Europe 1997: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.072
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.072
3	Frentzen	Williams	1:21.072
4	Hill	Arrows	1:21.130	+0.058
5	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.369	+0.297
6	Coulthard	McLaren	1:21.476	+0.404
7	Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.610	+0.538
8	Berger	Benetton	1:21.656	+0.584
9	Panis	Prost	1:21.735	+0.663
10	Alesi	Benetton	1:22.011	+0.939
11	Magnussen	Stewart	1:22.167	+1.095
12	Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.222	+1.150
13	Diniz	Arrows	1:22.234	+1.162
14	Herbert	Sauber	1:22.263	+1.191
15	Nakano	Prost	1:22.351	+1.279
16	Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.740	+1.668
17	Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.804	+1.732
18	Fontana	Sauber	1:23.281	+2.209
19	Katayama	Minardi	1:23.409	+2.337
20	Marques	Minardi	1:23.854	+2.782
21	Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.222	+3.150
22	Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:24.301	+3.229

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	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	69	1:38:57.771	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	6	69	+1.654	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	69	+1.803	2	Renault	Goodyear
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	69	+1.919	2	Renault	Goodyear
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	7	69	+3.789	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
6	Heinz-Harald FrentzenFastest lap	Williams	3	69	+4.537	2	Renault	Goodyear
7	Olivier Panis	Prost	9	69	+1:07.145	2	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	14	69	+1:12.961	2	Petronas	Goodyear
9	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	11	69	+1:17.487	2	Ford	Bridgestone
10	Shinji Nakano	Prost	15	69	+1:18.215	2	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	17	68	+1 lap	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	68	+1 lap	3	Ford	Goodyear
13	Jean Alesi	Benetton	10	68	+1 lap	3	Renault	Goodyear
14	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	18	68	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Goodyear
15	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	68	+1 lap	3	Hart	Bridgestone
16	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	22	68	+1 lap	2	Ford	Goodyear
17	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	19	68	+1 lap	2	Hart	Bridgestone
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	47	Collision	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Damon Hill	Arrows	4	47	Gearbox	2	Yamaha	Bridgestone
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	16	44	Water leak	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	12	30	Gearbox	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	13	11	Spun off	0	Yamaha	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Salo21→12+9
Herbert14→8+6
Fisichella17→11+6
Verstappen22→16+6
Nakano15→10+5
Marques20→15+5
Häkkinen5→1+4
Coulthard6→2+4
Berger8→4+4
Fontana18→14+4
Irvine7→5+2
Panis9→7+2
Magnussen11→9+2
Katayama19→17+2
Villeneuve1→3-2
Frentzen3→6-3
Alesi10→13-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Salo24.729R34
2Salo25.377R51
3Salo25.492R15
4Irvine25.567R24
5Verstappen25.588R22
6Coulthard25.716R45
7Herbert25.817R27
8Coulthard25.855R25
9Villeneuve25.958R23
10Häkkinen26.003R26

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

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen2618252 stops
Coulthard2520242 stops
Villeneuve2321252 stops
Berger2918222 stops
Irvine2420252 stops
Frentzen2820212 stops
Panis2023262 stops
Herbert2719232 stops
Magnussen1926242 stops
Nakano2523212 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

This race in history

6 races here since 1986Won from pole: 3 of 6

Win from furthest back (P2): Nigel Mansell 1987

Most wins here

2 Alain Prost
2 Ayrton Senna

Previous winners here

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

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