Race · Round 15 of 17 · 28 September 1997

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Jacques Villeneuve won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 12 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Mika Hakkinen
Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Entries: 2210 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	2	67	Finished	10
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	10	67	Finished	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	3	67	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	7	67	Finished	3
5	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	15	67	Finished	2
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	11	67	Finished	1
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	16	67	Finished	0
8	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	13	67	Finished	0
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	C16	19	66	Finished	0
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	20	66	Finished	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	50	Spun off	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	1	43	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	9	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	6	42	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	12	40	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	14	22	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	17	16	Engine	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	5	2	Suspension	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	18	1	Engine	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	22	1	Collision	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	8	0	Collision	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	4	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout nurburgring-3 · 4.556 km · 12 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
Jacques Villeneuve	2	1	67
Jean Alesi	10	2	67
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	3	67
Gerhard Berger	7	4	67
Pedro Diniz	15	5	67
Olivier Panis	11	6	67
Johnny Herbert	16	7	67
Damon Hill	13	8	67
Gianni Morbidelli	19	9	66
Mika Salo	20	10	66
Jos Verstappen	21	DNF	50
Mika Hakkinen	1	DNF	43
Rubens Barrichello	9	DNF	43
David Coulthard	6	DNF	42
Jan Magnussen	12	DNF	40
Eddie Irvine	14	DNF	22
Shinji Nakano	17	DNF	16
Michael Schumacher	5	DNF	2
Tarso Marques	18	DNF	1
Ukyo Katayama	22	DNF	1
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	0
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:16.602	—	—
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:16.691	+0.089	+0.089
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:16.741	+0.139	+0.050
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:17.289	+0.687	+0.548
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.385	+0.783	+0.096
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:17.387	+0.785	+0.002
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:17.587	+0.985	+0.200
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:17.595	+0.993	+0.008
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:17.614	+1.012	+0.019
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:17.620	+1.018	+0.006
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:17.650	+1.048	+0.030
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:17.722	+1.120	+0.072
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:17.795	+1.193	+0.073
14	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:17.855	+1.253	+0.060
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:18.128	+1.526	+0.273
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:18.303	+1.701	+0.175
17	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:18.699	+2.097	+0.396
18	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:19.347	+2.745	+0.648
19	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:19.490	+2.888	+0.143
20	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:19.526	+2.924	+0.036
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:19.531	+2.929	+0.005
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:20.615	+4.013	+1.084

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
Jacques Villeneuve	1	67	2	28, 49
Jean Alesi	2	67	2	20, 44
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	67	2	30, 47
Gerhard Berger	4	67	2	21, 45
Pedro Diniz	5	67	1	39
Olivier Panis	6	67	1	40
Johnny Herbert	7	67	2	16, 42
Damon Hill	8	67	1	36
Gianni Morbidelli	9	66	2	23, 40
Mika Salo	10	66	2	22, 42
Jos Verstappen	DNF	50	2	24, 40
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	43	1	28
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	43	1	37
David Coulthard	DNF	42	1	31
Jan Magnussen	DNF	40	1	39
Eddie Irvine	DNF	22	0	None recorded
Shinji Nakano	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Michael Schumacher	DNF	2	0	None recorded
Tarso Marques	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	0	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
Jacques Villeneuve · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 3	1 · 3	28 · 30	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	2 · 10	1 · 2	28 · 20	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	3 · 10	3 · 2	30 · 20	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Olivier Panis	10 · 11	2 · 6	20 · 40	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Gerhard Berger	3 · 7	3 · 4	30 · 21	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Pedro Diniz	7 · 15	4 · 5	21 · 39	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Pedro Diniz	11 · 15	6 · 5	40 · 39	Pedro Diniz	Swapped places
Pedro Diniz · Johnny Herbert	15 · 16	5 · 7	39 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Johnny Herbert	11 · 16	6 · 7	40 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Johnny Herbert	13 · 16	8 · 7	36 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Gianni Morbidelli	13 · 19	8 · 9	36 · 23	Gianni Morbidelli	Kept their order
Gianni Morbidelli · Mika Salo	19 · 20	9 · 10	23 · 22	Mika Salo	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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:17.998	—	—	27
2	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:18.339	+0.341	+0.341	24
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:18.434	+0.436	+0.095	30
4	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:18.713	+0.715	+0.279	20
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:18.794	+0.796	+0.081	24
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:18.912	+0.914	+0.118	30
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:18.926	+0.928	+0.014	29
8	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:18.954	+0.956	+0.028	29
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:19.034	+1.036	+0.080	29
10	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:19.091	+1.093	+0.057	22
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:19.412	+1.414	+0.321	30
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:19.640	+1.642	+0.228	30
13	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:19.708	+1.710	+0.068	23
14	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:19.750	+1.752	+0.042	14
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:20.073	+2.075	+0.323	30
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:20.373	+2.375	+0.300	26
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:20.592	+2.594	+0.219	7
18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:20.947	+2.949	+0.355	27
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:21.118	+3.120	+0.171	30
20	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:21.387	+3.389	+0.269	30
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:21.424	+3.426	+0.037	26
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:38.344	+20.346	+16.920	6

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	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:17.158	—	—	30
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:17.220	+0.062	+0.062	21
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:17.390	+0.232	+0.170	30
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:17.395	+0.237	+0.005	26
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.567	+0.409	+0.172	26
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:17.778	+0.620	+0.211	29
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:17.778	+0.620	+0.000	30
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:17.884	+0.726	+0.106	12
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:17.948	+0.790	+0.064	28
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:17.953	+0.795	+0.005	30
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:18.106	+0.948	+0.153	30
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:18.167	+1.009	+0.061	24
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:18.180	+1.022	+0.013	30
14	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:18.233	+1.075	+0.053	23
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:18.788	+1.630	+0.555	29
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:19.031	+1.873	+0.243	30
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:19.139	+1.981	+0.108	16
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:19.490	+2.332	+0.351	29
19	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:19.609	+2.451	+0.119	29
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:19.883	+2.725	+0.274	29
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:20.064	+2.906	+0.181	29
22	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:20.256	+3.098	+0.192	22

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:17.959	—	—	11
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:19.088	+1.129	+1.129	17
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:19.490	+1.531	+0.402	17
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:19.493	+1.534	+0.003	14
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:19.512	+1.553	+0.019	13
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:19.548	+1.589	+0.036	12
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:19.569	+1.610	+0.021	17
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:19.754	+1.795	+0.185	17
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:19.918	+1.959	+0.164	15
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:19.970	+2.011	+0.052	16
11	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:20.011	+2.052	+0.041	13
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:20.051	+2.092	+0.040	14
13	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:20.121	+2.162	+0.070	14
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:20.291	+2.332	+0.170	13
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:20.377	+2.418	+0.086	14
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:20.463	+2.504	+0.086	16
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:20.558	+2.599	+0.095	13
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:21.251	+3.292	+0.693	12
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:21.391	+3.432	+0.140	16
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:21.477	+3.518	+0.086	16
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:21.695	+3.736	+0.218	13
22	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:28.017	+10.058	+6.322	3

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: 15 of 1997
Grand Prix: Luxembourg Grand Prix
Dates: 28 Sep 1997
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.