1997 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 24 August 1997 Spa 1995-2003.png LV Belgian Grand Prix 12 17 Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium1997 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1997-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.330 6.968 44 190.507 306.592 Wet, then drying out with temperatures reaching up to 28 C FWeather info for the 1997 Belgian Grand Prix at Weather Underground Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:49.450 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:52.692 43 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault BEL 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix 1997 Italian Grand Prix The 1997 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LV Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 24 August 1997. It was the twelfth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Giancarlo Fisichella finished second in a Jordan-Peugeot, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third in a Williams-Renault after Mika Häkkinen's McLaren-Mercedes was disqualified due to a fuel irregularity. Schumacher's Drivers' Championship rival, Jacques Villeneuve, finished fifth in the other Williams-Renault, having started from pole position. This was the first Formula One World Championship race to start behind a Safety Car. With the win, Schumacher extended his lead over Villeneuve in the Drivers' Championship to 11 points with five races remaining. Report Michael Schumacher started from third on the grid after qualifying had been dominated by his World Championship rival, Jacques Villeneuve. In the morning warm-up, which took place in hot, dry weather, Schumacher was only 15th. However, heavy rain started to fall around half an hour before the scheduled race start and continued for around twenty minutes, completely changing the conditions and resulting in the field starting behind the safety car, the first time this happened in Formula One history.Collantine Keith 24 August 2017 Schumacher capitalises as Williams get it wrong in the rain again https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/08/24/schumacher-capitalises-as-williams-get-it-wrong-in-the-rain-again/ F1 Fanatic 26 October 2017 Schumacher's brother Ralf - who had qualified sixth - spun and crashed his Jordan at Stavelot while going to take his place on the grid. He was forced to start from the pit lane in his spare car. Explaining the incident to ITV later, he said: "I had nothing to lose, and I lost it.". Also during the period of cars assembling on the grid Michael Schumacher made exploratory laps (by returning to the pits rather than the grid) in both his race car and the spare Ferrari, enabling him to assess the track situation and choose the spare that had been set-up for intermediate weather conditions. Of the front runners, both Williams drivers and Jean Alesi in the Benetton - alongside Villeneuve on the front row - started on full wet tyres while the others started on intermediates. The safety car circulated for the first three laps, and at the end of lap 4 - the first racing lap - Villeneuve continued to lead from Alesi and Schumacher. However, this was where the German driver started to take control of the race. He made a brave pass inside Alesi at the La Source hairpin at the start of lap 5, then overtook Villeneuve at the Rivage loop on the same lap. By the end of the lap he was already 5.8 seconds ahead, and on the next lap he stretched this lead to 16.9 seconds, with Giancarlo Fisichella - whose Jordan had also started on intermediates - moving into second after Villeneuve unexpectedly pitted.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr609.html Grand Prix Results: Belgian GP, 1997 Grandprix.com 23 May 2016 On midfield the Arrows Yamaha showed strong pace on Bridgestone intermediate tyres. Pedro Diniz, who had already beaten teammate Damon Hill in qualifying, passed Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Johnny Herbert and David Coulthard on track to reach third place. The Brazilian driver pitted alongside Mika Häkkinen for dry tyres, however a sixteen-second pit made him drop to 12th place. He eventually made his way back to 7th place, but lost a potential podium finish. Schumacher continued to pull further away, and by lap 12 his lead had reached a full minute, while Villeneuve had dropped to 16th following a second pit stop. By now, the track was drying and the drivers were pitting for slick tyres. Schumacher pitted in this manner on lap 14 and thereafter cruised, eventually winning by 26 seconds. Fisichella held off the McLaren of Mika Häkkinen for second, thus achieving his best finish in F1 at the time; the top six was completed by the second Williams of Heinz-Harald Frentzen, the Sauber of Herbert, and Villeneuve, who had charged back in the later stages of the race and set the fastest lap. On the last lap, Diniz outbraked Eddie Irvine at Les Combes for 8th place (that would become 7th later), meanwhile the Ferrari driver lost control of his car and collided. After the race, Häkkinen was disqualified due to a fuel irregularity, thus promoting Frentzen to third, Herbert to fourth, Villeneuve to fifth and the second Benetton of Gerhard Berger to sixth. Nonetheless, Schumacher extended his lead over Villeneuve in the Drivers' Championship to 11 points, while Ferrari led Williams by six points in the Constructors' Championship. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:49.450 2 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:49.759 +0.309 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:50.293 +0.843 4 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:50.470 +1.020 5 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.503 +1.053 6* 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:50.520 +1.070 7 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:50.656 +1.206 8 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:50.853 +1.403 9 1 UK Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:50.970 +1.520 10 10 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.410 +1.960 11 16 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:51.725 +2.275 12 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:51.916 +2.466 13 17 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Sauber-Petronas 1:52.094 +2.644 14* 14 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:52.274 +2.824 15 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:52.391 +2.941 16 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:52.749 +3.299 17 6 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:52.793 +3.343 18 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:52.886 +3.436 19 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:52.897 +3.447 20 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:53.544 +4.094 21 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:53.725 +4.275 22 21 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart 1:54.505 +5.055107% time: 1:57.112 Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/belgique/qualification.aspx Belgium 1997 - Qualifications StatsF1 27 March 2016 * Ralf Schumacher and Trulli would start from the pitlane. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Goodyear 44 1:33:46.717 3 10 2 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear 44 +26.753 4 6 3 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault Goodyear 44 +32.147 7 4 4 16 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas Goodyear 44 +39.025 11 3 5 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault Goodyear 44 +42.103 1 2 6 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault Goodyear 44 +1:03.741 15 1 7 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone 44 +1:25.931 8   8 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault Goodyear 44 +1:42.008 2   9 17 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Sauber-Petronas Goodyear 44 +1:42.582 13   10 6 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari Goodyear 43 Collision 17   11 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 43 +1 lap 19   12 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford Bridgestone 43 +1 lap 18   13 1 UK Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone 42 Wheel nut 9   14 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart Bridgestone 42 Engine 20   15 14 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Mugen-Honda Bridgestone 42 +2 laps PL   Ret Retired 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 25 Spun off 21   Ret Retired 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear 21 Spun off PL   Ret Retired 10 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear 19 Spun off 10   Ret Retired 21 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart Bridgestone 18 Spun off 22   Ret Retired 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford Bridgestone 8 Steering 12   Ret Retired 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda Bridgestone 5 Electrical 16   DSQ Disqualified 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear 44 Fuel irregularity (+30.856) 5  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/158/ 1997 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141029035826/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/158/ 29 October 2014 24 December 2015https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1997-belgian-grand-prix/ 1997 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 24 August 1997 23 October 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 66 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 55 3 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 23 4 France Jean Alesi 22 5 Austria Gerhard Berger 21Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1997 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari 84 2 UK Williams-Renault 78 3 Italy Benetton-Renault 47 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 28 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 25Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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