1997 Brazilian Grand Prix

F1 Brazil Brazilian 2 17 1997 Interlagos_1997.jpg XXVI Grande Prêmio do Brasil 30 March Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil Permanent Racing Facility 2.667 4.292 72 192.019 309.024 Overcast and dry with temperatures reaching up to 23 C FWeather info for the 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix at Weather Underground Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:16.004 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:18.397 28 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault France Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda BRA 1997 Australian Grand Prix 1997 Argentine Grand Prix The 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace near Interlagos, Brazil on 30 March 1997. It was the second race of the 1997 Formula One season. The 72-lap race was won by Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve after he started from pole position. Gerhard Berger finished second for the Benetton team and Prost driver Olivier Panis was third. Summary Lola withdrawal Having failed to qualify for the previous race in Australia, things went from bad to worse for Lola as the Huntingdon-based team arrived in Brazil still not having received any money from title sponsor MasterCard. Already several million dollars in debt, the team returned to base without completing a lap of the circuit. As a result of this Lola's driver Ricardo Rosset was unable to compete at his home Grand Prix. A few days later, the team officially withdrew from the championship.Bring Back V10s Podcast: Lola's disastrous 1997 F1 team https://the-race.com/formula-1/bring-back-v10s-podcast-lolas-disastrous-1997-f1-team/ The Race 11 February 2021 The Race Media 11 February 2021Goodbye Mastercard Lola https://www.grandprix.com/news/goodbye-mastercard-lola.html www.grandprix.com Inside F1 Inc 22 May 2024 Qualifying Jacques Villeneuve took his third consecutive, and his career fifth, pole position after a 1:16.004, over half a second faster than Michael Schumacher in second. Gerhard Berger and Mika Häkkinen completed the second row. Race The race was red-flagged after several incidents at the original start. Jacques Villeneuve went off the track at the first corner. Behind him, an incident involved several drivers including Damon Hill, Eddie Irvine, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jan Magnussen. Irvine took some blame for the incident. Additionally, Rubens Barrichello's car failed on the line, and the track blockage was what ultimately caused the red flag. Barrichello took the restart in the spare Stewart, causing Magnussen to miss the race. The race was restarted with all 72 laps still remaining. Villeneuve had a clean start, as did the rest of the field. At the end of the first lap Villeneuve passed Michael Schumacher to retake the lead. Later before the first pit stops Berger would also pass Schumacher down the pit straight into the first corner. Irvine came into the pits mid-race, having been suffering from enormous pain due to his belts tightening up in the cockpit. Damon Hill was once again affected by reliability issues, his engine failing with four laps remaining. He was running in fourth place at one point, but had slipped down the field before retiring in the pits with an engine bay fire caused by an oil leak.Henry Alan Alan Henry Autocourse 1997–98 https://archive.org/details/autocourse1997980000unse/ 1997 Hazleton Publishing Richmond, Surrey 1-874557-47-0 Internet Archive registration The winner of the previous race, David Coulthard, was off the pace and finished in 10th place. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:16.004 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.594 +0.590 3 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:16.644 +0.640 4 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.692 +0.688 5 14 France Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:16.756 +0.752 6 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:16.757 +0.753 7 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:16.912 +0.908 8 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:16.924F1 - The Official Home of Formula 1® Racing https://www.formula1.com/en/results/1997/races/655/brazil/qualifying/0 2025-12-18 Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website en +0.920 9 1 United Kingdom Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:17.090 +1.086 10 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:17.175 +1.171 11 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:17.259 +1.255 12 10 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.262 +1.258 13 16 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:17.409 +1.405 14 6 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:17.527 +1.523 15 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:17.999 +1.995 16 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:18.095 +2.091 17 21 Italy Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 1:18.336 +2.332 18 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:18.557 +2.553 19 17 Italy Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 1:18.644 +2.640 20 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:18.773 +2.769 21 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.885 +2.881 22 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.274 +3.270107% time: 1:21.324Source:1997 Brazilian GP Qualifying Chicane F1 http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Brazilian%20GP&type=qual 2007-08-03 2018-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180617042916/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Brazilian%20GP&type=qual dead Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 72 1:36:06.990 1 10 2 8 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 72 +4.190 3 6 3 14 France Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 72 +15.870 5 4 4 9 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 72 +33.033 4 3 5 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 72 +33.731 2 2 6 7 France Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 72 +34.020 6 1 7 16 UK Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 72 +50.912 13   8 12 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 72 +1:00.639 7   9 4 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 72 +1:15.402 8   10 10 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 71 +1 Lap 12   11 17 Italy Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 71 +1 Lap 19   12 21 Italy Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 71 +1 Lap 17   13 19 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 71 +1 Lap 22   14 15 Japan 1947 Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 71 +1 Lap 15   15 18 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 70 +2 Laps 21   16 6 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 70 +2 Laps 14   17 1 UK Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 68 Engine 9   18 20 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 67 +5 Laps 18   Ret Retired 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 52 Electrical 10   Ret Retired 22 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 16 Suspension 11   Ret Retired 2 Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 15 Suspension 16   DNS Did not start 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 0 Collision 20  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/148/ 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141029040131/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/148/ 29 October 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 UK David Coulthard 10 2 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 10 3 Austria Gerhard Berger 9 4 Germany Michael Schumacher 8 5 Finland Mika Häkkinen 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1997 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-Mercedes 17 2 Italy Benetton-Renault 10 3 UK Williams-Renault 10 4 Italy Ferrari 8 5 France Prost-Mugen-Honda 6Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Race Details: 1997 Brazilian GP Chicane F1 http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Brazilian%20GP&type=fast 2007-08-03 2018-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180617065820/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Brazilian%20GP&type=fast dead Brazilian Grand Prix 1997 1997 Australian Grand Prix 1997 Argentine Grand Prix 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Category:Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix