1997 San Marino Grand Prix

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1997 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date27 April 1997
Official name XVII Gran Premio di San Marino
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent Racing Facility
Course length 4.930 km (3.065 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 305.660 km (190.030 miles)
Weather Cloudy, Dry, 17 °C
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:23.303
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
Time 1:25.531 on lap 42
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1997 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1997 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy on 27 April 1997. It was the fourth race of the 1997 Formula One season. The 62-lap race was won by Williams driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen after he started from second position. Michael Schumacher finished second for the Ferrari team with his teammate Eddie Irvine third.

Contents

Summary

Pre-race

In the early practice sessions the Ferrari and Benetton teams dominated, with a large majority of the field experiencing some sort of problem with their car, or going off. One of the drivers was David Coulthard, who had a major off in the Saturday morning session, destroying the car. However, the Williams soon regained the top spot in the later sessions.

Qualifying

Jacques Villeneuve made it four pole positions in a row after once again taking pole. His teammate joined him on the front row, followed by Michael Schumacher, another strong performance by Olivier Panis, and in fifth Michael's younger brother Ralf.

Race

Jacques Villeneuve driving in the San Marino Grand Prix JVsanmarino1.jpg
Jacques Villeneuve driving in the San Marino Grand Prix

Heinz-Harald Frentzen took his maiden Formula One win driving for Williams after he held off a late charge from Michael Schumacher. Jacques Villeneuve retired from third place with a gearbox failure.

Gerhard Berger started his 200th grand prix, however it ended in disappointment when he spun off early on.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:23.303
24 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:23.646+0.343
35 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:23.955+0.652
414 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:24.075+0.772
511 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:24.081+0.778
612 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:24.596+1.293
716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:24.723+1.420
89 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.812+1.509
96 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:24.862+1.558
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.077+1.774
118 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:25.371+2.068
1217 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 1:25.554+2.241
1322 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:25.579+2.276
147 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:25.729+2.426
151 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:25.743+2.440
1623 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:26.192+2.889
172 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:26.253+2.950
1815 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:26.712+3.409
1919 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.852+3.549
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 1:26.960+3.657
2118 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.428+4.125
2220 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:28.727+5.424
107% time  : 1:29.134
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 621:31:00.673210
25 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 62+1.23736
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 62+1:18.34394
412 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 62+1:23.38863
57 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 61+1 lap142
69 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 61+1 lap81
717 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 61+1 lap12 
814 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 61+1 lap4 
919 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 60+2 laps19 
1018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 60+2 laps21 
1120 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 59+3 laps22 
Ret2 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 53Gearbox17 
Ret3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 40Gearbox1 
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 38Engine10 
Ret22 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 32Engine13 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 18Electrical7 
Ret11 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 17Transmission5 
Ret15 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 11Collision18 
Ret1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 11Collision15 
Ret8 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 4Spun off11 
Ret23 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 2Spun off16 
DNS21 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 0Gearbox20 
Source: [2] [3]

Championship standings after the race

Related Research Articles

References

  1. "1997 San Marino GP Qual". Chicane F1. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  2. "1997 San Marino Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. "1997 San Marino GP Race". Chicane F1. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  4. 1 2 "San Marino 1997 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

Race Details: "1997 San Marino GP". Chicane F1. Retrieved 2007-08-06.

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