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European Grand Prix

1997 Grand Prix of Europe

Round 17 of 17Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la FronteraOct 26 199769 laps

Podium

COUMcLaren

HAKMcLaren

VILWilliams

Key facts

WinnerHAK1:38:57.771 from P5

PoleVIL1:21.072

Fastest lapFRE1:23.135 on lap 30

Pit stops43recorded stops

Finishers17 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	▲4	69	1:38:57.771	10	1:24.072	2
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	6	▲4	69	+1.654s	6	1:24.006	2
3	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	▼2	69	+1.803s	4	1:23.906	2
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	8	▲4	69	+1.919s	3	1:23.361	2
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	7	▲2	69	+3.789s	2	1:24.266	2
6	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	3	▼3	69	+4.537s	1	1:23.135	2
7	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	9	▲2	69	+67.145s		1:23.941	2
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	14	▲6	69	+72.961s		1:25.159	2
9	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	11	▲2	69	+77.487s		1:25.370	2
10	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	15	▲5	69	+78.215s		1:24.679	2
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	17	▲6	68	+1 lap		1:25.434	2
12	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	21	▲9	68	+1 lap		1:25.237	3
13	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	10	▼3	68	+1 lap		1:23.975	3
14	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	18	▲4	68	+1 lap		1:25.154	2
15	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	20	▲5	68	+1 lap		1:25.947	3
16	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	22	▲6	68	+1 lap		1:26.369	2
17	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	19	▲2	68	+1 lap		1:26.215	2
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2		47	Collision		1:23.692	2
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	4		47	Gearbox		1:24.274	2
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	16		44	Water leak		1:25.895	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	12		30	Gearbox		1:26.169
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	13		11	Spun off		1:26.434

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	SAL	34	24.7s
2	SAL	51	25.4s
3	SAL	15	25.5s
4	IRV	24	25.6s
5	VER	22	25.6s
6	COU	45	25.7s
7	HER	27	25.8s
8	COU	25	25.9s
9	VIL	23	26.0s
10	HAK	26	26.0s
11	MAR	33	26.1s
12	HER	46	26.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 43 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.072
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.072	+0.000s
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:21.072	+0.000s
4	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:21.130	+0.058s
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.369	+0.297s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:21.476	+0.404s
7	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.610	+0.538s
8	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:21.656	+0.584s
9	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:21.735	+0.663s
10	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.011	+0.939s
11	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:22.167	+1.095s
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.222	+1.150s
13	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:22.234	+1.162s
14	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.263	+1.191s
15	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:22.351	+1.279s
16	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.740	+1.668s
17	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.804	+1.732s
18	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	1:23.281	+2.209s
19	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:23.409	+2.337s
20	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:23.854	+2.782s
21	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.222	+3.150s
22	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:24.301	+3.229s

Circuito de Jerez

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

Previous winners here

1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Alain Prost	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Ayrton Senna	Lotus

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