1997 British Grand Prix

April 2017 April 2017 F1 United Kingdom British Silverstone_Circuit_1997_to_1998.png Silverstone Circuit in its 1997 configuration 13 July 1997 9 17 L RAC British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent racing facility 3.194 5.140 59 188.437 303.260 60 191.631 308.400 Sunny, Dry Track Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:21.598 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:24.480 34 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Renault GBR 1997 French Grand Prix 1997 German Grand Prix The 1997 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 13 July 1997. It was the ninth round of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. Williams' Jacques Villeneuve won the race despite being stuck in the pit lane for half a minute during his first stop due to a wheel nut problem. Two previous leaders retired from the race due to mechanical failures. Michael Schumacher led by over 40 seconds before a wheel bearing failure caused retirement. Mika Häkkinen seemed set for his first win but his engine blew while he was holding off Villeneuve, having made one stop to the Canadian's two. Further back, Alexander Wurz scored his first podium finish in his third Grand Prix, also briefly leading the race during the pitstops. David Coulthard ran 3rd early on, but faded with braking problems. Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine was close behind Villeneuve when both made their second stop, but his car failed as he exited the pits. Defending champion Damon Hill finally scored his first points for Arrows after a late retirement for Shinji Nakano. Heinz-Harald Frentzen had a disastrous run: he stalled on the grid with the race about to begin, forcing the race start to be aborted and making him start from the back of the grid. Then, on the first lap, Jos Verstappen crashed into the back of his Williams car at Becketts, ending the German's race immediately. This race marked the 100th Grand Prix victory for the Williams team, who garnered considerable media attention throughout the weekend with the "Ro?" branding on their cars.https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/06/19/where-f1-teams-claimed-their-100th-f1-grand-prix-win/ Where F1 teams claimed their 100th grand prix win Motorsport Week Walsh Fergal 19 June 2023 29 March 2024 Pre-race thumb|right|250px|The race was won by Jacques Villeneuve in the "Ro?" Williams FW19 The struggles of Sauber to find a suitable teammate for Johnny Herbert in 1997 continued as Peter Sauber's attempts to replace Norberto Fontana for the Silverstone round ultimately failed as Martin Brundle declined a one-off drive, opting to commentate on the race instead.https://www.grandprix.com/news/wurz-for-sauber.html Fontana kept his seat and finished 9th. Classification Qualifying thumb|right|250px|Damon Hill during the race Pos No Driver Constructor Time GapGrid 1 3Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:21.5981 2 4Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:21.732 +0.1342 3 9Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.797 +0.1993 4 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.977 +0.3794 5 11Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.277 +0.6795 6 10United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.279 +0.6816 7 6United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:22.342 +0.7447 8 8Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Renault 1:22.344 +0.7468 9 16United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:22.368 +0.7709 10 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.371 +0.77310 11 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:22.392 +0.79411 12 1United Kingdom Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:23.271 +1.67312 13 14Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:23.366 +1.76813 14 17Argentina Norberto FontanaSauber-Petronas 1:23.790+2.19222 1 1 15 15Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:23.887 +2.28914 16 23Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:24.067 +2.46915 17 2Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:24.239 +2.64116 18 19Finland Mika SaloTyrrell-Ford 1:24.478 +2.88017 19 20Japan 1947 Ukyo KatayamaMinardi-Hart 1:24.553 +2.95518 20 18Netherlands Jos VerstappenTyrrell-Ford 1:25.010 +3.41219 21 21Brazil Tarso MarquesMinardi-Hart 1:25.154 +3.55620 22 22Brazil Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford 1:25.525 +3.92721107% time: 1:27.310Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/grande-bretagne/qualification.aspx Britain 1997 - Qualifications • STATS F1 F1 STATS www.statsf1.com en 13 October 2018http://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/grande-bretagne/grille.aspx Britain 1997 - Starting grid • STATS F1 F1 STATS www.statsf1.com en 13 October 2018 Notes 1 1 – Norberto Fontana was relegated to the back of the grid. Race thumb|right|250px|Alexander Wurz passes a yellow flag Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 59 1:28:01.665 1 10 2 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 59 +10.205 11 6 3 8 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Renault 59 +11.296 8 4 4 10 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 59 +31.229 6 3 5 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 59 +31.880 5 2 6 1 UK Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 59 +1:13.552 12 1 7 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 58 +1 lap 10   8 14 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Mugen-Honda 58 +1 lap 13   9 17 Argentina Norberto Fontana Sauber-Petronas 58 +1 lap 22   10 21 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart 58 +1 lap 20   11 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 57 Engine 14   Ret Retired 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 52 Engine 3   Ret Retired 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 50 Engine 15   Ret Retired 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 45 Engine 19   Ret Retired 6 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 44 Halfshaft 7   Ret Retired 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 44 Engine 17   Ret Retired 16 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 42 Electrical 9   Ret Retired 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 38 Wheel bearing 4   Ret Retired 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 37 Engine 21   Ret Retired 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 29 Engine 16   Ret Retired 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 0 Collision 2   Ret Retired 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 0 Accident/spun off 18  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/155/ 1997 British Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141029040350/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/155/ 29 October 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 47 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 43 3 France Jean Alesi 21 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 19 5 UK Eddie Irvine 18Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1997 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari 65 2 UK Williams-Renault 62 3 Italy Benetton-Renault 35 4 UK McLaren-Mercedes 24 5 France Prost-Mugen-Honda 16Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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