Grand Prix of Hungaria 1997 - Budapest
| Date | 10-Aug-1997 |
| Track name | Hungaroring |
| Track length | 3.968 km |
| Full distance | 77 laps (= 305.536 km) |
| 1992 racelap record | Nigel Mansell (GBR), Williams FW14B-Renault V10, 1:18.308 (= 182.418 km/h) |
| 1997 racelap record | Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D), Williams FW19-Renault V10 RS9, 1:18.732 (= 182.259 km/h) |
| Weather | warm, cloudy |
| Spectators | 120,000 People |
| 2nd free practice session on Friday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:17.583 | |
| 2 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:17.810 | +0.227 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:17.848 | +0.265 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:17.884 | +0.301 |
| 5 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:18.161 | +0.578 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:18.368 | +0.785 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:18.565 | +0.982 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:18.686 | +1.103 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:18.734 | +1.151 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:18.796 | +1.213 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:18.805 | +1.222 |
| 12 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:18.856 | +1.273 |
| 13 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:18.923 | +1.340 |
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:19.346 | +1.763 |
| 15 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:19.358 | +1.775 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:19.521 | +1.938 |
| 17 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:19.567 | +1.984 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:20.002 | +2.419 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:20.106 | +2.523 |
| 20 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:20.176 | +2.593 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:20.414 | +2.831 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:20.707 | +3.124 |
| 2nd free practice session on Saturday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:15.431 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:15.500 | +0.069 |
| 3 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:15.839 | +0.408 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:15.998 | +0.567 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:16.032 | +0.601 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:16.175 | +0.744 |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:16.205 | +0.774 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:16.274 | +0.843 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:16.343 | +0.912 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:16.373 | +0.942 |
| 11 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:16.556 | +1.125 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:16.739 | +1.308 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:16.841 | +1.410 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:17.117 | +1.686 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:17.129 | +1.698 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:17.605 | +2.174 |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:17.757 | +2.326 |
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:17.864 | +2.433 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:18.025 | +2.594 |
| 20 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:18.043 | +2.612 |
| 21 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:18.087 | +2.656 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:19.912 | +4.481 |
| Qualifying session - starting grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROW 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Michael Schumacher | ||||||
| 1:14.672 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Jacques Villeneuve | ||||||
| 1:14.859 | ||||||
| ROW 2 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| Damon Hill | ||||||
| 1:15.044 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| Mika Hakkinen | ||||||
| 1:15.140 | ||||||
| ROW 3 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| Eddie Irvine | ||||||
| 1:15.424 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | ||||||
| 1:15.520 | ||||||
| ROW 4 | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Gerhard Berger | ||||||
| 1:15.699 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||
| David Coulthard | ||||||
| 1:15.705 | ||||||
| ROW 5 | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Jean Alesi | ||||||
| 1:15.905 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| Johnny Herbert | ||||||
| 1:16.138 | ||||||
| ROW 6 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| Rubens Barrichello | ||||||
| 1:16.138 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Jarno Trulli | ||||||
| 1:16.297 | ||||||
| ROW 7 | ||||||
| 13 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Fisichella | ||||||
| 1:16.300 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| Ralf Schumacher | ||||||
| 1:16.686 | ||||||
| ROW 8 | ||||||
| 15 | ||||||
| Gianni Morbidelli | ||||||
| 1:16.766 | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||
| Shinji Nakano | ||||||
| 1:16.784 | ||||||
| ROW 9 | ||||||
| 17 | ||||||
| Jan Magnussen | ||||||
| 1:16.858 | ||||||
| 18 | ||||||
| Jos Verstappen | ||||||
| 1:17.095 | ||||||
| ROW 10 | ||||||
| 19 | ||||||
| Pedro Diniz | ||||||
| 1:17.118 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| Ukyo Katayama | ||||||
| 1:17.232 | ||||||
| ROW 11 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| Mika Salo | ||||||
| 1:17.482 | ||||||
| 22 | ||||||
| Tarso Marques | ||||||
| 1:18.020 | ||||||
| Warmup session on Sunday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:16.996 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:17.393 | +0.397 |
| 3 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:17.579 | +0.583 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:17.614 | +0.618 |
| 5 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:17.696 | +0.700 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:17.781 | +0.785 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:17.875 | +0.879 |
| 8 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:17.890 | +0.894 |
| 9 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:17.953 | +0.957 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:18.050 | +1.054 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:18.114 | +1.118 |
| 12 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:18.499 | +1.503 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:18.632 | +1.636 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:19.013 | +2.017 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:19.122 | +2.126 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:19.145 | +2.149 |
| 17 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:19.246 | +2.250 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:19.332 | +2.336 |
| 19 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:19.673 | +2.677 |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:20.154 | +3.158 |
| 21 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:20.432 | +3.436 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:20.778 | +3.782 |
| Race results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laps | Status | Time |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 77 | Winner | 1h45m47.149s |
| 2 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 77 | Running | +0:09.079 |
| 3 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 77 | Running | +0:20.445 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 77 | Running | +0:30.501 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 77 | Running | +0:30.715 |
| 6 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen | 77 | Running | +0:41.512 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen | 77 | Running | +1:15.552 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 77 | Running | +1:16.409 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 76 | Retired | -1 laps |
| 10 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart | 76 | Running | -1 laps |
| 11 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart | 75 | Running | -2 laps |
| 13 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 75 | Running | -2 laps |
| 14 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 66 | Retired - electrics failure | -11 laps |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 62 | Retired - hydraulics failure | -15 laps |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 54 | Retired - electrics failure | -23 laps |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 43 | Retired - spin | -34 laps |
| 18 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 30 | Retired - broken fuel valve | -47 laps |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 30 | Retired - engine failure | -47 laps |
| 20 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 23 | Retired - hydraulics failure | -54 laps |
| 21 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | Retired - engine failure | -77 laps |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 0 | Retired - collision with Morbidelli | -77 laps |
| Fastest Racelaps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:18.372 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:19.066 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.366 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1:19.527 |
| 5 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:19.648 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.651 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:19.684 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | A | Benetton-Renault | 1:19.923 |
| 9 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.003 |
| 10 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.161 |
| 11 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:20.317 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.329 |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.573 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:20.606 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:20.672 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.074 |
| 17 | Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.167 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:21.409 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.578 |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1:21.628 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.676 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart | 1:21.874 |