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Belgian Grand Prix

1997 Belgian Grand Prix

Round 12 of 17Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaAug 24 199744 laps

Podium

FISJordan

MSCFerrari

FREWilliams

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:33:46.717 from P3

PoleVIL1:49.450

Fastest lapVIL1:52.692 on lap 43

Pit stops41recorded stops

Finishers15 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲2	44	1:33:46.717	10	1:55.340	2
2	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	4	▲2	44	+26.753s	6	1:54.688	2
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	7	▲4	44	+32.147s	4	1:53.874	2
4	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	11	▲7	44	+39.025s	3	1:53.615	2
5	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	▼4	44	+42.103s	2	1:52.692	3
6	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	15	▲9	44	+63.741s	1	1:53.649	3
7	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	8	▲1	44	+85.931s		1:53.652	2
8	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	2	▼6	44	+102.008s		1:55.348	4
9	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	13	▲4	44	+102.582s		1:54.818	2
10	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	17	▲7	43	+1 lap		1:55.290	2
11	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	19	▲8	43	+1 lap		1:56.919	2
12	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	18	▲6	43	+1 lap		1:55.726	2
13	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	9	▼4	42	+2 laps		1:54.074	3
14	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	20	▲6	42	+2 laps		1:55.413	2
15	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	PL		42	+2 laps		1:55.152	2
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21		25	Spun off		1:59.409	1
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	PL		21	Spun off		1:57.784	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	10		19	Spun off		1:59.169	1
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	22		18	Spun off		2:02.753	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	12		8	Steering		2:16.804
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	16		5	Electrical		2:19.161
DSQ	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5		44	Illegal fuel		1:54.175	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BER	34	27.3s
2	ALE	38	28.2s
3	MOR	34	29.0s
4	COU	11	29.4s
5	HER	31	29.5s
6	FIS	31	29.5s
7	HAK	12	30.0s
8	HAK	29	30.1s
9	TRU	30	30.1s
10	IRV	30	30.2s
11	MAG	30	30.3s
12	VIL	31	30.4s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 41 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:49.450
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:49.759	+0.309s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.293	+0.843s
4	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:50.470	+1.020s
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:50.503	+1.053s
6	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.520	+1.070s
7	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.656	+1.206s
8	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:50.853	+1.403s
9	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:50.970	+1.520s
10	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:51.410	+1.960s
11	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.725	+2.275s
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:51.916	+2.466s
13	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:52.094	+2.644s
14	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.274	+2.824s
15	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:52.391	+2.941s
16	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:52.749	+3.299s
17	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:52.793	+3.343s
18	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:52.886	+3.436s
19	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:52.897	+3.447s
20	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:53.544	+4.094s
21	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:53.725	+4.275s
22	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:54.505	+5.055s

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

Previous winners here

1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Damon Hill	Williams
1992	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Alain Prost	McLaren

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