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British Grand Prix

1997 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 9 of 17Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 13 199759 laps

Podium

ALEBenetton

VILWilliams

WURBenetton

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:28:01.665 from P1

PoleVIL1:21.598

Fastest lapMSC1:24.475 on lap 34

Pit stops36recorded stops

Finishers11 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	–	59	1:28:01.665	10	1:25.082	2
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	11	▲9	59	+10.205s	6	1:26.260	1
3	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	8	▲5	59	+11.296s	4	1:26.429	1
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	6	▲2	59	+31.229s	3	1:26.475	1
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	5	–	59	+31.880s	2	1:25.872	2
6	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	12	▲6	59	+73.552s	1	1:26.471	2
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	10	▲3	58	+1 lap		1:26.119	2
8	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	13	▲5	58	+1 lap		1:26.610	2
9	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	22	▲13	58	+1 lap		1:27.783	2
10	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	20	▲10	58	+1 lap		1:29.100	1
11	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	14	▲3	57	+2 laps		1:26.778	2
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3		52	Engine		1:25.988	1
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	15		50	Engine		1:27.586	3
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	19		45	Engine		1:29.137	2
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	7		44	Halfshaft		1:25.236	2
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	17		44	Engine		1:28.053	2
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	9		42	Electrical		1:26.232	4
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4		38	Wheel bearing		1:24.475	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	21		37	Engine		1:27.877	1
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16		29	Engine		1:27.111	1
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2		0	Collision		–
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	18		0	Accident		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	21	25.3s
2	FIS	54	25.6s
3	HER	17	26.1s
4	HER	39	26.6s
5	SAL	39	26.8s
6	MAG	14	27.1s
7	HER	38	27.3s
8	VIL	44	27.4s
9	COU	30	27.6s
10	IRV	22	27.7s
11	FON	19	27.8s
12	MAG	30	27.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.598
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:21.732	+0.134s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.797	+0.199s
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.977	+0.379s
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.277	+0.679s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.279	+0.681s
7	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.342	+0.744s
8	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:22.344	+0.746s
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.368	+0.770s
10	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.371	+0.773s
11	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.392	+0.794s
12	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:23.271	+1.673s
13	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:23.366	+1.768s
14	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	1:23.790	+2.192s
15	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:23.887	+2.289s
16	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:24.067	+2.469s
17	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:24.239	+2.641s
18	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.478	+2.880s
19	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:24.553	+2.955s
20	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:25.010	+3.412s
21	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:25.154	+3.556s
22	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:25.525	+3.927s

Silverstone Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1995	Johnny Herbert	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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