1997 San Marino Grand Prix

F1 Italy San Marino 4 17 1997 Imola.svg XVII Gran Premio di San Marino 27 April Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Permanent Racing Facility 3.065 4.930 62 190.030 305.660 Cloudy, Dry, 17 °C Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:23.303 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:25.531 42 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari SMR 1997 Argentine Grand Prix 1997 Monaco 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. 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 thumb|250px|right|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 Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:23.303 2 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:23.646 +0.343 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:23.955 +0.652 4 14 France Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:24.075 +0.772 5 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:24.081 +0.778 6 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:24.596 +1.293 7 16 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:24.723 +1.420 8 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.812 +1.509 9 6 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:24.862 +1.558 10 10 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.077 +1.774 11 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:25.371 +2.068 12 17 Italy Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 1:25.554 +2.241 13 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:25.579 +2.276 14 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:25.729 +2.426 15 1 United Kingdom Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:25.743 +2.440 16 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:26.192 +2.889 17 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:26.253 +2.950 18 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:26.712 +3.409 19 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.852 +3.549 20 21 Italy Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 1:26.960 +3.657 21 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.428 +4.125 22 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:28.727 +5.424107% time : 1:29.134Source:1997 San Marino GP Qual Chicane F1 http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=qual 2007-08-08 2018-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165402/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=qual dead Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 62 1:31:00.673 2 10 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 62 +1.237 3 6 3 6 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 62 +1:18.343 9 4 4 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 62 +1:23.388 6 3 5 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 61 +1 lap 14 2 6 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 61 +1 lap 8 1 7 17 Italy Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 61 +1 lap 12   8 14 France Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 61 +1 lap 4   9 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 60 +2 laps 19   10 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 60 +2 laps 21   11 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 59 +3 laps 22   Ret Retired 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 53 Gearbox 17   Ret Retired 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 40 Gearbox 1   Ret Retired 10 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 38 Engine 10   Ret Retired 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 32 Engine 13   Ret Retired 16 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 18 Electrical 7   Ret Retired 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 17 Transmission 5   Ret Retired 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 11 Collision 18   Ret Retired 1 UK Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 11 Collision 15   Ret Retired 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 4 Spun off 11   Ret Retired 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 2 Spun off 16   DNS Did not start 21 Italy Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 0 Gearbox 20  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/150/ 1997 San Marino Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141029035544/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/150/ 29 October 2014 24 December 20151997 San Marino GP Race Chicane F1 http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=res 2007-08-08 2018-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180411025909/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=res dead Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 20 2 Germany Michael Schumacher 14 3 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 10 4 UK David Coulthard 10 5 UK Eddie Irvine 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/saint-marin/championnat.aspx San Marino 1997 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Williams-Renault 30 2 Italy Ferrari 24 3 UK McLaren-Mercedes 20 4 Italy Benetton-Renault 13 5 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Race Details: 1997 San Marino GP Chicane F1 http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=res 2007-08-06 2018-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180411025909/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=San%20Marino%20GP&type=res dead San Marino Grand Prix 1997 1997 Argentine Grand Prix 1997 Monaco Grand Prix 1996 San Marino Grand Prix 1998 San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix Category:San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix San Marino Grand Prix