Japan 1997: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:36.071
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.133	+0.062
3	Irvine	Ferrari	1:36.466	+0.395
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.469	+0.398
5	Berger	Benetton	1:36.561	+0.490
6	Frentzen	Williams	1:36.628	+0.557
7	Alesi	Benetton	1:36.682	+0.611
8	Herbert	Sauber	1:36.906	+0.835
9	Fisichella	Jordan	1:36.917	+0.846
10	Panis	Prost	1:37.073	+1.002
11	Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.095	+1.024
12	Barrichello	Stewart	1:37.343	+1.272
13	Schumacher	Jordan	1:37.443	+1.372
14	Magnussen	Stewart	1:37.480	+1.409
15	Nakano	Prost	1:37.588	+1.517
16	Diniz	Arrows	1:37.853	+1.782
17	Hill	Arrows	1:38.022	+1.951
18	Morbidelli	Sauber	1:38.556	+2.485
19	Katayama	Minardi	1:38.983	+2.912
20	Marques	Minardi	1:39.678	+3.607
21	Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:40.259	+4.188
22	Salo	Tyrrell	1:40.529	+4.458

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	2	53	1:29:48.446	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
2	Heinz-Harald FrentzenFastest lap	Williams	6	53	+1.378	2	Renault	Goodyear
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	53	+26.384	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	53	+27.129	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	53	+40.403	3	Renault	Goodyear
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	8	53	+41.630	2	Petronas	Goodyear
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	53	+56.825	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	5	53	+1:00.429	3	Renault	Goodyear
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	13	53	+1:22.036	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	11	52	Engine	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	17	52	+1 lap	2	Yamaha	Bridgestone
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	52	+1 lap	2	Yamaha	Bridgestone
14	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	52	+1 lap	2	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	46	Gearbox	2	Hart	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	22	46	Engine	2	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost	10	36	Engine	2	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost	15	22	Wheel bearing	1	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	19	8	Engine	0	Hart	Bridgestone
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	12	6	Spun off	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	14	3	Spun off	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DSQ	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	53	Ignored yellow flags in practice	2	Renault	Goodyear
DNS	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	18		Injury	0	Petronas	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen21→14+7
Hill17→12+5
Frentzen6→2+4
Schumacher13→9+4
Diniz16→13+3
Alesi7→5+2
Herbert8→6+2
Fisichella9→7+2
Schumacher2→1+1
Coulthard11→10+1
Irvine3→30
Häkkinen4→40
Berger5→8-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Villeneuve29.897R20
2Frentzen30.043R37
3Schumacher30.259R18
4Alesi30.326R40
5Salo30.613R31
6Berger30.657R39
7Coulthard30.675R35
8Herbert30.717R20
9Berger30.765R13
10Fisichella30.769R37

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher1815202 stops
Frentzen2116162 stops
Irvine1616212 stops
Häkkinen1317232 stops
Alesi141313133 stops
Herbert2017162 stops
Fisichella2116162 stops
Berger131313143 stops
Schumacher2216152 stops
Coulthard1421172 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

CoulthardEngine, classified P10McLaren
MarquesGearboxMinardi
SaloEngineTyrrell
PanisEngineProst
NakanoWheel bearingProst
KatayamaEngineMinardi
BarrichelloSpun offStewart
MagnussenSpun offStewart
VilleneuveIgnored yellow flags in practiceWilliams
MorbidelliInjurySauber

This race in history

10 races here since 1987Won from pole: 4 of 10

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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

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