Austria 1997: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:10.304
2	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:10.398	+0.094
3	Trulli	Prost	1:10.511	+0.207
4	Frentzen	Williams	1:10.670	+0.366
5	Barrichello	Stewart	1:10.700	+0.396
6	Magnussen	Stewart	1:10.893	+0.589
7	Hill	Arrows	1:11.025	+0.721
8	Irvine	Ferrari	1:11.051	+0.747
9	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:11.056	+0.752
10	Coulthard	McLaren	1:11.076	+0.772
11	Schumacher	Jordan	1:11.186	+0.882
12	Herbert	Sauber	1:11.210	+0.906
13	Morbidelli	Sauber	1:11.261	+0.957
14	Fisichella	Jordan	1:11.299	+0.995
15	Alesi	Benetton	1:11.382	+1.078
16	Nakano	Prost	1:11.596	+1.292
17	Diniz	Arrows	1:11.615	+1.311
18	Berger	Benetton	1:11.620	+1.316
19	Katayama	Minardi	1:12.036	+1.732
20	Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:12.230	+1.926
21	Marques	Minardi	1:12.304	+2.000
22	Salo	Tyrrell	1:14.246	+3.942

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	Jacques VilleneuveFastest lap	Williams	1	71	1:27:35.999	1	Renault	Goodyear
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	71	+2.909	1	Mercedes	Goodyear
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	71	+3.962	1	Renault	Goodyear
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	14	71	+12.127	1	Peugeot	Goodyear
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	71	+31.859	1	Peugeot	Goodyear
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	9	71	+33.410	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
7	Damon Hill	Arrows	7	71	+37.207	1	Yamaha	Bridgestone
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	12	71	+49.057	1	Petronas	Goodyear
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	13	71	+1:06.455	1	Petronas	Goodyear
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	18	70	+1 lap	1	Renault	Goodyear
11	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	19	69	+2 laps	2	Hart	Bridgestone
12	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	20	69	+2 laps	2	Ford	Goodyear
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	17	67	Suspension	1	Yamaha	Bridgestone
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	5	64	Spun off	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost	3	58	Engine	1	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	6	58	Engine	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost	16	57	Engine	1	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	48	Gearbox	1	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	8	38	Collision damage	0	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	15	37	Collision	1	Renault	Goodyear
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	1	Engine	0	Mercedes	Goodyear
EX	Tarso Marques	Minardi	-		Car underweight	0	Hart	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Fisichella14→4+10
Coulthard10→2+8
Berger18→10+8
Katayama19→11+8
Verstappen20→12+8
Schumacher11→5+6
Herbert12→8+4
Morbidelli13→9+4
Diniz17→13+4
Schumacher9→6+3
Frentzen4→3+1
Villeneuve1→10
Hill7→70
Barrichello5→14-9

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

Fastest pit stops

1Verstappen25.734R50
2Barrichello26.157R28
3Fisichella26.368R45
4Coulthard26.483R43
5Verstappen26.487R17
6Frentzen26.649R42
7Magnussen26.859R26
8Katayama27.279R49
9Barrichello27.292R50
10Magnussen27.524R47

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

Stints of the top 10

Villeneuve40311 stop
Coulthard43281 stop
Frentzen42291 stop
Fisichella45261 stop
Schumacher42291 stop
Schumacher428212 stops
Hill39321 stop
Herbert40311 stop
Morbidelli42291 stop
Berger32381 stop · +1 lap

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

DinizSuspension, classified P13Arrows
BarrichelloSpun off, classified P14Stewart
TrulliEngineProst
MagnussenEngineStewart
NakanoEngineProst
SaloGearboxTyrrell
IrvineCollision damageFerrari
AlesiCollisionBenetton
HäkkinenEngineMcLaren
MarquesCar underweightMinardi

This race in history

18 races here since 1970Won from pole: 4 of 18

Win from furthest back (P14): Alan Jones 1977

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

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