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Brazilian Grand Prix

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1997

Round 2 of 17Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São PauloMar 30 199772 laps

Podium

BERBenetton

VILWilliams

PANProst

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:36:06.990 from P1

PoleVIL1:16.004

Fastest lapVIL1:18.397 on lap 28

Pit stops34recorded stops

Finishers18 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	–	72	1:36:06.990	10	1:18.397	2
2	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	3	▲1	72	+4.190s	6	1:18.509	2
3	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	5	▲2	72	+15.870s	4	1:19.094	1
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	–	72	+33.033s	3	1:18.649	2
5	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▼3	72	+33.731s	2	1:18.773	2
6	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	6	–	72	+34.020s	1	1:18.754	2
7	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	13	▲6	72	+50.912s		1:19.008	2
8	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	7	▼1	72	+60.639s		1:18.611	2
9	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	8	▼1	72	+75.402s		1:18.707	1
10	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	12	▲2	71	+1 lap		1:18.925	2
11	LARNicola Larini	Sauber	19	▲8	71	+1 lap		1:18.730	2
12	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	17	▲5	71	+1 lap		1:20.105	1
13	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	22	▲9	71	+1 lap		1:20.376	2
14	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	15	▲1	71	+1 lap		1:19.657	1
15	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	▲6	70	+2 laps		1:20.274	2
16	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	14	▼2	70	+2 laps		1:19.275	2
17	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	9	▼8	68	+4 laps		1:19.910	1
18	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	18	–	67	+5 laps		1:19.960	3
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	10		52	Electrical		1:18.441	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	11		16	Suspension		1:20.788
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16		15	Suspension		1:20.406
DNS	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	20		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HAK	24	28.3s
2	IRV	24	28.5s
3	COU	21	28.7s
4	HER	17	28.7s
5	MSC	26	28.8s
6	SAL	43	29.5s
7	VER	46	29.8s
8	LAR	22	29.8s
9	MSC	45	30.0s
10	ALE	23	30.1s
11	SAL	18	30.2s
12	VIL	26	30.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 34 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:16.004
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.594	+0.590s
3	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:16.644	+0.640s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:16.692	+0.688s
5	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:16.756	+0.752s
6	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:16.757	+0.753s
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:16.912	+0.908s
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:16.924	+0.920s
9	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:17.090	+1.086s
10	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:17.175	+1.171s
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:17.259	+1.255s
12	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:17.262	+1.258s
13	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:17.409	+1.405s
14	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.527	+1.523s
15	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:17.999	+1.995s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:18.095	+2.091s
17	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	1:18.336	+2.332s
18	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:18.557	+2.553s
19	LARNicola Larini	Sauber	1:18.644	+2.640s
20	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:18.773	+2.769s
21	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:18.885	+2.881s
22	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:19.274	+3.270s

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

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

Previous winners here

1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1980	René Arnoux	Renault
1979	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
1977	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari

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