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Belgian Grand Prix

24 Aug 1997Spa-Francorchamps306.592 km (6968 m x 44 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW19-Renault, 1:49.450 (229.190 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW19-Renault, 1:52.692 (222.596 km/h lap 43) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:33:46.717 196.159 km/h 2 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:34:13.470 195.231 km/h DQ 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:34:17.573 195.089 km/h (Irregular fuel) 3 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:34:18.864 195.045 km/h 4 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:34:25.742 194.808 km/h 5 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:34:28.820 194.702 km/h 6 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:34:50.458 193.962 km/h 7 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:35:12.648 192.208 km/h 8 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:35:28.725 192.666 km/h 9 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 1:35:29.299 192.647 km/h 10 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 43 Collision with Diniz 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford -1 Lap 12 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford -1 Lap 13 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 42 Wheel bearing 14 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart -2 Laps 15 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda -2 Laps Did Not Finish: 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 25 Spun off 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 21 Spun off 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 19 Spun off 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 18 Spun off 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 8 Spun off 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 5 Spun off Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1-4 4 0-3 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 5-44 40 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:52.692 222.596 43 2 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:53.615 220.788 44 3 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:53.649 220.722 43 4 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:53.652 220.716 42 5 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:53.874 220.286 43 6 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:54.074 219.899 41 DQ 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:54.175 219.705 43 7 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:54.688 218.722 39 8 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 1:54.818 218.474 39 9 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:55.152 217.841 37 10 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:55.290 217.580 29 11 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:55.340 217.486 41 12 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:55.348 217.471 30 13 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:55.413 217.348 41 14 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:55.726 216.760 41 15 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:56.919 214.549 43 16 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:57.784 212.973 16 17 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:59.169 210.498 16 18 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:59.409 210.075 16 19 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 2:02.753 204.352 16 20 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 2:16.804 183.363 5 21 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 2:19.161 180.257 5 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:49.450 229.190 Rothmans Williams Renault 2 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:49.759 228.544 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 3 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:50.293 227.438 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 4 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:50.470 227.073 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 5 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:50.503 227.006 West McLaren Mercedes 6 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:50.520 226.971 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 7 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:50.656 226.692 Rothmans Williams Renault 8 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:50.853 226.289 Danka Arrows Yamaha 9 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:50.970 226.050 Danka Arrows Yamaha 10 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:51.410 225.158 West McLaren Mercedes 11 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:51.725 224.523 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 12 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:51.916 224.140 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 13 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 1:52.094 223.784 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 14 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:52.274 223.425 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 15 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:52.391 223.192 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 16 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:52.749 222.484 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 17 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:52.793 222.397 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 18 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:52.886 222.214 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 19 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:52.897 222.192 PIAA Tyrrell 20 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:53.544 220.926 Minardi Team 21 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:53.725 220.574 PIAA Tyrrell 22 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:54.505 219.072 Minardi Team Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 2:06.802 197.827 2 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 2:07.371 196.943 3 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 2:08.238 195.611 4 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 2:08.372 195.407 5 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 2:09.272 194.047 6 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 2:09.288 194.023 7 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 2:09.772 193.299 8 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 2:09.772 193.299 9 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 2:10.153 192.733 10 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 2:10.231 192.618 11 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 2:10.272 192.557 12 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 2:10.413 192.349 13 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 2:10.914 191.613 14 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 2:10.993 191.497 15 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 2:11.093 191.351 16 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 2:11.262 191.105 17 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 2:11.706 190.461 18 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 2:11.778 190.357 19 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 2:12.545 189.255 20 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 2:12.750 188.963 21 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 2:13.256 188.245 22 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 2:14.048 187.133 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:50.407 227.203 2 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:50.947 226.097 3 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:51.179 225.625 4 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:51.625 224.724 5 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:52.057 223.858 6 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:52.402 223.170 7 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:52.562 222.853 8 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:52.604 222.770 9 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:52.682 222.616 10 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:52.688 222.604 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:53.929 220.179 12 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:53.977 220.087 13 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:54.150 219.753 14 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:54.299 219.466 15 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 1:54.310 219.445 16 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:54.521 219.041 17 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:54.608 218.875 18 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:54.799 218.511 19 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:55.895 216.444 20 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:56.360 215.579 21 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 2:06.429 198.410 22 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 2:07.786 196.303 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:52.415 223.145 2 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:52.619 222.740 3 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:52.628 222.723 4 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:52.837 222.310 5 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:53.366 221.273 6 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:53.531 220.951 7 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:53.557 220.901 8 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:53.760 220.506 9 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:53.777 220.473 10 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:53.846 220.340 11 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:53.999 220.044 12 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:54.282 219.499 13 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber C16-Petronas 1:54.448 219.181 14 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:54.570 218.947 15 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:54.593 218.903 16 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:54.868 218.379 17 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:54.895 218.328 18 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:55.202 217.746 19 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:55.588 217.019 20 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:55.695 216.818 21 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:55.993 216.261 22 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:56.062 216.133 Notes:
  • Race was started under safety car.
  • R.Schumacher and Trulli started from pit lane.
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Rain.
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