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German Grand Prix

Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1997

Round 10 of 17Hockenheimring, HockenheimJul 27 199745 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

BERBenetton

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerBER1:20:59.046 from P1

PoleBER1:41.873

Fastest lapBER1:45.747 on lap 9

Pit stops22recorded stops

Finishers11 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1	–	45	1:20:59.046	10	1:45.747	2
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	▲2	45	+17.527s	6	1:46.603	2
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	–	45	+24.770s	4	1:46.831	1
4	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	11	▲7	45	+27.165s	3	1:46.733	1
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	7	▲2	45	+29.995s	2	1:46.127	1
6	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	6	–	45	+34.717s	1	1:45.917	2
7	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	17	▲10	45	+79.722s		1:47.939	1
8	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	13	▲5	44	+1 lap		1:46.560	2
9	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	18	▲9	44	+1 lap		1:47.908	1
10	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	20	▲10	44	+1 lap		1:50.159	1
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	2	▼9	40	+5 laps		1:46.274	2
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	9		33	Spun off		1:47.044	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	12		33	Engine		1:47.074	2
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	19		33	Clutch		1:49.611	1
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	15		27	Engine		1:48.189	1
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	22		23	Out of fuel		1:50.161
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	14		8	Collision		1:49.184
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16		8	Collision		1:48.836
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	8		1	Transmission		2:22.236	1
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5		1	Collision		3:13.699
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	10		1	Collision		3:16.256
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	21		0	Gearbox		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	40	26.0s
2	BER	34	26.7s
3	BAR	18	27.9s
4	ALE	16	28.3s
5	MAG	17	28.5s
6	BER	17	28.6s
7	BAR	30	28.8s
8	ALE	30	29.3s
9	FIS	24	29.5s
10	MSC	22	29.5s
11	VER	20	29.6s
12	HAK	21	29.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 22 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:41.873
2	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:41.896	+0.023s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:42.034	+0.161s
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:42.181	+0.308s
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:42.421	+0.548s
6	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:42.493	+0.620s
7	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:42.498	+0.625s
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:42.687	+0.814s
9	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:42.967	+1.094s
10	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:43.209	+1.336s
11	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:43.226	+1.353s
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:43.272	+1.399s
13	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:43.361	+1.488s
14	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:43.660	+1.787s
15	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:43.927	+2.054s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:44.069	+2.196s
17	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:44.112	+2.239s
18	FONNorberto Fontana	Sauber	1:44.552	+2.679s
19	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:45.372	+3.499s
20	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:45.811	+3.938s
21	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:45.942	+4.069s
22	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:46.499	+4.626s

Hockenheimring

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

Previous winners here

1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Nelson Piquet	Williams

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