Grand Prix of Spain 1997 - Barcelona
| Date | 25-May-1997 |
| Free practice sessions on Friday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:19.566 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:19.766 |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.198 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.537 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.933 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.312 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21.319 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.379 |
| 9 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.421 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:21.423 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.636 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:21.887 |
| 13 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 1:22.839 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:22.8493 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 1:22.892 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:23.191 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.209 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 1:23.246 |
| 19 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber-Petronas | 1:23.459 |
| 20 | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:23.592 |
| 21 | Pedro Paulo Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:25.049 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 1:25.064 |
| Free practice sessions on Saturday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Driver | Team | Time | Topspeed |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:17.457 | km/h () |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:17.664 | km/h () |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.056 | km/h () |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:18.476 | km/h () |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 1:18.692 | () |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.734 | km/h () |
| 7 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.757 | km/h () |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:18.901 | km/h () |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:19.213 | km/h () |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.419 | km/h () |
| 11 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber-Petronas | 1:20.151 | km/h () |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.336 | km/h () |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.446 | km/h () |
| 14 | Shinji Nakano | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.561 | km/h () |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.602 | km/h () |
| 16 | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:20.768 | km/h () |
| 17 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 1:20.829 | km/h () |
| 18 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.849 | km/h () |
| 19 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:20.907 | km/h () |
| 20 | Pedro Paulo Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:21.365 | km/h () |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 1:21.582 | km/h () |
| 22 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.599 | km/h () |
| Qualifying session - starting grid | |
|---|---|
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Williams FW19-Renault V10 1:16.525 | |
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Williams FW19-Renault V10 1:16.791 | |
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McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes V10 1:17.521 | |
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Benetton B197-Renault V10 1:17.717 | |
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McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes V10 1:17.737 | |
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Benetton B197-Renault V10 1:18.041 | |
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Ferrari F310B V10 1:18.313 | |
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Jordan 197-Peugeot V10 1:18.385 | |
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Jordan 197-Peugeot V10 1:18.423 | |
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Sauber C16-Petronas V10 1:18.494 | |
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Ferrari F310B V10 1:18.873 | |
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Prost JS45-Mugen Honda V10 1:19.957 | |
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Sauber C16-Petronas V10 1:19.323 | |
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Tyrrell 025-Ford ED4 V8 1:20.079 | |
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TWR Arrows A18-Yamaha V10 1:20.089 | |
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Prost JS45-Mugen Honda V10 1:20.103 | |
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Stewart SF1-Ford Zetec-R V10 1:20.255 | |
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Minardi M197-Hart V8 1:20.452 | |
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Tyrrell 025-Ford ED4 V8 1:20.582 | |
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Minardi M197-Hart V8 1:20.672 | |
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TWR Arrows A18-Yamaha V10 1:21.029 | |
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Stewart SF1-Ford Zetec-R V10 1:21.060 | |
| Warmup session on Sunday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:19.961 |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.276 |
| 3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.296 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:20.335 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.697 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.814 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.823 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.852 |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:21.150 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21.301 |
| 11 | Nicola Larini | Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.484 |
| 12 | Shinji Nakano | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.937 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 1:22.019 |
| 14 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22.327 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.499 |
| 16 | Pedro Paulo Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:23.057 |
| 17 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 1:23.259 |
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 1:23.439 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.549 |
| 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 1:23.613 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.686 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 1:23.748 |
| Race results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Driver | Team | Time/Gap to P1 | Gap |
| 1. | Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | +1:30:35.896 | |
| 2. | Panis | Prost-Mugen-Honda | +5.804 | (+5.804) |
| 3. | Alesi | Benetton-Renault | +12.534 | (+6.730) |
| 4. | M. Schumacher | Ferrari | +17.979 | (+5.445) |
| 5. | Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | +27.986 | (+10.007) |
| 6. | Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | +29.744 | (+1.758) |
| 7. | Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | +48.785 | (+19.041) |
| 8. | Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:04.139 | 15.354 |
| 9. | Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | +1:04.767 | (+0.628) |
| 10. | Berger | Benetton-Renault | +1:05.670 | (+0.903) |
| 11. | Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | +1 lap | (+1 lap) |
| 12. | Irvine | Ferrari | +1 lap | (+21.835) |
| 13. | Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | +1 lap | (+33.410) |
| 14. | Larini | Sauber-Petronas | +2 laps | (+1 lap) |
| 15. | Trulli | Minardi-Hart | +2 laps | (+9.271) |
| Retirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lap | Driver | Team | Pos. | Reason |
| 12 | Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 21 | gearbox |
| 19 | Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 21 | engine failure |
| 35 | Nakano | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 15 | gearbox |
| 36 | Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 18 | tyre blown after collision with Trulli |
| 38 | Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 11 | engine failure |
| 51 | R. Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 13 | engine failure |
| 54 | Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 13 | engine failure |
| Fastest Racelaps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Driver | Team | Laptime | Lap |
| 1 | Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:22.242 | |
| 2 | M. Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:22.295 | |
| 3 | Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:22.340 | |
| 4 | Panis | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:22.422 | |
| 5 | Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:22.534 | |
| 6 | R. Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:22.784 | |
| 7 | Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22.839 | |
| 8 | Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 1:22.841 | |
| 9 | Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:23.096 | |
| 10 | Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:23.106 | |
| 11 | Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 1:23.178 | |
| 12 | Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.241 | |
| 13 | Nakano | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:23.516 | |
| 14 | Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 1:23.564 | |
| 15 | Dinizl | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:23.716 | |
| 16 | Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:23.761 | |
| 17 | Trulli | Minardi-Hart | 1:24.213 | |
| 18 | Verstappen | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:24517.045 | |
| 19 | Morbidelli | Sauber-Petronas | 1:24.647 | |
| 20 | Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:24.775 | |
| 21 | Magnussen | Stewart-Ford | 1:25.300 | |
| 15 | Katayama | Minardi-Hart | 1:26.273 | |