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The RAC British Grand Prix

13 Jul 1997Silverstone303.260 km (5140 m x 59 Laps) *

 Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW19-Renault, 1:21.598 (226.770 km/h) Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F310B, 1:24.475 (219.047 km/h lap 34) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:28:01.665 206.703 km/h 2 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:28:11.870 206.304 km/h 3 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:28:12.961 206.262 km/h 4 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:28:32.894 205.488 km/h 5 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:28:33.545 205.463 km/h 6 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:29:15.217 203.864 km/h 7 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot -1 Lap 8 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda -1 Lap 9 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas -1 Lap 10 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart -1 Lap 11 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 57 Engine Did Not Finish: 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 52 Engine 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 50 Engine 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 45 Engine 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 44 Halfshaft 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 44 Engine 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 42 Electrical 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 38 Rear wheel bearing 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 37 Engine 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 29 Engine 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 0 Collision with Verstappen 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 0 Spun off Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1-22 36 3-4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 23-37 15 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 38-44 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 45-52 8 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 53-59 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:24.475 219.047 34 2 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:25.082 217.484 42 3 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:25.236 217.091 43 4 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:25.872 215.484 35 5 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:25.988 215.193 38 6 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:26.119 214.865 57 7 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:26.232 214.584 34 8 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:26.260 214.514 50 9 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:26.429 214.095 51 10 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:26.471 213.991 57 11 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:26.475 213.981 57 12 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:26.610 213.647 57 13 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:26.778 213.234 24 14 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:27.111 212.419 25 15 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:27.586 211.267 32 16 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas 1:27.783 210.793 17 17 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:27.877 210.567 35 18 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:28.053 210.146 35 19 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:29.100 207.677 32 20 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:29.137 207.591 25 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:21.598 226.770 Rothmans Williams Renault 2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:21.732 226.398 Rothmans Williams Renault 3 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:21.797 226.219 West McLaren Mercedes 4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:21.977 225.722 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 5 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:22.277 224.899 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 6 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:22.279 224.893 West McLaren Mercedes 7 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:22.342 224.721 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 8 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:22.344 224.716 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 9 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:22.368 224.650 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 10 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:22.371 224.642 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 11 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:22.392 224.585 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 12 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:23.271 222.214 Danka Arrows Yamaha 13 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:23.366 221.961 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 14 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:23.887 220.582 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 15 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:24.067 220.110 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 16 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:24.239 219.661 Danka Arrows Yamaha 17 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:24.478 219.039 PIAA Tyrrell 18 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:24.553 218.845 Minardi Team 19 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:25.010 217.669 PIAA Tyrrell 20 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:25.154 217.300 Minardi Team 21 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:25.525 216.358 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 22 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas - - Red Bull Sauber Petronas Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:22.935 223.114 2 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:23.266 222.228 3 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:23.327 222.065 4 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:23.581 221.390 5 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:23.785 220.851 6 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:23.883 220.593 7 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:24.132 219.940 8 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:24.203 219.755 9 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:24.424 219.179 10 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:24.946 217.833 11 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:24.948 217.827 12 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:25.136 217.346 13 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:25.360 216.776 14 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:26.035 215.075 15 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:26.270 214.489 16 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:26.446 214.053 17 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas 1:26.640 213.573 18 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:26.785 213.217 19 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:26.797 213.187 20 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:26.810 213.155 21 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:27.066 212.528 22 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:27.923 210.457 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:22.000 225.659 2 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:22.063 225.485 3 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:22.586 224.057 4 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:22.712 223.716 5 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:22.962 223.042 6 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:23.022 222.881 7 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:23.131 222.588 8 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:23.161 222.508 9 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:23.577 221.401 10 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:23.607 221.321 11 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:23.614 221.303 12 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:23.647 221.215 13 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:23.823 220.751 14 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:23.871 220.625 15 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:24.172 219.836 16 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:24.181 219.812 17 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas 1:24.181 219.812 18 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:24.716 218.424 19 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:24.961 217.794 20 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:25.015 217.656 21 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:25.195 217.196 22 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:25.725 215.853 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:38.031 188.757 2 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:38.061 188.699 3 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:38.507 187.845 4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:38.670 187.534 5 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:38.707 187.464 6 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:38.876 187.143 7 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:38.993 186.922 8 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:39.074 186.769 9 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:39.498 185.974 10 17 Norberto Fontana Sauber C16-Petronas 1:39.693 185.610 11 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:39.756 185.493 12 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:39.846 185.325 13 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:39.868 185.285 14 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:40.652 183.841 15 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:41.039 183.137 16 8 Alexander Wurz Benetton B197-Renault 1:41.489 182.325 17 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:41.751 181.856 18 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:41.781 181.802 19 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:41.920 181.554 20 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:42.261 180.949 21 21 Tarso Marquès Minardi M197-Hart 1:43.088 179.497 22 14 Jarno Trulli Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:43.612 178.589 Notes:
  • Fontana's qualifying time was deleted (did not arrived in technical control).
  • Race was interrupted after start and additional formation lap raced (Frentzen stalled on grid).
  • Race was scheduled for 60 laps (308.400 km), raced 59 laps.
  • Frentzen stalled on grid on second formation lap, so he started from back of the grid.
  • Weather: Cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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