Race · Round 12 of 17 · 24 August 1997

1997 Belgian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Jacques Villeneuve
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	3	44	Finished	10
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	4	44	Finished	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	7	44	Finished	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	11	44	Finished	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	44	Finished	2	fastest lap
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	15	44	Finished	1
7	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	8	44	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	2	44	Finished	0
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	C16	13	44	Finished	0
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	17	43	Collision	0
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	19	43	Finished	0
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	18	43	Finished	0
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	9	42	Wheel nut	0
14	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	20	42	Engine	0
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	PL	42	Finished	0
DSQ	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	5	44	Illegal fuel	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	PL	21	Spun off	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	10	19	Spun off	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	22	18	Spun off	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	12	8	Steering	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	5	Electrical	0

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	3	1	44
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	2	44
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	3	44
Johnny Herbert	11	4	44
Jacques Villeneuve	1	5	44
Gerhard Berger	15	6	44
Pedro Diniz	8	7	44
Jean Alesi	2	8	44
Gianni Morbidelli	13	9	44
Eddie Irvine	17	10	43
Mika Salo	19	11	43
Jan Magnussen	18	12	43
Damon Hill	9	13	42
Ukyo Katayama	20	14	42
Jarno Trulli	PL	15	42
Mika Hakkinen	5	DSQ	44
Jos Verstappen	21	DNF	25
Ralf Schumacher	PL	DNF	21
David Coulthard	10	DNF	19
Tarso Marques	22	DNF	18
Rubens Barrichello	12	DNF	8
Shinji Nakano	16	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:49.450	—	—
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:49.759	+0.309	+0.309
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:50.293	+0.843	+0.534
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:50.470	+1.020	+0.177
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:50.503	+1.053	+0.033
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:50.520	+1.070	+0.017
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:50.656	+1.206	+0.136
8	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:50.853	+1.403	+0.197
9	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:50.970	+1.520	+0.117
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:51.410	+1.960	+0.440
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:51.725	+2.275	+0.315
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:51.916	+2.466	+0.191
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:52.094	+2.644	+0.178
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:52.274	+2.824	+0.180
15	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:52.391	+2.941	+0.117
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:52.749	+3.299	+0.358
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:52.793	+3.343	+0.044
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:52.886	+3.436	+0.093
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:52.897	+3.447	+0.011
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:53.544	+4.094	+0.647
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:53.725	+4.275	+0.181
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:54.505	+5.055	+0.780

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	44	2	14, 29
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	44	2	10, 31
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	44	2	8, 24
Johnny Herbert	4	44	2	11, 31
Jacques Villeneuve	5	44	3	6, 11, 31
Gerhard Berger	6	44	3	9, 24, 34
Pedro Diniz	7	44	2	12, 33
Jean Alesi	8	44	4	7, 23, 32, 38
Gianni Morbidelli	9	44	2	12, 34
Eddie Irvine	10	43	2	8, 30
Mika Salo	11	43	2	9, 29
Jan Magnussen	12	43	2	13, 30
Damon Hill	13	42	3	10, 16, 34
Ukyo Katayama	14	42	2	11, 29
Jarno Trulli	15	42	2	10, 30
Mika Hakkinen	DSQ	44	2	12, 29
Jos Verstappen	DNF	25	1	11
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	21	1	11
David Coulthard	DNF	19	1	11
Tarso Marques	DNF	18	1	12
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	8	0	None recorded
Shinji Nakano	DNF	5	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Jean Alesi · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	8 · 1	7 · 14	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Giancarlo Fisichella	3 · 4	1 · 2	14 · 10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4 · 7	2 · 3	10 · 8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Johnny Herbert	7 · 11	3 · 4	8 · 11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pedro Diniz	7 · 8	3 · 7	8 · 12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Johnny Herbert	1 · 11	5 · 4	6 · 11	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Gerhard Berger	1 · 15	5 · 6	6 · 9	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	1 · 2	5 · 8	6 · 7	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Pedro Diniz · Gerhard Berger	8 · 15	7 · 6	12 · 9	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Pedro Diniz	2 · 8	8 · 7	7 · 12	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Pedro Diniz · Damon Hill	8 · 9	7 · 13	12 · 10	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Gianni Morbidelli	2 · 13	8 · 9	7 · 12	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Gianni Morbidelli · Eddie Irvine	13 · 17	9 · 10	12 · 8	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Mika Salo	17 · 19	10 · 11	8 · 9	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Jan Magnussen	17 · 18	10 · 12	8 · 13	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Jan Magnussen · Mika Salo	18 · 19	12 · 11	13 · 9	Mika Salo	Swapped places
Mika Salo · Ukyo Katayama	19 · 20	11 · 14	9 · 11	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Jan Magnussen	9 · 18	13 · 12	10 · 13	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Ukyo Katayama	9 · 20	13 · 14	10 · 11	Damon Hill	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	2:06.802	—	—	14
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	2:07.371	+0.569	+0.569	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	2:08.238	+1.436	+0.867	21
4	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	2:08.372	+1.570	+0.134	23
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	2:09.272	+2.470	+0.900	21
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	2:09.288	+2.486	+0.016	15
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	2:09.772	+2.970	+0.484	18
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	2:09.772	+2.970	+0.000	24
9	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	2:10.153	+3.351	+0.381	16
10	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	2:10.231	+3.429	+0.078	20
11	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	2:10.272	+3.470	+0.041	24
12	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	2:10.413	+3.611	+0.141	14
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	2:10.914	+4.112	+0.501	18
14	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	2:10.993	+4.191	+0.079	17
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	2:11.093	+4.291	+0.100	16
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	2:11.262	+4.460	+0.169	18
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	2:11.706	+4.904	+0.444	25
18	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	2:11.778	+4.976	+0.072	17
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	2:12.545	+5.743	+0.767	22
20	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	2:12.750	+5.948	+0.205	14
21	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	2:13.256	+6.454	+0.506	15
22	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	2:14.048	+7.246	+0.792	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:50.407	—	—	25
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:50.947	+0.540	+0.540	21
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:51.179	+0.772	+0.232	23
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:51.625	+1.218	+0.446	24
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:52.057	+1.650	+0.432	21
6	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:52.402	+1.995	+0.345	20
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:52.562	+2.155	+0.160	17
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:52.604	+2.197	+0.042	20
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:52.682	+2.275	+0.078	26
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:52.688	+2.281	+0.006	19
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:53.929	+3.522	+1.241	27
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:53.977	+3.570	+0.048	20
13	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:54.150	+3.743	+0.173	16
14	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:54.299	+3.892	+0.149	21
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:54.310	+3.903	+0.011	16
16	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:54.521	+4.114	+0.211	16
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:54.608	+4.201	+0.087	19
18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:54.799	+4.392	+0.191	24
19	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:55.895	+5.488	+1.096	15
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:56.360	+5.953	+0.465	12
21	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	2:06.429	+16.022	+10.069	7
22	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	2:07.786	+17.379	+1.357	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:52.415	—	—	11
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:52.619	+0.204	+0.204	12
3	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:52.628	+0.213	+0.009	13
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:52.837	+0.422	+0.209	12
5	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:53.365	+0.950	+0.528	9
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:53.531	+1.116	+0.166	12
7	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:53.557	+1.142	+0.026	11
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:53.760	+1.345	+0.203	15
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:53.777	+1.362	+0.017	10
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:53.846	+1.431	+0.069	10
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:53.999	+1.584	+0.153	13
12	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:54.282	+1.867	+0.283	10
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:54.448	+2.033	+0.166	13
14	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:54.570	+2.155	+0.122	10
15	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:54.593	+2.178	+0.023	14
16	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:54.868	+2.453	+0.275	10
17	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:54.895	+2.480	+0.027	7
18	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:55.202	+2.787	+0.307	9
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:55.588	+3.173	+0.386	10
20	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:55.695	+3.280	+0.107	7
21	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:55.993	+3.578	+0.298	11
22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:56.062	+3.647	+0.069	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

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.

5 more photographs

Minardi M197
Minardi M197 · Andrea borsari · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1997
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Aug 1997
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.