Grand Prix of Japan 1997 - Suzuka


Suzuka circuit (GIF 2K)

Date 12-Oct-1997
Track name Suzuka circuit Mie Ken
Track length 5.864 km
Full distance 53 laps (=310.596 km)
1993 racelap record Nigel Mansell (GB), Williams FW14B-RenaultV10, 1:40.646 (=209.749 km/h)
1996 racelap record Jacques Villeneuve (CDN), Williams FW18-Renault V10, 1:44.043 (= 202.900 km/h)
1997 racelap record Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D), Williams FW19-Renault V10 RS9A, 1:38.942 (= 213.361 km/h)
Weather dry, cloudy, windy
Spectators 150,000 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
1Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:38.903 
2Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:38.911+0.008
3Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:38.941+0.038
4Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:39.398+0.495
5Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:39.454+0.551
6Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:39.840+0.937
7Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:39.898+0.995
8David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:39.945+1.042
9Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:40.422+1.519
10Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:40.653+1.750
11Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:40.720+1.817
12Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:40.724+1.821
13Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:40.937+2.034
14Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:40.040+2.037
15Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:41.158+2.255
16Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:41.518+2.615
17Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:42.290+3.387
18Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:42.587+3.684
19Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:43.346+4.473
20Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:43.338+4.495
21Gianni MorbidelliISauber-Petronas Goodyear1:44.736+5.833
22Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:51.560+12.657
107% Time = 1:45.826




2nd free practice session on Saturday
Weather conditions: dry
PsDriverNatTeam-Engine & TyresLaptimeGap
1Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:37.172 
2Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:37.481+0.309
3Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:37.649+0.477
4Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:37.755+0.583
5Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:37.758+0.586
6Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:37.905+0.733
7Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:37.929+0.751
8Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:38.147+0.975
9Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:38.343+1.171
10Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:38.514+1.342
11Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:38.723+1.551
12Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:38.816+1.644
13Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:38.910+1.738
14Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:38.947+1.775
15Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:39.995+1.823
16Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:40.026+1.845
17David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:40.542+2.370
18Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:40.562+2.390
19Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:40.905+2.733
20Gianni MorbidelliISauber-Petronas Goodyear1:40.965+2.793
21Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:41.348+3.176
22Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:41.370+3.198
107% Time = 1:44.188




Qualifying session - starting grid
Weather conditions: dry, sunny
ROW 1
1
Jacques Villeneuve
1:36.071
2
Michael Schumacher
1:36.133
 
ROW 2
3
Eddie Irvine
1:36.466
4
Mika Hakkinen
1:36.469
 
ROW 3
5
Gerhard Berger
1:36.561
6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1:36.628
 
ROW 4
7
Jean Alesi
1:36.682
8
Johnny Herbert
1:36.906
 
ROW 5
9
Giancarlo Fisichella
1:36.917
10
Olivier Panis
1:37.073
 
ROW 6
11
David Coulthard
1:37.095
12
Rubens Barrichello
1:37.343
 
ROW 7
13
Ralf Schumacher
1:37.443
14
Jan Magnussen
1:37.480
 
ROW 8
15
Shinji Nakano
1:37.588
16
Pedro Paulo Diniz
1:37.853
 
ROW 9
17
Damon Hill
1:38.022
18
Ukyo Katayama
1:38.983
 
ROW 10
19
Tarso Marques
1:39.678
20
Jos Verstappen
1:40.259
 
ROW 11
21
Mika Salo
1:40.529
Gianni Morbidelli (1:38.556) didn't start due to a injury
107% Time = 1:42.796




Warmup session on Sunday
Weather conditions: dry
PsDriverNatTeam-Engine & TyresLaptimeGap
1Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:38.133 
2Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:38.147+0.014
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:39.084+0.951
4Michael SchumacherDFerrari Goodyear1:39.163+1.030
5Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari Goodyear1:39.233+1.100
6Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:39.370+1.237
7Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas Goodyear1:39.418+1.285
8Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen Bridgestone1:39.553+1.420
9David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes Goodyear1:39.784+1.651
10Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault Goodyear1:40.061+1.928
11Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:40.227+2.094
12Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot Goodyear1:40.312+2.179
13Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:40.345+2.212
14Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha Bridgestone1:40.576+2.443
15Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:40.685+2.552
16Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:41.480+3.347
17Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart Bridgestone1:41.685+3.552
18Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford Bridgestone1:41.983+3.850
19Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:42.021+3.888
20Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford Goodyear1:42.835+4.702
21Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault Goodyear1:44.098+5.965
107% Time = 1:44.981




Race results
Weather conditions: dry
PosDriverNatTeamLapsStatusTime
1Michael SchumacherDFerrari53Running1:29:48.446
2Heinz-Harald FrentzenDWilliams-Renault53Running+1.378
3Eddie IrvineGBRFerrari53Running+26.384
4Mika HakkinenFINMcLaren-Mercedes53Running+27.129
5Jean AlesiFBenetton-Renault53Running+40.403
6Johnny HerbertGBRSauber-Petronas53Running+41.630
7Giancarlo FisichellaIJordan-Peugeot53Running+56.825
8Gerhard BergerAUTBenetton-Renault53Running+1:00.429
9Ralf SchumacherDJordan-Peugeot53Running+1:22.036
10David CoulthardGBRMcLaren-Mercedes52Retired - engine failure-1 lap
11Damon HillGBRArrows-Yamaha52Running-1 lap
12Pedro DinizBRZArrows-Yamaha52Running-1 lap
13Jos VerstappenHOLTyrrell-Ford52Running-1 lap
14Tarso MarquesBRZMinardi-Hart46Retired - gearbox failure-7 laps
15Mika SaloFINTyrrell-Ford46Retired - engine failure-7 laps
16Olivier PanisIProst-Mugen36Retired - engine failure-17 laps
17Shinji NakanoJPNProst-Mugen16Retired - engine failure-51 laps
18Ukyo KatayamaJPNMinardi-Hart8Retired - engine failure-45 laps
19Rubens BarrichelloBRZStewart-Ford53Retired - spin-47 laps
20Jan MagnussenDENStewart-Ford40Retired - spin-50 laps
5Jacques VilleneuveCDNWilliams-Renault53Disqualified+33.776
Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.805




Fastest Racelaps
PosDriverNatTeamLaptime
1Heinz-Harald FrentzenD Williams-Renault1:18.805
2Michael SchumacherD Ferrari1:39.268
3Jean AlesiF Benetton-Renault1:39.381
4Ralf SchumacherD Jordan-Peugeot1:39.737
5David CoulthardGBR McLaren-Mercedes1:39.771
6Eddie IrvineGBR Ferrari1:39.935
7Gerhard BergerA Benetton-Renault1:39.998
8Mika HakkinenFIN McLaren-Mercedes1:40.151
9Jacques VilleneuveCDN Williams-Renault1:40.163
10Giancarlo FisichellaI Jordan-Peugeot1:40.217
11Johnny HerbertGBR Sauber-Petronas1:40.266
12Olivier PanisI Prost-Mugen-Honda1:40.430
13Damon HillGBR Arrows-Yamaha1:41.419
14Shinji NakanoJ Prost-Mugen-Honda1:41.608
15Pedro DinizBRZ Arrows-Yamaha1:41.611
16Tarso MarquesBRZ Minardi-Hart1:42.699
17Mika SaloFIN Tyrrell-Ford1:42.996
18Jos VerstappenHOL Tyrrell-Ford1:43.051
19Rubens BarrichelloBRZ Stewart-Ford1:43.583
20Jan MagnussenDEN Stewart-Ford1:44.089
21Ukyo KatayamaJ Minardi-Hart1:44.403




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