Race · Round 4 of 17 · 27 April 1997

1997 San Marino Grand Prix

Heinz-Harald Frentzen won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 10 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

Circuit: Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Italy
Winner: Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	2	62	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	3	62	Finished	6
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	9	62	Finished	4
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	6	62	Finished	3
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	14	61	Finished	2
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	8	61	Finished	1
7	Nicola Larini	Sauber	C16	12	61	Finished	0
8	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	4	61	Finished	0
9	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	19	60	Finished	0
10	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	60	Finished	0
11	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	22	59	Finished	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	17	53	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	40	Gearbox	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	10	38	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	13	32	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	7	18	Electrical	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	5	17	Transmission	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	18	11	Collision	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	15	11	Collision	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	11	4	Spun off	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	16	2	Spun off	0
DNS	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	M197	20	—	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout imola-2 · 4.959 km · 22 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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	1	62
Michael Schumacher	3	2	62
Eddie Irvine	9	3	62
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	4	62
Jean Alesi	14	5	61
Mika Hakkinen	8	6	61
Nicola Larini	12	7	61
Olivier Panis	4	8	61
Mika Salo	19	9	60
Jos Verstappen	21	10	60
Ukyo Katayama	22	11	59
Pedro Diniz	17	DNF	53
Jacques Villeneuve	1	DNF	40
David Coulthard	10	DNF	38
Rubens Barrichello	13	DNF	32
Johnny Herbert	7	DNF	18
Ralf Schumacher	5	DNF	17
Shinji Nakano	18	DNF	11
Damon Hill	15	DNF	11
Gerhard Berger	11	DNF	4
Jan Magnussen	16	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:23.303	—	—
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:23.646	+0.343	+0.343
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:23.955	+0.652	+0.309
4	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:24.075	+0.772	+0.120
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:24.081	+0.778	+0.006
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:24.596	+1.293	+0.515
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:24.723	+1.420	+0.127
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:24.812	+1.509	+0.089
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:24.861	+1.558	+0.049
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:25.077	+1.774	+0.216
11	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:25.371	+2.068	+0.294
12	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:25.544	+2.241	+0.173
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:25.579	+2.276	+0.035
14	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:25.729	+2.426	+0.150
15	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:25.743	+2.440	+0.014
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:26.192	+2.889	+0.449
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:26.253	+2.950	+0.061
18	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:26.712	+3.409	+0.459
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:26.852	+3.549	+0.140
20	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:26.960	+3.657	+0.108
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:27.428	+4.125	+0.468
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:28.727	+5.424	+1.299

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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	62	2	27, 44
Michael Schumacher	2	62	2	24, 45
Eddie Irvine	3	62	2	25, 46
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	62	2	25, 44
Jean Alesi	5	61	1	33
Mika Hakkinen	6	61	1	35
Nicola Larini	7	61	4	25, 34, 44, 54
Olivier Panis	8	61	2	20, 34
Mika Salo	9	60	1	33
Jos Verstappen	10	60	1	31
Ukyo Katayama	11	59	1	32
Pedro Diniz	DNF	53	3	18, 40, 41
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	40	1	26
David Coulthard	DNF	38	1	35
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	32	0	None recorded
Johnny Herbert	DNF	18	0	None recorded
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	17	0	None recorded
Shinji Nakano	DNF	11	0	None recorded
Damon Hill	DNF	11	0	None recorded
Gerhard Berger	DNF	4	0	None recorded
Jan Magnussen	DNF	2	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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	1 · 2	27 · 24	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	3 · 9	2 · 3	24 · 25	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Olivier Panis	3 · 4	2 · 8	24 · 20	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Eddie Irvine	6 · 9	4 · 3	25 · 25	Same lap	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Eddie Irvine	8 · 9	6 · 3	35 · 25	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jean Alesi	6 · 14	4 · 5	25 · 33	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Jean Alesi	8 · 14	6 · 5	35 · 33	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Nicola Larini	8 · 12	6 · 7	35 · 25	Nicola Larini	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Nicola Larini	4 · 12	8 · 7	20 · 25	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Mika Salo	4 · 19	8 · 9	20 · 33	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Jos Verstappen	19 · 21	9 · 10	33 · 31	Jos Verstappen	Kept their order
Jos Verstappen · Ukyo Katayama	21 · 22	10 · 11	31 · 32	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	1:25.981	—	—	25
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:25.997	+0.016	+0.016	28
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:26.259	+0.278	+0.262	25
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:26.382	+0.401	+0.123	30
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:26.499	+0.518	+0.117	25
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:26.549	+0.568	+0.050	29
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:26.600	+0.619	+0.051	28
8	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:26.679	+0.698	+0.079	25
9	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:26.779	+0.798	+0.100	28
10	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:26.831	+0.850	+0.052	29
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:26.842	+0.861	+0.011	29
12	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:27.184	+1.203	+0.342	19
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:27.334	+1.353	+0.150	26
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:27.612	+1.631	+0.278	9
15	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:28.091	+2.110	+0.479	13
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:28.177	+2.196	+0.086	25
17	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:29.021	+3.040	+0.844	30
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:29.087	+3.106	+0.066	23
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:29.117	+3.136	+0.030	21
20	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:29.736	+3.755	+0.619	17
21	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:29.974	+3.993	+0.238	16
22	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:30.820	+4.839	+0.846	17

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	1:23.477	—	—	27
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:23.739	+0.262	+0.262	25
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:24.325	+0.848	+0.586	29
4	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:24.586	+1.109	+0.261	29
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:24.626	+1.149	+0.040	29
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:24.719	+1.242	+0.093	26
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:24.766	+1.289	+0.047	30
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:24.980	+1.503	+0.214	28
9	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:24.982	+1.505	+0.002	27
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:25.027	+1.550	+0.045	26
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:25.586	+2.109	+0.559	22
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:25.586	+2.109	+0.000	21
13	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:25.650	+2.173	+0.064	24
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:25.791	+2.314	+0.141	27
15	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:26.034	+2.557	+0.243	26
16	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:26.226	+2.749	+0.192	12
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:27.004	+3.527	+0.778	25
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:27.042	+3.565	+0.038	23
19	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:27.383	+3.906	+0.341	25
20	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:27.709	+4.232	+0.326	17
21	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:27.970	+4.493	+0.261	26

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	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:48.505	—	—	11
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:48.528	+0.023	+0.023	10
3	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:48.547	+0.042	+0.019	13
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:48.605	+0.100	+0.058	12
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:49.160	+0.655	+0.555	12
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:50.483	+1.978	+1.323	11
7	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:50.556	+2.051	+0.073	11
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:50.727	+2.222	+0.171	10
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:50.754	+2.249	+0.027	7
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:50.807	+2.302	+0.053	13
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:50.824	+2.319	+0.017	9
12	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:50.994	+2.489	+0.170	11
13	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:51.094	+2.589	+0.100	12
14	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:51.315	+2.810	+0.221	12
15	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:51.772	+3.267	+0.457	11
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:51.904	+3.399	+0.132	11
17	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:51.953	+3.448	+0.049	10
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:52.171	+3.666	+0.218	10
19	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:52.581	+4.076	+0.410	8
20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:52.927	+4.422	+0.346	11
21	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:53.344	+4.839	+0.417	13
22	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:53.771	+5.266	+0.427	11

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: 4 of 1997
Grand Prix: San Marino Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Apr 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.