Race · Round 16 of 17 · 12 October 1997

1997 Japanese Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 8 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Entries: 2213 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	2	53	Finished	10
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	6	53	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	3	53	Finished	4
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	4	53	Finished	3
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	7	53	Finished	2
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	8	53	Finished	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	9	53	Finished	0
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	5	53	Finished	0
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	13	53	Finished	0
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	11	52	Engine	0
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	17	52	Finished	0
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	16	52	Finished	0
14	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	52	Finished	0
DSQ	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	53	Ignored yellow flags in practice	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	20	46	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	22	46	Engine	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	10	36	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	15	22	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	19	8	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	12	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	14	3	Spun off	0
DNS	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	C16	18	—	Injury	0

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 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	2	1	53
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	2	53
Eddie Irvine	3	3	53
Mika Hakkinen	4	4	53
Jean Alesi	7	5	53
Johnny Herbert	8	6	53
Giancarlo Fisichella	9	7	53
Gerhard Berger	5	8	53
Ralf Schumacher	13	9	53
David Coulthard	11	10	52
Damon Hill	17	12	52
Pedro Diniz	16	13	52
Jos Verstappen	21	14	52
Jacques Villeneuve	1	DSQ	53
Tarso Marques	20	DNF	46
Mika Salo	22	DNF	46
Olivier Panis	10	DNF	36
Shinji Nakano	15	DNF	22
Ukyo Katayama	19	DNF	8
Rubens Barrichello	12	DNF	6
Jan Magnussen	14	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:36.071	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:36.133	+0.062	+0.062
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:36.466	+0.395	+0.333
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:36.469	+0.398	+0.003
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:36.561	+0.490	+0.092
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:36.628	+0.557	+0.067
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:36.682	+0.611	+0.054
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:36.906	+0.835	+0.224
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:36.917	+0.846	+0.011
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:37.073	+1.002	+0.156
11	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:37.095	+1.024	+0.022
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:37.343	+1.272	+0.248
13	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:37.443	+1.372	+0.100
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:37.480	+1.409	+0.037
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:37.588	+1.517	+0.108
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:37.853	+1.782	+0.265
17	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:38.022	+1.951	+0.169
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:38.556	+2.485	+0.534
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:38.983	+2.912	+0.427
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:39.678	+3.607	+0.695
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:40.259	+4.188	+0.581
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:40.529	+4.458	+0.270

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	53	2	18, 33
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	53	2	21, 37
Eddie Irvine	3	53	2	16, 32
Mika Hakkinen	4	53	2	13, 30
Jean Alesi	5	53	3	14, 27, 40
Johnny Herbert	6	53	2	20, 37
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	53	2	21, 37
Gerhard Berger	8	53	3	13, 26, 39
Ralf Schumacher	9	53	2	22, 38
David Coulthard	10	52	2	14, 35
Damon Hill	12	52	2	17, 36
Pedro Diniz	13	52	2	19, 34
Jos Verstappen	14	52	2	16, 33
Jacques Villeneuve	DSQ	53	2	20, 30
Tarso Marques	DNF	46	2	18, 36
Mika Salo	DNF	46	2	18, 31
Olivier Panis	DNF	36	2	15, 32
Shinji Nakano	DNF	22	1	17
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	8	0	None recorded
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	6	0	None recorded
Jan Magnussen	DNF	3	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
Michael Schumacher · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 6	1 · 2	18 · 21	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	2 · 3	1 · 3	18 · 16	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3 · 6	3 · 2	16 · 21	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Gerhard Berger · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5 · 6	8 · 2	13 · 21	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	6 · 7	2 · 5	21 · 14	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Mika Hakkinen	3 · 4	3 · 4	16 · 13	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Jean Alesi	4 · 7	4 · 5	13 · 14	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Gerhard Berger	4 · 5	4 · 8	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Johnny Herbert	7 · 8	5 · 6	14 · 20	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Giancarlo Fisichella	8 · 9	6 · 7	20 · 21	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Giancarlo Fisichella	5 · 9	8 · 7	13 · 21	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Gerhard Berger · Ralf Schumacher	5 · 13	8 · 9	13 · 22	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Ralf Schumacher	11 · 13	10 · 9	14 · 22	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Pedro Diniz · Damon Hill	16 · 17	13 · 12	19 · 17	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Pedro Diniz · Jos Verstappen	16 · 21	13 · 14	19 · 16	Jos Verstappen	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	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:38.903	—	—	30
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:38.911	+0.008	+0.008	28
3	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:38.941	+0.038	+0.030	26
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:39.398	+0.495	+0.457	26
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:39.454	+0.551	+0.056	19
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:39.840	+0.937	+0.386	22
7	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:39.898	+0.995	+0.058	27
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:39.945	+1.042	+0.047	23
9	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:40.422	+1.519	+0.477	25
10	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:40.460	+1.557	+0.038	22
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:40.616	+1.713	+0.156	27
12	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:40.653	+1.750	+0.037	19
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:40.720	+1.817	+0.067	27
14	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:40.724	+1.821	+0.004	13
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:40.937	+2.034	+0.213	29
16	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:41.158	+2.255	+0.221	20
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:42.000	+3.097	+0.842	26
18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:42.290	+3.387	+0.290	27
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:42.587	+3.684	+0.297	28
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:42.893	+3.990	+0.306	17
21	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:44.736	+5.833	+1.843	14
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:46.282	+7.379	+1.546	15

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	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:37.372	—	—	22
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:37.481	+0.109	+0.109	23
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:37.649	+0.277	+0.168	28
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:37.755	+0.383	+0.106	22
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:37.758	+0.386	+0.003	25
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:37.905	+0.533	+0.147	23
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:37.929	+0.557	+0.024	23
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:38.147	+0.775	+0.218	25
9	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:38.343	+0.971	+0.196	21
10	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:38.403	+1.031	+0.060	20
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:38.514	+1.142	+0.111	27
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:38.723	+1.351	+0.209	23
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:38.816	+1.444	+0.093	22
14	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:38.910	+1.538	+0.094	23
15	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:38.947	+1.575	+0.037	15
16	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:39.537	+2.165	+0.590	16
17	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:39.546	+2.174	+0.009	23
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:39.702	+2.330	+0.156	28
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:39.995	+2.623	+0.293	21
20	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:40.905	+3.533	+0.910	15
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:41.348	+3.976	+0.443	26
22	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:41.370	+3.998	+0.022	18

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	1:38.113	—	—	12
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:38.547	+0.434	+0.434	14
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:39.084	+0.971	+0.537	10
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:39.163	+1.050	+0.079	12
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:39.233	+1.120	+0.070	13
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:39.370	+1.257	+0.137	13
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:39.418	+1.305	+0.048	13
8	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:39.553	+1.440	+0.135	13
9	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:39.784	+1.671	+0.231	10
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:40.061	+1.948	+0.277	13
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:40.227	+2.114	+0.166	11
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:40.312	+2.199	+0.085	13
13	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:40.345	+2.232	+0.033	11
14	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:40.576	+2.463	+0.231	13
15	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:40.685	+2.572	+0.109	12
16	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:41.480	+3.367	+0.795	15
17	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:41.685	+3.572	+0.205	11
18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:41.983	+3.870	+0.298	14
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:42.021	+3.908	+0.038	13
20	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:42.835	+4.722	+0.814	10
21	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:44.098	+5.985	+1.263	6

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: 16 of 1997
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Oct 1997
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.