Grand Prix of Europe 1997 - Jerez / Spain



Date 26-Oct-1997
Track name Autodromo di Velocidad Jerez de la Frontera
Track length 4.428 km
Full distance 69 laps (=305.532 km)
1994 racelap record Michael Schumacher (D), Benetton B194-Ford V8, 1:25.040 (=187.450 km/h)
1997 racelap record Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D), Williams FW19-Renault V10 RS9A, 1:23.135 (= 191.745 km/h)
Weather dry, cloudy, windy
Spectators 60,000 People



Friday: 2nd free practice session
Saturday: 2nd free practice session
Saturday: qualifying session
Sunday: warmup session
Sunday: race results
Sunday: fastest racelaps




2nd free practice session on Friday
Weather conditions: dry
PsDriverNatTeam-Engine & TyresLaptimeGap
1Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:22.735 
2Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:22.898+0.163
3Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:22.922+0.187
4Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:22.964+0.229
5Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:23.024+0.289
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:23.124+0.389
7Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:23.174+0.439
8David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:23.440+0.705
9Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:23.532+0.797
10Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:23.678+0.943
11Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:23.685+0.950
12Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:23.695+0.960
13Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:23.923+1.188
14Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:24.264+1.529
15Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:24.329+1.594
16Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:24.507+1.772
17Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:24.735+2.000
18Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:24.797+2.062
19Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:25.025+2.290
20Norberto FontanaISauber-Petronas Goodyear1:25.134+2.399
21Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:25.327+2.592
22Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:26.816+4.081
107% Time = 1:28.526




2nd free practice session on Saturday
Weather conditions: dry
PsDriverNatTeam-Engine & TyresLaptimeGap
1David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:20.738 
2Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:20.856+0.118
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:21.263+0.525
4Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:21.364+0.626
5Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:21.525+0.787
6Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:21.593+0.855
7Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:21.605+0.867
8Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:21.671+0.933
9Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:21.780+1.042
10Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:21.881+1.143
11Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:22.065+1.327
12Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:22.117+1.379
13Norberto FontanaISauber-Petronas Goodyear1:22.404+1.666
14Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:22.738+1.700
15Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:22.712+1.774
16Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:22.750+2.012
17Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:22.820+2.082
18Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:23.269+2.631
19Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:23.396+2.658
20Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:23.742+3.004
21Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:24.429+3.691
22Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:31.672+10.934
107% Time = 1:26.390




Qualifying session - starting grid
Weather conditions: dry, sunny
ROW 1
1
Jacques Villeneuve
1:21.072
2
Michael Schumacher
1:21.072
 
ROW 2
3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1:21.072
4
Damon Hill
1:21.130
 
ROW 3
5
Mika Hakkinen
1:21.369
6
David Coulthard
1:21.476
 
ROW 4
7
Eddie Irvine
1:21.610
8
Gerhard Berger
1:21.656
 
ROW 5
9
Olivier Panis
1:21.735
10
Jean Alesi
1:22.011
 
ROW 6
11
Jan Magnussen
1:22.167
12
Pedro Diniz
1:22.222
 
ROW 7
13
Barrichello
1:22.234
14
Johnny Herbert
1:22.263
 
ROW 8
15
Shinji Nakano
1:22.351
16
Ralf Schumacher
1:22.740
 
ROW 9
17
Giancarlo Fisichella
1:22.804
18
Norberto Fontana
1:23.281
 
ROW 10
19
Ukyo Katayama
1:23.409
20
Tarso Marques
1:23.854
 
ROW 11
21
Mika Salo
1:24.222
22
Jos Verstappen
1:24.301
 
107% Time = 1:26.741




Warmup session on Sunday
Weather conditions: dry
PsDriverNatTeam-Engine & TyresLaptimeGap
1Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:23.016 
2Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:23.160+0.144
3Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:23.166+0.150
4David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:23.359+0.343
5Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:23.849+0.833
6Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:24.012+0.996
7Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:24.063+1.047
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:24.089+1.073
9Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:24.125+1.109
10Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:24.231+1.215
11Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:24.309+1.203
12Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:24.386+1.370
13Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:24.540+1.524
14Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:24.560+1.544
15Norberto FontanaISauber-Petronas Goodyear1:24.795+1.779
16Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:25.103+2.087
17Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:25.159+2.143
18Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:25.275+2.259
19Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:25.377+2.361
20Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:25.419+2.403
21Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:25.707+3.691
22Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:26.307+3.291
107% Time = 1:28.827




Race results
Weather conditions: dry
PosDriverNatTeamLapsStatusTime
1Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes69Winner1:38:57.772
2David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes69Running+1.654
3Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault69Running+1.802
4Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault69Running+1.919
5Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari69Running+3.789
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault69Running+4.537
7Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen69Running+1:07.145
8Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas69Running+1:12.960
9Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford69Running+1:17.487
10Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen69Running+1:18.215
11Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot68Running-1 lap
12Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford68Running-1 lap
13Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault68Running-1 lap
14Norberto FontanaISauber-Petronas68Running-1 lap
15Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart68Running-1 lap
16Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford68Running-1 lap
17Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart68Running-1 lap
18Michael SchumacherDFerrari47Retired - collision with Villeneuve-22 laps
19Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha47Retired - gearbox failure-22 laps
20Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot46Retired - engine failure-25 laps
21Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford30Retired - gearbox failure-39 laps
22Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha11Retired - spin-58 laps
Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:23.135




Fastest Racelaps
PosDriverNatTeamLaptime
1Heinz-Harald FrentzenD Williams-Renault1:23.135
2Gerhard BergerA Benetton-Renault1:23.361
3Michael SchumacherD Ferrari1:23.692
4Jacques VilleneuveCDN Williams-Renault1:23.906
5Olivier PanisI Prost-Mugen-Honda1:23.941
6Jean AlesiF Benetton-Renault1:23.975
7David CoulthardGBR McLaren-Mercedes1:24.006
8Mika HakkinenFIN McLaren-Mercedes1:24.072
9Eddie IrvineGBR Ferrari1:24.266
10Damon HillGBR Arrows-Yamaha1:24.274
11Shinji NakanoJ Prost-Mugen-Honda1:24.679
12Norberto FontanaI Sauber-Petronas1:25.154
13Johnny HerbertGBR Sauber-Petronas1:25.159
14Mika SaloFIN Tyrrell-Ford1:25.237
15Jan MagnussenDEN Stewart-Ford1:25.370
16Giancarlo FisichellaI Jordan-Peugeot1:25.434
17Ralf SchumacherD Jordan-Peugeot1:25.895
18Tarso MarquesBRZ Minardi-Hart1:25.947
19Rubens BarrichelloBRZ Stewart-Ford1:26.169
20Ukyo KatayamaJ Minardi-Hart1:26.215
21Jos VerstappenHOL Tyrrell-Ford1:26.369
22Pedro DinizBRZ Arrows-Yamaha1:26.434




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