1997 Monaco Grand Prix

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1997 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 5 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date11 May 1997
Official name LV Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.36 km (2.08 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 207.08 km (128.96 miles)
Scheduled distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 miles)
Weather Overcast, cold and rain, air temperature 11 °C (52 °F)
Pole position
Driver
 Williams-Renault
Time 1:18.216
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:53.315 on lap 26
Podium
First
 Ferrari
Second
 Stewart-Ford
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1997 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1997 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LV Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One race held on 11 May 1997 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the fifth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. The 62-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, after starting from second position. Rubens Barrichello finished second in a Stewart-Ford, with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari.

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Heinz-Harald Frentzen, driving a Williams-Renault, started from pole position ahead of Schumacher. Frentzen and teammate Jacques Villeneuve made poor starts, and both retired from the race in separate accidents. Schumacher won by some 53 seconds from Barrichello, who scored the first podium for the Stewart team in only their fifth Grand Prix. The race had been scheduled for 78 laps, but rainy conditions meant that only 62 laps were run before the two-hour time limit was reached.

The win enabled Schumacher to take over the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Villeneuve, [1] and Ferrari to move ahead of Williams in the Constructors' Championship.

Background

Heading into this race, the fifth of the 1997 season, Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve led the Drivers' Championship with 20 points, followed by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher on 14. Behind them were five drivers on 10 points each: Villeneuve's teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen, McLaren driver David Coulthard, Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine, Benetton driver Gerhard Berger, and Coulthard's teammate Mika Häkkinen. In the Constructors' Championship, Williams led with 30 points, followed by Ferrari on 24 and McLaren on 20.

Qualifying report

Qualifying saw Frentzen take pole position in his Williams by just 0.019 seconds from Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, with Villeneuve third in the other Williams, a further 0.3 seconds back. It was Frentzen's first pole position in Formula One. The Jordans of Giancarlo Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher were fourth and sixth respectively, with Coulthard's McLaren between them. Completing the top ten were Johnny Herbert in the Sauber, Häkkinen in the other McLaren, Jean Alesi in the Benetton and Rubens Barrichello in the Stewart. Further down the grid, Irvine could only manage 15th in the other Ferrari.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
14 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:18.216
25 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:18.235+0.019
33 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:18.583+0.367
412 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:18.665+0.449
510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.779+0.563
611 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:18.943+0.727
716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:19.105+0.889
89 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.119+0.903
97 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:19.263+1.047
1022 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:19.295+1.079
1117 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 1:19.468+1.252
1214 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:19.626+1.410
131 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:19.674+1.458
1419 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.694+1.478
156 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:19.723+1.507
162 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:19.860+1.644
178 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:20.199+1.983
1821 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 1:20.349+2.133
1923 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:20.516+2.300
2020 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:20.606+2.390
2115 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:20.961+2.745
2218 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.290+3.074
107% time: 1:23.691
Source: [2]

Race report

The warm-up session was dry, with Williams taking first and second places. About 30 minutes before the start, however, rain began to fall; Williams decided to run both cars with dry tyres, thinking the weather would improve, while Michael Schumacher set the car for intermediate weather conditions. During the warm up lap, the weather worsened, and at the start, Schumacher was quickest. [3] He led by 22 seconds on lap 5. Behind him the Jordans of Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher, which both had the car set for rain, took second and third spots, until they were both passed by Barrichello's Stewart, who benefited from the Bridgestone wet tyres, which were better than Goodyear's under those conditions.

The start of the race was catastrophic for the Arrows team, as Pedro Diniz, who had opted to start the race on slick tyres, spun out after the hairpin on the opening lap, while his teammate Damon Hill was involved in a collision with Irvine's Ferrari on the second lap, breaking his suspension. Both McLarens also retired on lap two as Coulthard hit the wall exiting the tunnel, and Häkkinen ran into the back of Alesi's Benetton as they passed Coulthard's car.

Both Willams drivers went out of the race after they had to pit to change their tyres. Frentzen hit a barrier at the chicane on lap 39, while Villeneuve hit a wall and had to retire on lap 17. Schumacher continued to build his lead until he had about 30 seconds advantage over Barrichello; then he backed off and began to maintain the gap. He made an error on lap 53 at the Sainte Devote corner, going down the escape road and losing 10 seconds, but did not lose his lead. Only 62 of the scheduled 78 laps were run as the two-hour time limit was reached, and Schumacher won with a 53-second margin over Barrichello. [4] Irvine finished third after overtaking Olivier Panis, exacting some measure of revenge for Panis' overtaking manoeuvre that had seen him get past Irvine a year earlier. After losing third place to Irvine, Panis backed off in the closing stages and settled for fourth place. Mika Salo finished fifth despite denting his front wing on debris left from Häkkinen's accident early on, and also despite not making a single pit stop during the race. He also took Tyrrel's last points. Fisichella, who at one point was running as high as second place, finished in sixth. The race was the first win for a Ferrari driver since the 1981 running of the Monaco Grand Prix. [5]

On the podium, the flag displayed for Eddie Irvine was that of the Republic of Ireland, instead of the Union Jack of the United Kingdom (Irvine being from Northern Ireland, a country within the UK). This was due to a complication regarding the Superlicence that a driver is required to have in order to race in Formula One (Irvine's licence having been issued by an office in Dublin, thus resulting in the Irish tricolour being flown). [6]

This was the final F1 race for Sauber driver Nicola Larini.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari G 622:00:05.654210
222 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford B 62+ 53.306106
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari G 62+ 1:22.108154
414 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda B 62+ 1:44.402123
519 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford G 61+ 1 lap142
612 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot G 61+ 1 lap41
723 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford B 61+ 1 lap19 
818 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford G 60+ 2 laps22 
98 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault G 60+ 2 laps17 
1020 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart B 60+ 2 laps20 
Ret4 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault G 39Accident1 
Ret15 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda B 36Accident21 
Ret17 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas G 24Accident11 
Ret7 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault G 16Spun off9 
Ret3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault G 16Accident damage3 
Ret11 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot G 10Accident6 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas G 9Accident7 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart B 7Accident18 
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes G 1Accident5 
Ret9 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes G 1Collision8 
Ret1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha B 1Collision13 
Ret2 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha B 0Spun off16 
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race

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