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Luxembourg Grand Prix

Grosser Preis von Luxemburg 1997

Round 15 of 17Nürburgring, NürburgSep 28 199767 laps

Podium

ALEBenetton

VILWilliams

FREWilliams

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:31:27.843 from P2

PoleHAK1:16.602

Fastest lapFRE1:18.805 on lap 32

Pit stops23recorded stops

Finishers10 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	2	▲1	67	1:31:27.843	10	1:19.838	2
2	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	10	▲8	67	+11.770s	6	1:19.716	2
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	3	–	67	+13.480s	4	1:18.805	2
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	7	▲3	67	+16.416s	3	1:19.996	2
5	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	15	▲10	67	+43.147s	2	1:21.262	1
6	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	11	▲5	67	+43.750s	1	1:21.086	1
7	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	16	▲9	67	+44.354s		1:20.518	2
8	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	13	▲5	67	+44.777s		1:20.407	1
9	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	19	▲10	66	+1 lap		1:20.865	2
10	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	20	▲10	66	+1 lap		1:21.996	2
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21		50	Spun off		1:22.455	2
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1		43	Engine		1:19.576	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	9		43	Gearbox		1:20.737	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	6		42	Engine		1:19.920	1
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	12		40	Halfshaft		1:21.448	1
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	14		22	Engine		1:21.793
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	17		16	Engine		1:21.969
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	5		2	Suspension		1:29.314
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	18		1	Engine		1:36.826
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	22		1	Collision		3:00.630
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	8		0	Collision		–
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	4		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	COU	31	26.2s
2	HAK	28	27.6s
3	FRE	30	27.8s
4	HER	42	27.9s
5	VIL	49	28.2s
6	VER	24	28.2s
7	BER	45	28.5s
8	HER	16	28.6s
9	MOR	23	28.7s
10	FRE	47	28.7s
11	VIL	28	28.8s
12	SAL	42	28.9s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 23 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:16.602
2	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:16.691	+0.089s
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:16.741	+0.139s
4	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:17.289	+0.687s
5	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:17.385	+0.783s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:17.387	+0.785s
7	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:17.587	+0.985s
8	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:17.595	+0.993s
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:17.614	+1.012s
10	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:17.620	+1.018s
11	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:17.650	+1.048s
12	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:17.722	+1.120s
13	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:17.795	+1.193s
14	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.855	+1.253s
15	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:18.128	+1.526s
16	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:18.303	+1.701s
17	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:18.699	+2.097s
18	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:19.347	+2.745s
19	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:19.490	+2.888s
20	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:19.526	+2.924s
21	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:19.531	+2.929s
22	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:20.615	+4.013s

Nürburgring

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

Previous winners here

1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1985	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
1984	Alain Prost	McLaren
1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1974	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1972	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell

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