1997 British Grand Prix

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	59	Finished	10
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	11	59	Finished	6
3	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B197	8	59	Finished	4
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	6	59	Finished	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	5	59	Finished	2
6	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	12	59	Finished	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	10	58	Finished	0
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	13	58	Finished	0
9	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	C16	22	58	Finished	0
10	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	20	58	Finished	0
11	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	14	57	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	3	52	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	15	50	Engine	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	19	45	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	7	44	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	17	44	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	9	42	Electrical	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	4	38	Wheel bearing	0	fastest lap
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	21	37	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	16	29	Engine	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	2	0	Collision	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	18	0	Accident	0

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	1	1	59
Jean Alesi	11	2	59
Alexander Wurz	8	3	59
David Coulthard	6	4	59
Ralf Schumacher	5	5	59
Damon Hill	12	6	59
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	7	58
Jarno Trulli	13	8	58
Norberto Fontana	22	9	58
Tarso Marques	20	10	58
Shinji Nakano	14	11	57
Mika Hakkinen	3	DNF	52
Jan Magnussen	15	DNF	50
Jos Verstappen	19	DNF	45
Eddie Irvine	7	DNF	44
Mika Salo	17	DNF	44
Johnny Herbert	9	DNF	42
Michael Schumacher	4	DNF	38
Rubens Barrichello	21	DNF	37
Pedro Diniz	16	DNF	29
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	DNF	0
Ukyo Katayama	18	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:21.598	—	—
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:21.732	+0.134	+0.134
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:21.797	+0.199	+0.065
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:21.977	+0.379	+0.180
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:22.277	+0.679	+0.300
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:22.279	+0.681	+0.002
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:22.342	+0.744	+0.063
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	8	1:22.344	+0.746	+0.002
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:22.368	+0.770	+0.024
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:22.371	+0.773	+0.003
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:22.392	+0.794	+0.021
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:23.271	+1.673	+0.879
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:23.366	+1.768	+0.095
14	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	17	1:23.790	+2.192	+0.424
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:23.887	+2.289	+0.097
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:24.067	+2.469	+0.180
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:24.239	+2.641	+0.172
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:24.478	+2.880	+0.239
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:24.553	+2.955	+0.075
20	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:25.010	+3.412	+0.457
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:25.154	+3.556	+0.144
22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:25.525	+3.927	+0.371

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	59	2	22, 44
Jean Alesi	2	59	1	36
Alexander Wurz	3	59	1	38
David Coulthard	4	59	1	30
Ralf Schumacher	5	59	2	22, 42
Damon Hill	6	59	2	15, 37
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	58	2	27, 54
Jarno Trulli	8	58	2	18, 39
Norberto Fontana	9	58	2	19, 40
Tarso Marques	10	58	1	30
Shinji Nakano	11	57	2	21, 41
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	52	1	33
Jan Magnussen	DNF	50	3	14, 30, 44
Jos Verstappen	DNF	45	2	1, 29
Eddie Irvine	DNF	44	2	22, 44
Mika Salo	DNF	44	2	21, 39
Johnny Herbert	DNF	42	4	17, 38, 39, 41
Michael Schumacher	DNF	38	2	21, 37
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	37	1	16
Pedro Diniz	DNF	29	1	23
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Ukyo Katayama	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 · Jean Alesi	1 · 11	1 · 2	22 · 36	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Jean Alesi	8 · 11	3 · 2	38 · 36	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jean Alesi	10 · 11	7 · 2	27 · 36	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Damon Hill	11 · 12	2 · 6	36 · 15	Damon Hill	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Alexander Wurz	6 · 8	4 · 3	30 · 38	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · David Coulthard	5 · 6	5 · 4	22 · 30	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Damon Hill	5 · 12	5 · 6	22 · 15	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Damon Hill	10 · 12	7 · 6	27 · 15	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Jarno Trulli	12 · 13	6 · 8	15 · 18	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jarno Trulli	10 · 13	7 · 8	27 · 18	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Norberto Fontana	13 · 22	8 · 9	18 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Shinji Nakano	13 · 14	8 · 11	18 · 21	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Tarso Marques · Norberto Fontana	20 · 22	10 · 9	30 · 19	Norberto Fontana	Swapped places
Shinji Nakano · Tarso Marques	14 · 20	11 · 10	21 · 30	Shinji Nakano	Swapped places

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	1:22.935	—	—	28
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:23.266	+0.331	+0.331	30
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:23.327	+0.392	+0.061	27
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:23.581	+0.646	+0.254	30
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:23.785	+0.850	+0.204	23
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:23.883	+0.948	+0.098	27
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:24.132	+1.197	+0.249	27
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	8	1:24.203	+1.268	+0.071	27
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:24.424	+1.489	+0.221	23
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:24.946	+2.011	+0.522	30
11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:24.948	+2.013	+0.002	17
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:25.136	+2.201	+0.188	28
13	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:25.360	+2.425	+0.224	12
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:26.035	+3.100	+0.675	27
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:26.270	+3.335	+0.235	29
16	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:26.446	+3.511	+0.176	18
17	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	17	1:26.640	+3.705	+0.194	30
18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:26.785	+3.850	+0.145	15
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:26.797	+3.862	+0.012	30
20	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:26.810	+3.875	+0.013	30
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:27.066	+4.131	+0.256	28
22	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:27.923	+4.988	+0.857	16

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:22.000	—	—	27
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:22.063	+0.063	+0.063	24
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:22.586	+0.586	+0.523	29
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:22.712	+0.712	+0.126	24
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:22.962	+0.962	+0.250	29
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:23.022	+1.022	+0.060	25
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:23.131	+1.131	+0.109	29
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	8	1:23.161	+1.161	+0.030	24
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:23.577	+1.577	+0.416	26
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:23.607	+1.607	+0.030	24
11	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:23.614	+1.614	+0.007	15
12	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:23.647	+1.647	+0.033	26
13	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:23.823	+1.823	+0.176	27
14	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:23.871	+1.871	+0.048	27
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:24.172	+2.172	+0.301	15
16	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	17	1:24.181	+2.181	+0.009	29
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:24.181	+2.181	+0.000	20
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:24.716	+2.716	+0.535	29
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:24.961	+2.961	+0.245	26
20	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:25.015	+3.015	+0.054	29
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:25.195	+3.195	+0.180	26
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:25.725	+3.725	+0.530	28

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	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:38.031	—	—	12
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:38.061	+0.030	+0.030	13
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:38.507	+0.476	+0.446	13
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:38.670	+0.639	+0.163	11
5	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:38.707	+0.676	+0.037	16
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:38.876	+0.845	+0.169	14
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:38.993	+0.962	+0.117	11
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:39.074	+1.043	+0.081	13
9	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:39.498	+1.467	+0.424	8
10	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	17	1:39.693	+1.662	+0.195	14
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:39.756	+1.725	+0.063	11
12	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:39.846	+1.815	+0.090	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:39.868	+1.837	+0.022	9
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:40.652	+2.621	+0.784	11
15	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:41.039	+3.008	+0.387	12
16	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	8	1:41.489	+3.458	+0.450	12
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:41.751	+3.720	+0.262	10
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:41.781	+3.750	+0.030	14
19	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:41.920	+3.889	+0.139	12
20	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:42.261	+4.230	+0.341	7
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:43.088	+5.057	+0.827	13
22	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:43.612	+5.581	+0.524	14

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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

Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 1997
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Jul 1997
Layout raced: Bridge circuit, final form · 5.141 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
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.