Brazil 1997: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Villeneuve	Williams	1:16.004
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.594	+0.590
3	Berger	Benetton	1:16.644	+0.640
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:16.692	+0.688
5	Panis	Prost	1:16.756	+0.752
6	Alesi	Benetton	1:16.757	+0.753
7	Fisichella	Jordan	1:16.912	+0.908
8	Frentzen	Williams	1:16.924	+0.920
9	Hill	Arrows	1:17.090	+1.086
10	Schumacher	Jordan	1:17.175	+1.171
11	Barrichello	Stewart	1:17.259	+1.255
12	Coulthard	McLaren	1:17.262	+1.258
13	Herbert	Sauber	1:17.409	+1.405
14	Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.527	+1.523
15	Nakano	Prost	1:17.999	+1.995
16	Diniz	Arrows	1:18.095	+2.091
17	Trulli	Minardi	1:18.336	+2.332
18	Katayama	Minardi	1:18.557	+2.553
19	Larini	Sauber	1:18.644	+2.640
20	Magnussen	Stewart	1:18.773	+2.769
21	Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:18.885	+2.881
22	Salo	Tyrrell	1:19.274	+3.270

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	72	1:36:06.990	2	Renault	Goodyear
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	3	72	+4.190	2	Renault	Goodyear
3	Olivier Panis	Prost	5	72	+15.870	1	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	72	+33.033	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	72	+33.731	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	6	72	+34.020	2	Renault	Goodyear
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	13	72	+50.912	2	Petronas	Goodyear
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	7	72	+1:00.639	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	8	72	+1:15.402	1	Renault	Goodyear
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	12	71	+1 lap	2	Mercedes	Goodyear
11	Nicola Larini	Sauber	19	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Goodyear
12	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	17	71	+1 lap	1	Hart	Bridgestone
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	22	71	+1 lap	2	Ford	Goodyear
14	Shinji Nakano	Prost	15	71	+1 lap	1	Mugen-Honda	Bridgestone
15	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	70	+2 laps	2	Ford	Goodyear
16	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	14	70	+2 laps	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
17	Damon Hill	Arrows	9	68	Engine	1	Yamaha	Bridgestone
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	18	67	+5 laps	3	Hart	Bridgestone
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	52	Electrical	2	Peugeot	Goodyear
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	11	16	Suspension	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	15	Suspension	0	Yamaha	Bridgestone
DNS	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	20		Collision	0	Ford	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Salo22→13+9
Larini19→11+8
Herbert13→7+6
Verstappen21→15+6
Trulli17→12+5
Panis5→3+2
Coulthard12→10+2
Berger3→2+1
Nakano15→14+1
Villeneuve1→10
Häkkinen4→40
Alesi6→60
Katayama18→180
Fisichella7→8-1
Frentzen8→9-1
Irvine14→16-2
Schumacher2→5-3
Hill9→17-8

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

Fastest pit stops

1Häkkinen28.256R24
2Irvine28.535R24
3Coulthard28.691R21
4Herbert28.698R17
5Schumacher28.803R26
6Salo29.542R43
7Verstappen29.823R46
8Larini29.824R22
9Schumacher30.041R45
10Alesi30.065R23

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

Stints of the top 10

Villeneuve2619272 stops
Berger2226242 stops
Panis35371 stop
Häkkinen2415332 stops
Schumacher2619272 stops
Alesi2323262 stops
Herbert1724312 stops
Fisichella2519282 stops
Frentzen28441 stop
Coulthard2119312 stops · +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

HillEngine, classified P17Arrows
SchumacherElectricalJordan
BarrichelloSuspensionStewart
DinizSuspensionArrows
MagnussenCollisionStewart

This race in history

14 races here since 1973Won from pole: 5 of 14

Win from furthest back (P6): Carlos Pace 1975

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

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