Grand Prix of Canada 1997 - Montreal
| Date | 14-Jun-1997 |
| Track name | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
| Track length | 4.421 km |
| Full distance | 69 laps (= 262.626 km) |
| Race distance | 54 laps (= 238.734 km) |
| 1996 racelap record | Jacques Villeneuve (CDN), Williams FW18-Renault V10, 1:21.916 (=194.291 km/h) |
| 1997 racelap record | David Coulthard (GBR), McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes V10, 1:19.635 (= 199.856 km/h) |
| Weather | dry, warm, wind |
| Spectators | 120,000 People |
| 2nd free practice session on Friday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:20.289 | |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.416 | +0.127 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:20.552 | +0.263 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.624 | +0.335 |
| 5 | Olivier Panis | F | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.727 | +0.438 |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:20.876 | +0.587 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:20.930 | +0.641 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1:20.987 | +0.698 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:21.201 | +0.912 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:21.269 | +0.980 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 1:21.315 | +1.026 |
| 12 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.372 | +1.083 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.415 | +1.126 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.468 | +1.179 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:21.777 | +1.488 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.848 | +1.559 |
| 17 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.460 | +2.171 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:22.550 | +2.261 |
| 19 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:22.708 | +2.419 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:22.930 | +2.641 |
| 21 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1:23.826 | +3.537 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | I | Minardi-Hart | 1:24.131 | +3.842 |
| 2nd free practice session on Saturday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:18.034 | |
| 2 | Olivier Panis | F | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:18.514 | +0.480 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:18.563 | +0.529 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:18.651 | +0.617 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1:18.829 | +0.795 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:18.833 | +0.799 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:18.871 | +0.837 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:18.883 | +0.849 |
| 9 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:18.953 | +0.919 |
| 10 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.053 | +1.019 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.087 | +1.053 |
| 12 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 1:19.189 | +1.155 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:19.366 | +1.332 |
| 14 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.540 | +1.506 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.744 | +1.710 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.812 | +1.778 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | I | Minardi-Hart | 1:19.929 | +1.895 |
| 18 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:19.957 | +1.923 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.084 | +2.050 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.089 | +2.055 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:20.366 | +2.332 |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:21.134 | +3.100 |
| Qualifying session - starting grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROW 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Michael Schumacher (D) Ferrari |
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| 1:18.095 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Jacques Villeneuve (CDN) Williams-Renault |
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| 1:18.108 | ||||||
| ROW 2 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| Rubens Barrichello (BRZ) Stewart-Ford |
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| 1:18.388 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D) Williams-Renault |
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| 1:18.464 | ||||||
| ROW 3 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| David Coulthard (GBR) McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 1:18.466 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Fisichella (I) Jordan-Peugeot |
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| 1:18.750 | ||||||
| ROW 4 | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Ralf Schumacher (D) Jordan-Peugeot |
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| 1:18.869 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||
| Jean Alesi (F) Benetton-Renault |
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| 1:18.899 | ||||||
| ROW 5 | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Mika Hakkinen (FIN) McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 1:18.916 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| Olivier Panis (F) Prost-Mugen-Honda |
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| 1:19.034 | ||||||
| ROW 6 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| Alexander Wurz (AUT) Benetton-Renault |
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| 1:19.286 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Eddie Irvine (GBR) Ferrari |
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| 1:19.503 | ||||||
| ROW 7 | ||||||
| 13 | ||||||
| Johnny Herbert (GBR) Sauber-Petronas |
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| 1:19.622 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| Jos Verstappen (HOL) Tyrrell-Ford |
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| 1:20.102 | ||||||
| ROW 8 | ||||||
| 15 | ||||||
| Damon Hill (GBR) Arrows-Yamaha |
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| 1:20.129 | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||
| Pedro Diniz (BRA) Arrows-Yamaha |
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| 1:20.175 | ||||||
| ROW 9 | ||||||
| 17 | ||||||
| Mika Salo (FIN) Tyrrell-Ford |
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| 1:20.336 | ||||||
| 18 | ||||||
| Gianni Morbidelli (I) Sauber-Petronas |
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| 1:20.357 | ||||||
| ROW 10 | ||||||
| 19 | ||||||
| Shinji Nakano (J) Prost-Mugen-Honda |
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| 1:20.370 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| Jarno Trulli (I) Minardi-Hart |
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| 1:20.370 | ||||||
| ROW 11 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| Jan Magnussen (DEN) Stewart-Ford |
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| 1:20.491 | ||||||
| 22 | ||||||
| Ukyo Katayama (J) Minardi-Hart |
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| 1:21.034 | ||||||
| Warmup session on Sunday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Olivier Panis | F | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:19.477 | |
| 2 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.594 | +0.117 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.645 | +0.168 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:19.727 | +0.250 |
| 5 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.829 | +0.352 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:19.854 | +0.377 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:19.940 | +0.463 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:20.457 | +0.980 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:20.489 | +1.012 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:20.507 | +1.030 |
| 11 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.863 | +1.386 |
| 12 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.903 | +1.426 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:20.929 | +1.452 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.989 | +1.512 |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.005 | +1.528 |
| 16 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1:21.469 | +1.992 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | I | Minardi-Hart | 1:21.516 | +2.039 |
| 18 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:21.802 | +2.325 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.850 | +2.373 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.110 | +2.633 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:22.359 | +2.882 |
| 22 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.721 | +3.244 |
| Race results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laps | Status | Time |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 56 | Winner | |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 56 | Running | +0:02.757 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 56 | Running | +0:03.407 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 56 | Running | +0:04.315 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 56 | Running | +0:05.572 |
| 6 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 56 | Running | +0:08.087 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | Running | +0:08.959 |
| 8 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 55 | Running | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 55 | Running | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 55 | Running | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | F | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 53 | severe accident | +3 Laps |
| 12 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 48 | engine failure | +8 Laps |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 44 | gearbox | +12 Laps |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 37 | drive shaft | +19 Laps |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 35 | gearbox | +21 Laps |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | I | Minardi-Hart | 34 | engine failure | +22 Laps |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 16 | accident | +40 Laps |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 7 | accident | +49 Laps |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 3 | accident | +53 Laps |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1 | collision with Nakano | +56 Laps |
| 21 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1 | collision with Panis | +56 Laps |
| 22 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1 | spin | +56 Laps |
| Fastest Racelaps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime |
| 1 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.635 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:19.997 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:20.171 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:20.679 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:20.709 |
| 6 | Olivier Panis | F | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.945 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:21.013 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 1:21.048 |
| 9 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.622 |
| 10 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.902 |
| 11 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:22.077 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:22.366 |
| 13 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:22.372 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.434 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:22.435 |
| 16 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:22.659 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | I | Minardi-Hart | 1:22.712 |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:24.294 |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:28.356 |
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