+4 laps		1:13.074	1
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	5	▼9	64	+7 laps		1:12.535	2
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	3		58	Engine		1:12.598	1
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	6		58	Engine		1:12.605	2
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	16		57	Engine		1:13.010	1
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	21		48	Gearbox		1:13.862	1
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	8		38	Collision damage		1:12.704
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	15		37	Collision		1:12.953	1
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	2		1	Engine		1:31.574
EX	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	–		0	Car underweight		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	50	25.7s
2	BAR	28	26.2s
3	FIS	45	26.4s
4	COU	43	26.5s
5	VER	17	26.5s
6	FRE	42	26.6s
7	MAG	26	26.9s
8	KAT	49	27.3s
9	BAR	50	27.3s
10	MAG	47	27.5s
11	TRU	37	27.5s
12	KAT	26	27.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 24 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:10.304
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:10.398	+0.094s
3	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:10.511	+0.207s
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:10.670	+0.366s
5	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:10.700	+0.396s
6	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:10.893	+0.589s
7	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:11.025	+0.721s
8	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:11.051	+0.747s
9	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:11.056	+0.752s
10	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:11.076	+0.772s
11	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:11.186	+0.882s
12	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:11.210	+0.906s
13	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:11.261	+0.957s
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:11.299	+0.995s
15	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:11.382	+1.078s
16	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:11.596	+1.292s
17	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:11.615	+1.311s
18	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:11.620	+1.316s
19	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:12.036	+1.732s
20	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:12.230	+1.926s
21	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:12.304	+2.000s
22	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:14.246	+3.942s

Red Bull Ring

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1997. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Alain Prost	McLaren
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren
1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren
1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	Elio De Angelis	Lotus
1981	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
1980	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
1979	Alan Jones	Williams
1978	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus

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