Car · McLaren · 1997

McLaren MP4/12

Seasons
1997
Entries
34
Wins
3
Poles
1
Fastest laps
2

Specification

Chassis
carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure
Front suspension
double wishbones, pushrod-operated inboard coil spring/damper
Rear suspension
double wishbones, pushrod-operated inboard coil spring/damper
Brakes
—
Gearbox
McLaren six-speed longitudinal semi-automatic sequential.
Gears
—
Tyres
Goodyear
Fuel
Mobil 1
Engine
Mercedes-Benz FO110E (75°) and Mercedes-Benz FO110F (72°) V10s
Configuration
—
Capacity
—
Aspiration
—
Power
740 bhp
Power note
740 hp @ 16,000 rpm
Weight
—
Wheelbase
—
Track, front
—
Track, rear
—

A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.

Every entry 34 entries

Every entry
SeasonGrand PrixDriverGridResultOut
1997European Grand PrixMika Hakkinen51Finished
1997European Grand PrixDavid Coulthard62Finished
1997Japanese Grand PrixMika Hakkinen44Finished
1997Japanese Grand PrixDavid Coulthard1110Engine
1997Luxembourg Grand PrixMika Hakkinen1DNFEngine
1997Luxembourg Grand PrixDavid Coulthard6DNFEngine
1997Austrian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard102Finished
1997Austrian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen2DNFEngine
1997Italian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard61Finished
1997Italian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen59Finished
1997Belgian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard10DNFSpun off
1997Belgian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen5DSQIllegal fuel
1997Hungarian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard8DNFElectrical
1997Hungarian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen4DNFHydraulics
1997German Grand PrixMika Hakkinen33Finished
1997German Grand PrixDavid Coulthard8DNFTransmission
1997British Grand PrixDavid Coulthard64Finished
1997British Grand PrixMika Hakkinen3DNFEngine
1997French Grand PrixDavid Coulthard97Collision
1997French Grand PrixMika Hakkinen10DNFEngine
1997Canadian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard57Finished
1997Canadian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen9DNFCollision
1997Spanish Grand PrixDavid Coulthard36Finished
1997Spanish Grand PrixMika Hakkinen57Finished
1997Monaco Grand PrixDavid Coulthard5DNFAccident
1997Monaco Grand PrixMika Hakkinen8DNFCollision
1997San Marino Grand PrixMika Hakkinen86Finished
1997San Marino Grand PrixDavid Coulthard10DNFEngine
1997Argentine Grand PrixMika Hakkinen175Finished
1997Argentine Grand PrixDavid Coulthard10DNFCollision
1997Brazilian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen44Finished
1997Brazilian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard1210Finished
1997Australian Grand PrixDavid Coulthard41Finished
1997Australian Grand PrixMika Hakkinen63Finished
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Photographs

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McLaren MP4/12
McLaren Mercedes MP4-12 1997 · LSDSL · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Constructor
McLaren
Predecessor
MP4/11B
Successor
MP4/13
Races (published)
17
Wins (published)
3
Poles (published)
1
Confidence
reference
Specification source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4/12
Register source
https://github.com/f1db/f1db