Grand Prix of Great Britain 1997 - Silverstone
| Date | 13-Jul-1997 |
| 2nd free practice session on Friday | |||||
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| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:22.935 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.266 | +0.331 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.327 | +0.392 |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:23.581 | +0.646 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.785 | +0.850 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:23.883 | +0.948 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:24.132 | +1.197 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:24.203 | +1.268 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:24.424 | +1.489 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:24.946 | +2.011 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:24.948 | +2.013 |
| 12 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:25.136 | +2.201 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:25.360 | +2.425 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:26.035 | +3.100 |
| 15 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:26.270 | +3.335 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:26.446 | +3.511 |
| 17 | Noberto Fontana | ARG | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:26.640 | +3.705 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:26.785 | +3.850 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.797 | +3.862 |
| 20 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:26.810 | +3.875 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:27.066 | +4.131 |
| 22 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:27.923 | +4.988 |
| 2nd free practice session on Saturday | |||||
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| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:22.000 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:22.063 | +0.063 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:22.586 | +0.586 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:22.712 | +0.712 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:22.962 | +0.962 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.022 | +1.022 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:23.131 | +1.131 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.161 | +1.161 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:23.577 | +1.577 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:23.607 | +1.607 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:23.614 | +1.614 |
| 12 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:23.647 | +1.647 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:23.823 | +1.823 |
| 14 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:23.871 | +1.871 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:24.172 | +2.172 |
| 16 | Noberto Fontana | ARG | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:24.181 | +2.181 |
| 17 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:24.181 | +2.181 |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:24.716 | +2.716 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:24.973 | +2.973 |
| 20 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:25.015 | +3.015 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:25.195 | +3.195 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:25.725 | +3.725 |
| Qualifying session - starting grid | ||||||
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| ROW 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault |
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| 1:21.598 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault |
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| 1:21.732 | ||||||
| ROW 2 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 1:21.797 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| Michael Schumacher Ferrari |
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| 1:21.977 | ||||||
| ROW 3 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot |
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| 1:22.277 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 1:22.279 | ||||||
| ROW 4 | ||||||
| 7 | ||||||
| Eddie Irvine Ferrari |
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| 1:22.342 | ||||||
| 8 | ||||||
| Alexander Wurz Benetton-Renault |
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| 1:22.344 | ||||||
| ROW 5 | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas |
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| 1:22.368 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot |
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| 1:22.371 | ||||||
| ROW 6 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault |
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| 1:22.392 | ||||||
| 12 | ||||||
| Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha |
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| 1:23.271 | ||||||
| ROW 7 | ||||||
| 13 | ||||||
| Jarno Trulli Prost-Mugen-Honda |
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| 1:23.366 | ||||||
| 14 | ||||||
| Noberto Fontana * Sauber-Petronas |
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| 1:23.790 | ||||||
| ROW 8 | ||||||
| 15 | ||||||
| Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda |
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| 1:24.053 | ||||||
| 16 | ||||||
| Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford |
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| 1:24.067 | ||||||
| ROW 9 | ||||||
| 17 | ||||||
| Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha |
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| 1:24.239 | ||||||
| 18 | ||||||
| Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford |
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| 1:24.478 | ||||||
| ROW 10 | ||||||
| 19 | ||||||
| Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart |
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| 1:24.553 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford |
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| 1:25.010 | ||||||
| ROW 11 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||
| Tarso Marques Minardi-Hart |
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| 1:25.154 | ||||||
| 22 | ||||||
| Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford |
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| 1:25.525 | ||||||
| Warmup session on Sunday | |||||
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| Ps | Driver | Nat | Team-Engine & Tyres | Laptime | Gap |
| 1 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:38.031 | |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:38.061 | +0.030 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:38.507 | +0.476 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari Goodyear | 1:38.670 | +0.639 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:38.707 | +0.676 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:38.876 | +0.845 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:38.993 | +0.962 |
| 8 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:39.074 | +1.043 |
| 9 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:39.498 | +1.467 |
| 10 | Noberto Fontana | ARG | Sauber-Petronas Goodyear | 1:39.693 | +1.662 |
| 11 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault Goodyear | 1:39.756 | +1.725 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes Goodyear | 1:39.846 | +1.815 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford Bridgestone | 1:39.868 | +1.837 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:40.652 | +2.621 |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear | 1:41.039 | +3.008 |
| 16 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault Goodyear | 1:41.489 | +3.458 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha Bridgestone | 1:41.751 | +3.720 |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:41.781 | +3.750 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:41.920 | +3.889 |
| 20 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot Goodyear | 1:42.261 | +4.230 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart Bridgestone | 1:43.088 | +5.057 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen Bridgestone | 1:43.612 | +5.581 |
| Race results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laps | Status | Time |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | CDN | Williams-Renault | 59 | Winner | 1h28m01.665s |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | F | Benetton-Renault | 59 | Running | +0:10.205 |
| 3 | Alexander Wurz | AUT | Benetton-Renault | 59 | Running | +0:11.296 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | GBR | McLaren-Mercedes | 59 | Running | +0:31.229 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | D | Jordan-Peugeot | 59 | Running | +0:31.880 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | GBR | Arrows-Yamaha | 59 | Running | +1:13.552 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Jordan-Peugeot | 58 | Running | -1 laps |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | I | Prost-Mugen | 58 | Running | -1 laps |
| 9 | Noberto Fontana | ARG | Sauber-Petronas | 58 | Running | -1 laps |
| 10 | Tarso Marques | BRZ | Minardi-Hart | 58 | Running | -1 laps |
| 11 | Shinji Nakano | JPN | Prost-Mugen | 58 | Retired | -1 laps |
| 12 | Mika Hakkinen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | Retired | -6 laps |
| 13 | Jan Magnussen | DEN | Stewart-Ford | 51 | Retired | -8 laps |
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | HOL | Tyrrell-Ford | 46 | Retired | -13 laps |
| 15 | Eddie Irvine | GBR | Ferrari | 45 | Retired | -14 laps |
| 16 | Mika Salo | FIN | Tyrrell-Ford | 45 | Retired | -14 laps |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | GBR | Sauber-Petronas | 43 | Retired | -16 laps |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher | D | Ferrari | 38 | Retired | -21 laps |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | BRZ | Stewart-Ford | 38 | Retired | -21 laps |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | BRZ | Arrows-Yamaha | 29 | Retired | -30 laps |
| 21 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | D | Williams-Renault | 0 | Retired | -59 laps |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | JPN | Minardi-Hart | 0 | Retired | -59 laps |
| Fastest Racelaps | ||||
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| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Laptime |