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Canadian Grand Prix

Grand Prix Player's du Canada 1997

Round 7 of 17Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, MontrealJun 15 199754 laps

Podium

ALEBenetton

MSCFerrari

FISJordan

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:17:40.646 from P1

PoleMSC1:18.095

Fastest lapCOU1:19.635 on lap 37

Pit stops30recorded stops

Finishers11 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	54	1:17:40.646	10	1:20.171	3
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	8	▲6	54	+2.565s	6	1:20.679	2
3	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	6	▲3	54	+3.219s	4	1:21.013	2
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	–	54	+3.768s	3	1:19.997	3
5	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	13	▲8	54	+4.716s	2	1:20.709	2
6	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	19	▲13	54	+36.701s	1	1:22.077	1
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	5	▼2	54	+37.753s		1:19.635	2
8	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16	▲8	53	+1 lap		1:22.434	1
9	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	15	▲6	53	+1 lap		1:22.435	3
10	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	18	▲8	53	+1 lap		1:22.659	2
11	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	10	▼1	51	+3 laps		1:20.945	3
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	17		46	Engine		1:21.622	2
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	14		42	Gearbox		1:21.902	1
DNF	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	11		35	Transmission		1:21.048	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	3		33	Gearbox		1:22.366	2
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	20		32	Engine		1:22.712
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	7		14	Accident		1:22.372
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	22		5	Throttle		1:24.294
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	2		1	Accident		1:28.356
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	12		0	Collision		–
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	9		0	Collision		–
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	21		0	Accident		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	51	24.2s
2	VER	24	25.1s
3	FRE	32	25.2s
4	MSC	28	25.2s
5	FRE	10	25.4s
6	SAL	26	25.6s
7	SAL	37	25.7s
8	PAN	19	25.8s
9	FRE	51	26.1s
10	BAR	24	26.5s
11	WUR	26	26.8s
12	PAN	43	26.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 30 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:18.095
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:18.108	+0.013s
3	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:18.388	+0.293s
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:18.464	+0.369s
5	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:18.466	+0.371s
6	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:18.750	+0.655s
7	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:18.869	+0.774s
8	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:18.899	+0.804s
9	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:18.916	+0.821s
10	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:19.034	+0.939s
11	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:19.286	+1.191s
12	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:19.503	+1.408s
13	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:19.622	+1.527s
14	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:20.102	+2.007s
15	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:20.129	+2.034s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:20.175	+2.080s
17	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:20.336	+2.241s
18	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:20.357	+2.262s
19	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:20.370	+2.275s
20	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	1:20.370	+2.275s
21	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:20.491	+2.396s
22	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:21.034	+2.939s

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

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

Previous winners here

1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1991	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Thierry Boutsen	Williams
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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