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Spanish Grand Prix

Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1997

Round 6 of 17Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, MontmelóMay 25 199764 laps

Podium

PANProst

VILWilliams

ALEBenetton

Key facts

WinnerVIL1:30:35.896 from P1

PoleVIL1:16.525

Fastest lapFIS1:22.242 on lap 20

Pit stops49recorded stops

Finishers15 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	–	64	1:30:35.896	10	1:22.534	2
2	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	12	▲10	64	+5.804s	6	1:22.422	2
3	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	4	▲1	64	+12.534s	4	1:23.096	2
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	7	▲3	64	+17.979s	3	1:22.295	3
5	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	10	▲5	64	+27.986s	2	1:23.178	3
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3	▼3	64	+29.744s	1	1:22.340	3
7	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	▼2	64	+48.785s		1:23.241	3
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	▼6	64	+64.139s		1:22.841	3
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	8	▼1	64	+64.767s		1:22.242	3
10	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	6	▼4	64	+65.670s		1:23.106	3
11	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	19	▲8	63	+1 lap		1:24.517	2
12	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	11	▼1	63	+1 lap		1:22.839	4
13	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	22	▲9	63	+1 lap		1:25.300	2
14	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	13	▼1	62	+2 laps		1:24.647	3
15	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	18	▲3	62	+2 laps		1:24.213	3
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	21		53	Engine		1:23.716	2
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	9		50	Engine		1:22.784	3
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	17		37	Engine		1:23.564	1
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	14		35	Puncture		1:24.775	1
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	16		34	Gearbox		1:23.516	1
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	15		18	Engine		1:23.761
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	20		11	Gearbox		1:26.273

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	COU	14	23.2s
2	MSC	30	23.2s
3	HAK	15	23.6s
4	HER	33	24.1s
5	IRV	49	24.2s
6	COU	40	24.2s
7	HER	49	24.3s
8	MSC	46	24.8s
9	IRV	28	24.8s
10	HER	15	25.1s
11	VER	41	25.1s
12	BER	40	25.1s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 49 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:16.525
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:16.791	+0.266s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:17.521	+0.996s
4	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:17.717	+1.192s
5	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:17.737	+1.212s
6	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:18.041	+1.516s
7	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:18.313	+1.788s
8	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:18.385	+1.860s
9	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:18.423	+1.898s
10	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:18.494	+1.969s
11	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:18.873	+2.348s
12	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:19.157	+2.632s
13	MORGianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:19.323	+2.798s
14	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:20.079	+3.554s
15	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:20.089	+3.564s
16	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:20.103	+3.578s
17	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:20.255	+3.730s
18	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	1:20.452	+3.927s
19	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:20.582	+4.057s
20	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:20.672	+4.147s
21	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:21.029	+4.504s
22	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:21.060	+4.535s

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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

Previous winners here

1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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