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Japanese Grand Prix

1997 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 17Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 12 199753 laps

Podium

FREWilliams

MSCFerrari

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:29:48.446 from P2

PoleVIL1:36.071

Fastest lapFRE1:38.942 on lap 48

Pit stops37recorded stops

Finishers13 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	53	1:29:48.446	10	1:39.268	2
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6	▲4	53	+1.378s	6	1:38.942	2
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	–	53	+26.384s	4	1:39.935	2
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	–	53	+27.129s	3	1:40.151	2
5	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	7	▲2	53	+40.403s	2	1:39.381	3
6	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	8	▲2	53	+41.630s	1	1:40.266	2
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	▲2	53	+56.825s		1:40.217	2
8	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	5	▼3	53	+60.429s		1:39.998	3
9	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	13	▲4	53	+82.036s		1:39.737	2
10	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	11	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:39.771	2
11	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	17	▲6	52	+1 lap		1:41.419	2
12	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16	▲4	52	+1 lap		1:41.611	2
13	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	▲8	52	+1 lap		1:43.051	2
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	20		46	Gearbox		1:42.699	2
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	22		46	Engine		1:42.996	2
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	10		36	Engine		1:40.430	2
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	15		22	Wheel bearing		1:41.608	1
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	19		8	Engine		1:44.403
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	12		6	Spun off		1:43.883
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	14		3	Spun off		1:44.089
DSQ	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1		53	Ignored yellow flags in practice		1:40.163	2
DNS	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	18		0	Injury		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VIL	20	29.9s
2	FRE	37	30.0s
3	MSC	18	30.3s
4	ALE	40	30.3s
5	SAL	31	30.6s
6	BER	39	30.7s
7	COU	35	30.7s
8	HER	20	30.7s
9	BER	13	30.8s
10	FIS	37	30.8s
11	HAK	13	30.8s
12	COU	14	30.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 37 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:36.071
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.133	+0.062s
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:36.466	+0.395s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.469	+0.398s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:36.561	+0.490s
6	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:36.628	+0.557s
7	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:36.682	+0.611s
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:36.906	+0.835s
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:36.917	+0.846s
10	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:37.073	+1.002s
11	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.095	+1.024s
12	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:37.343	+1.272s
13	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:37.443	+1.372s
14	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:37.480	+1.409s
15	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:37.588	+1.517s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:37.853	+1.782s
17	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:38.022	+1.951s
18	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:38.556	+2.485s
19	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:38.983	+2.912s
20	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:39.678	+3.607s
21	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:40.259	+4.188s
22	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:40.529	+4.458s

Suzuka Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1991	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1990	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1989	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

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