Grand Prix of Italy 1997 - Monza
| Date | 07-Sep-1997 |
| Track name | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza |
| Track length | 5.77 km |
| Full distance | 53 laps (= 305,810 km) |
| 1995 racelap record | Gerhard Berger (A), Ferrari 412T2 V12, 1:26.419 (=240.363 km/h) |
| 1996 racelap record | Michael Schumacher (D), Ferrari F310 V10, 1:26.110 (= 241.226 km/h) |
| 1997 racelap record | Mika Hakkinen (FIN), McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes V10 FO110F, 1:24.808 (= 244.929 km/h) |
| Weather | dry, warm, sunny |
| Spectators | 120,000 People |
| 2nd free practice session on Friday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.991 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:24.837 | +0.846 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:24.847 | +0.856 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:25.050 | +1.059 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:25.050 | +1.059 |
| 6 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:25.096 | +1.105 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:25.317 | +1.326 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:25.339 | +1.348 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:25.423 | +1.432 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:25.559 | +1.568 |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:25.845 | +1.854 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:26.224 | +2.233 |
| 13 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.246 | +2.255 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:26.421 | +2.430 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.502 | +2.511 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:26.608 | +2.617 |
| 17 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:26.696 | +2.705 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:26.727 | +2.736 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:26.755 | +2.764 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:26.891 | +2.900 |
| 21 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:27.719 | +3.728 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:28.388 | +4.397 |
| 2nd free practice session on Saturday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.194 | |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.262 | +0.068 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:23.329 | +0.135 |
| 4 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:23.346 | +0.152 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:23.387 | +0.193 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:23.434 | +0.240 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.658 | +0.464 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:23.815 | +0.621 |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.898 | +0.704 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:24.236 | +1.042 |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:24.316 | +1.122 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:24.379 | +1.185 |
| 13 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:24.436 | +1.242 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:24.749 | +1.555 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:24.892 | +1.698 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:25.034 | +1.840 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:25.243 | +2.049 |
| 18 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:25.391 | +2.197 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:25.561 | +2.367 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:25.925 | +2.731 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:27.129 | +3.935 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:28.846 | +5.652 |
| Qualifying session - starting grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROW 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Jean Alesi | ||||||
| 1:22.990 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | ||||||
| 1:23.042 | ||||||
| ROW 2 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Fisichella | ||||||
| 1:23.066 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| Jacques Villeneuve | ||||||
| 1:23.231 | ||||||
| ROW 3 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| Mika Hakkinen | ||||||
| 1:23.340 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| David Coulthard | ||||||
| 1:23.347 | ||||||
| ROW 4 | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Gerhard Berger | ||||||
| 1:23.443 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||
| Ralf Schumacher | ||||||
| 1:23.603 | ||||||
| ROW 5 | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Michael Schumacher | ||||||
| 1:23.624 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| Eddie Irvine | ||||||
| 1:23.891 | ||||||
| ROW 6 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| Rubens Barrichello | ||||||
| 1:24.177 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Johnny Herbert | ||||||
| 1:24.242 | ||||||
| ROW 7 | ||||||
| 13 | ||||||
| Jan Magnussen | ||||||
| 1:24.394 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| Damon Hill | ||||||
| 1:24.482 | ||||||
| ROW 8 | ||||||
| 15 | ||||||
| Shinji Nakano | ||||||
| 1:24.553 | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||
| Jarno Trulli | ||||||
| 1:24.567 | ||||||
| ROW 9 | ||||||
| 17 | ||||||
| Pedro Diniz | ||||||
| 1:24.639 | ||||||
| 18 | ||||||
| Gianni Morbidelli | ||||||
| 1:24.735 | ||||||
| ROW 10 | ||||||
| 19 | ||||||
| Mika Salo | ||||||
| 1:25.693 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| Jos Verstappen | ||||||
| 1:25.845 | ||||||
| ROW 11 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| Ukyo Katayama | ||||||
| 1:26.655 | ||||||
| 22 | ||||||
| Tarso Marques | ||||||
| 1:27.677 | ||||||
| Warmup session on Sunday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:24.234 | |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:24.937 | +0.703 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:25.093 | +0.859 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:25.118 | +0.884 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:25.493 | +1.259 |
| 6 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:25.608 | +1.374 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:25.683 | +1.449 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:25.836 | +1.602 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:25.860 | +1.626 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:25.962 | +1.728 |
| 11 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:26.028 | +1.794 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:26.037 | +1.803 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:26.115 | +1.881 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:26.228 | +1.994 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.364 | +2.130 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.511 | +2.277 |
| 17 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:26.907 | +2.673 |
| 18 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:27.012 | +2.778 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:27.343 | +3.109 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:27.496 | +3.262 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:28.279 | +4.045 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:38.060 | +13.826 |
| Race results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laps | Status | Time |
| 1 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 20 | Winner | 1:17:04.609 |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 44 | Running | +1.937 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 44 | Running | +4.343 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 44 | Running | +5.871 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 44 | Running | +6.416 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 44 | Running | +11.481s |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 44 | Running | +12.471 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 43 | Running | +17.639 |
| 9 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 44 | Running | +49.373 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen | 42 | Running | +1:02.706 |
| 11 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen | 0 | Running | +1:03.327 |
| 12 | Gianni Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 44 | Running | -1 lap |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 0 | Running | -1 lap |
| 14 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart | 25 | Running | -2 laps |
| 15 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 42 | Retired - engine failure | -7 laps |
| 16 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 22 | Retired - after ramming Herbert | -14 laps |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 44 | Retired- rammed by R. Schumacher | -15 laps |
| 18 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 43 | Retired - engine failure | -19 laps |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 43 | Retired - driveshaft failure | -21 laps |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 26 | Retired - gearbox hydraulics | -40 laps |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart | 42 | Retired - tyre damage | -44 laps |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 44 | Retired - suspension damage | -48 laps |
| Fastest Racelaps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.808 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 1:25.600 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | A | Benetton-Renault | 1:25.653 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 1:25.655 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 1:25.715 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 1:25.863 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:25.909 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:54.688 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.975 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 1:26.067 |
| 11 | Shinji Nakano | J | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:26.383 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 1:26.572 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 1:26.718 |
| 14 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:27.081 |
| 15 | Morbidelli | I | Sauber-Petronas | 1:27.257 |
| 16 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 1:27.447 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 1:27.571 |
| 18 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:28.004 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:28.227 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 1:28.569 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart | 1:29.116 |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | J | Minardi-Hart | 1:29.133 |
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