Belgium 1997: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:49.450
2	Alesi	Benetton	1:49.759	+0.309
3	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.293	+0.843
4	Fisichella	Jordan	1:50.470	+1.020
5	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:50.503	+1.053
6	Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.520	+1.070
7	Frentzen	Williams	1:50.656	+1.206
8	Diniz	Arrows	1:50.853	+1.403
9	Hill	Arrows	1:50.970	+1.520
10	Coulthard	McLaren	1:51.410	+1.960
11	Herbert	Sauber	1:51.725	+2.275
12	Barrichello	Stewart	1:51.916	+2.466
13	Morbidelli	Sauber	1:52.094	+2.644
14	Trulli	Prost	1:52.274	+2.824
15	Berger	Benetton	1:52.391	+2.941
16	Nakano	Prost	1:52.749	+3.299
17	Irvine	Ferrari	1:52.793	+3.343
18	Magnussen	Stewart	1:52.886	+3.436
19	Salo	Tyrrell	1:52.897	+3.447
20	Katayama	Minardi	1:53.544	+4.094
21	Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:53.725	+4.275
22	Marques	Minardi	1:54.505	+5.055

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	44	1:33:46.717	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	4	44	+26.753	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	7	44	+32.147	2	Renault	Goodyear
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	11	44	+39.025	2	Petronas	Goodyear
5	Jacques VilleneuveFastest lap	Williams	1	44	+42.103	3	Renault	Goodyear
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	15	44	+1:03.741	3	Renault	Goodyear
7	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	8	44	+1:25.931	2	Yamaha	Bridgestone
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton	2	44	+1:42.008	4	Renault	Goodyear
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	13	44	+1:42.582	2	Petronas	Goodyear
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	17	43	Collision	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	43	+1 lap	2	Ford	Goodyear
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	18	43	+1 lap	2	Ford	Bridgestone
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	9	42	Wheel nut	3	Yamaha	Bridgestone
14	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	42	Engine	2	Hart	Bridgestone
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost	PL	42	+2 laps	2	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	25	Spun off	1	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	PL	21	Spun off	1	Peugeot	Goodyear
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	19	Spun off	1	Mercedes	Goodyear
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	22	18	Spun off	1	Hart	Bridgestone
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	12	8	Steering	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost	16	5	Electrical	0	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DSQ	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	44	Illegal fuel	2	Mercedes	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Berger15→6+9
Salo19→11+8
Herbert11→4+7
Irvine17→10+7
Magnussen18→12+6
Katayama20→14+6
Frentzen7→3+4
Morbidelli13→9+4
Schumacher3→1+2
Fisichella4→2+2
Diniz8→7+1
TrulliPL→15-1
Villeneuve1→5-4
Hill9→13-4
Alesi2→8-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Berger27.346R34
2Alesi28.206R38
3Morbidelli29.016R34
4Coulthard29.365R11
5Herbert29.458R31
6Fisichella29.509R31
7Häkkinen29.954R12
8Häkkinen30.117R29
9Trulli30.138R30
10Irvine30.168R30

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher1415152 stops
Fisichella1021132 stops
Frentzen816202 stops
Herbert1120132 stops
Villeneuve6520133 stops
Berger91510103 stops
Diniz1221112 stops
Alesi7169664 stops
Morbidelli1222102 stops
Irvine822132 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

IrvineCollision, classified P10Ferrari
HillWheel nut, classified P13Arrows
KatayamaEngine, classified P14Minardi
VerstappenSpun offTyrrell
SchumacherSpun offJordan
CoulthardSpun offMcLaren
MarquesSpun offMinardi
BarrichelloSteeringStewart
NakanoElectricalProst
HäkkinenIllegal fuelMcLaren

This race in history

31 races here since 1950Won from pole: 10 of 31

Win from furthest back (P16): Michael Schumacher 1995

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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