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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1997

Round 8 of 17Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJun 29 199772 laps

Podium

FREWilliams

MSCFerrari

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:38:50.492 from P1

PoleMSC1:14.548

Fastest lapMSC1:17.910 on lap 37

Pit stops42recorded stops

Finishers12 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	72	1:38:50.492	10	1:17.910	2
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	–	72	+23.537s	6	1:18.136	2
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	▲2	72	+74.801s	4	1:19.029	3
4	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	4	–	72	+81.784s	3	1:18.649	3
5	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	8	▲3	72	+82.735s	2	1:19.055	3
6	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	3	▼3	72	+89.871s	1	1:19.225	3
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	9	▲2	71	+1 lap		1:19.317	3
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	14	▲6	71	+1 lap		1:20.845	2
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	11	▲2	71	+1 lap		1:19.225	2
10	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	6	▼4	70	+2 laps		1:19.417	2
11	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	21	▲10	70	+2 laps		1:20.534	3
12	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	17	▲5	69	+3 laps		1:20.434	3
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	19		61	Electrical		1:20.385	2
DNF	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	7		60	Spun off		1:18.684	2
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16		58	Spun off		1:20.557	2
DNF	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	20		40	Spun off		1:19.849	3
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	13		36	Engine		1:18.781	1
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	15		33	Brakes		1:19.912	1
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	10		18	Engine		1:20.153
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18		15	Spun off		1:22.034
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	12		7	Spun off		1:20.662
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	22		5	Engine		1:22.325

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	COU	61	24.8s
2	HER	59	24.8s
3	SAL	23	25.1s
4	ALE	63	25.2s
5	COU	50	25.3s
6	VIL	52	25.3s
7	FON	15	25.4s
8	RSC	53	25.4s
9	FRE	48	25.6s
10	TRU	30	25.6s
11	IRV	67	25.6s
12	VIL	25	25.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 42 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:14.548
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:14.749	+0.201s
3	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:14.755	+0.207s
4	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:14.800	+0.252s
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:14.860	+0.312s
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:14.957	+0.409s
7	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:14.986	+0.438s
8	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:15.228	+0.680s
9	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:15.270	+0.722s
10	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:15.339	+0.791s
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:15.453	+0.905s
12	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:15.857	+1.309s
13	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:15.876	+1.328s
14	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:16.018	+1.470s
15	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:16.149	+1.601s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:16.536	+1.988s
17	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:16.729	+2.181s
18	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:16.941	+2.393s
19	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:17.256	+2.708s
20	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	1:17.538	+2.990s
21	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:17.563	+3.015s
22	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:18.280	+3.732s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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