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Race · Round 12 of 17 ·

1997 Belgian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 28 °C, 0.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner
Michael SchumacherFerrari
Entries
2215 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Michael SchumacherFerrariF310B344Finished10
2Giancarlo FisichellaJordan197444Finished6
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliamsFW19744Finished4
4Johnny HerbertSauberC161144Finished3
5Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW19144Finished2fastest lap
6Gerhard BergerBenettonB1971544Finished1
7Pedro DinizArrowsA18844Finished0
8Jean AlesiBenettonB197244Finished0
9Gianni MorbidelliSauberC161344Finished0
10Eddie IrvineFerrariF310B1743Collision0
11Mika SaloTyrrell211943Finished0
12Jan MagnussenStewart Grand PrixSF011843Finished0
13Damon HillArrowsA18942Wheel nut0
14Ukyo KatayamaMinardiM1972042Engine0
15Jarno TrulliProst Grand PrixJS45PL42Finished0
DSQMika HakkinenMcLarenMP4/12544Illegal fuel0
DNFJos VerstappenTyrrell212125Spun off0
DNFRalf SchumacherJordan197PL21Spun off0
DNFDavid CoulthardMcLarenMP4/121019Spun off0
DNFTarso MarquesMinardiM1972218Spun off0
DNFRubens BarrichelloStewart Grand PrixSF01128Steering0
DNFShinji NakanoProst Grand PrixJS45165Electrical0
F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0510152025303540Laps completedGridResult31Michael Schumacher42Giancarlo Fisichella73Heinz-Harald Frentzen114Johnny Herbert15Jacques Villeneuve156Gerhard Berger87Pedro Diniz28Jean Alesi139Gianni Morbidelli1710Eddie Irvine1911Mika Salo1812Jan Magnussen913Damon Hill2014Ukyo KatayamaPL15Jarno Trulli5DSQMika Hakkinen21DNFJos VerstappenPLDNFRalf Schumacher10DNFDavid Coulthard22DNFTarso Marques12DNFRubens Barrichello16DNFShinji Nakano

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Michael Schumacher3144
Giancarlo Fisichella4244
Heinz-Harald Frentzen7344
Johnny Herbert11444
Jacques Villeneuve1544
Gerhard Berger15644
Pedro Diniz8744
Jean Alesi2844
Gianni Morbidelli13944
Eddie Irvine171043
Mika Salo191143
Jan Magnussen181243
Damon Hill91342
Ukyo Katayama201442
Jarno TrulliPL1542
Mika Hakkinen5DSQ44
Jos Verstappen21DNF25
Ralf SchumacherPLDNF21
David Coulthard10DNF19
Tarso Marques22DNF18
Rubens Barrichello12DNF8
Shinji Nakano16DNF5

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Jacques VilleneuveWilliams31:49.450—0 m—
2Jean AlesiBenetton71:49.759+0.30920 m+0.309
3Michael SchumacherFerrari51:50.293+0.84354 m+0.534
4Giancarlo FisichellaJordan121:50.470+1.02065 m+0.177
5Mika HakkinenMcLaren91:50.503+1.05367 m+0.033
6Ralf SchumacherJordan111:50.520+1.07068 m+0.017
7Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams41:50.656+1.20677 m+0.136
8Pedro DinizArrows21:50.853+1.40390 m+0.197
9Damon HillArrows11:50.970+1.52097 m+0.117
10David CoulthardMcLaren101:51.410+1.960125 m+0.440
11Johnny HerbertSauber161:51.725+2.275146 m+0.315
12Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix221:51.916+2.466158 m+0.191
13Gianni MorbidelliSauber171:52.094+2.644169 m+0.178
14Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix141:52.274+2.824181 m+0.180
15Gerhard BergerBenetton81:52.391+2.941188 m+0.117
16Shinji NakanoProst Grand Prix151:52.749+3.299211 m+0.358
17Eddie IrvineFerrari61:52.793+3.343214 m+0.044
18Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix231:52.886+3.436220 m+0.093
19Mika SaloTyrrell191:52.897+3.447221 m+0.011
20Ukyo KatayamaMinardi201:53.544+4.094262 m+0.647
21Jos VerstappenTyrrell181:53.725+4.275274 m+0.181
22Tarso MarquesMinardi211:54.505+5.055323 m+0.780
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

0510152025303540LapStops on each lap (up to 6)1Michael SchumacherLap 14: pit lane 31.7 sLap 29: pit lane 30.6 s2Giancarlo FisichellaLap 10: pit lane 35.2 sLap 31: pit lane 29.5 s3Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 8: pit lane 33.1 sLap 24: pit lane 32.0 s4Johnny HerbertLap 11: pit lane 33.4 sLap 31: pit lane 29.5 s5Jacques VilleneuveLap 6: pit lane 33.8 sLap 11: pit lane 31.4 sLap 31: pit lane 30.4 s6Gerhard BergerLap 9: pit lane 31.9 sLap 24: pit lane 34.2 sLap 34: pit lane 27.3 s7Pedro DinizLap 12: pit lane 40.8 sLap 33: pit lane 31.9 s8Jean AlesiLap 7: pit lane 33.5 sLap 23: pit lane 31.9 sLap 32: pit lane 32.6 sLap 38: pit lane 28.2 s9Gianni MorbidelliLap 12: pit lane 31.4 sLap 34: pit lane 29.0 s10Eddie IrvineLap 8: pit lane 30.9 sLap 30: pit lane 30.2 s11Mika SaloLap 9: pit lane 34.9 sLap 29: pit lane 32.0 s12Jan MagnussenLap 13: pit lane 41.1 sLap 30: pit lane 30.3 s13Damon HillLap 10: pit lane 33.6 sLap 16: pit lane 32.4 sLap 34: pit lane 30.9 s14Ukyo KatayamaLap 11: pit lane 47.0 sLap 29: pit lane 31.2 s15Jarno TrulliLap 10: pit lane 32.6 sLap 30: pit lane 30.1 sDSQMika HakkinenLap 12: pit lane 30.0 sLap 29: pit lane 30.1 sDNFJos VerstappenLap 11: pit lane 31.9 sDNFRalf SchumacherLap 11: pit lane 32.3 sDNFDavid CoulthardLap 11: pit lane 29.4 sDNFTarso MarquesLap 12: pit lane 31.7 sDNFRubens BarrichelloDNFShinji Nakano

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
DriverResultLapsStops recordedStopped on lapPit-lane time (s)
Michael Schumacher144214, 2931.7, 30.6
Giancarlo Fisichella244210, 3135.2, 29.5
Heinz-Harald Frentzen34428, 2433.1, 32.0
Johnny Herbert444211, 3133.4, 29.5
Jacques Villeneuve54436, 11, 3133.8, 31.4, 30.4
Gerhard Berger64439, 24, 3431.9, 34.2, 27.3
Pedro Diniz744212, 3340.8, 31.9
Jean Alesi84447, 23, 32, 3833.5, 31.9, 32.6, 28.2
Gianni Morbidelli944212, 3431.4, 29.0
Eddie Irvine104328, 3030.9, 30.2
Mika Salo114329, 2934.9, 32.0
Jan Magnussen1243213, 3041.1, 30.3
Damon Hill1342310, 16, 3433.6, 32.4, 30.9
Ukyo Katayama1442211, 2947.0, 31.2
Jarno Trulli1542210, 3032.6, 30.1
Mika HakkinenDSQ44212, 2930.0, 30.1
Jos VerstappenDNF2511131.9
Ralf SchumacherDNF2111132.3
David CoulthardDNF1911129.4
Tarso MarquesDNF1811231.7
Rubens BarrichelloDNF80None recorded—
Shinji NakanoDNF50None recorded—
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid orderGridResultFirst recorded stop, lapStopped firstGrid to flag
Jean Alesi · Michael Schumacher2 · 38 · 17 · 14Jean AlesiSwapped places
Michael Schumacher · Giancarlo Fisichella3 · 41 · 214 · 10Giancarlo FisichellaKept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Heinz-Harald Frentzen4 · 72 · 310 · 8Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Johnny Herbert7 · 113 · 48 · 11Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pedro Diniz7 · 83 · 78 · 12Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Johnny Herbert1 · 115 · 46 · 11Jacques VilleneuveSwapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Gerhard Berger1 · 155 · 66 · 9Jacques VilleneuveKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi1 · 25 · 86 · 7Jacques VilleneuveKept their order
Pedro Diniz · Gerhard Berger8 · 157 · 612 · 9Gerhard BergerSwapped places
Jean Alesi · Pedro Diniz2 · 88 · 77 · 12Jean AlesiSwapped places
Pedro Diniz · Damon Hill8 · 97 · 1312 · 10Damon HillKept their order
Jean Alesi · Gianni Morbidelli2 · 138 · 97 · 12Jean AlesiKept their order
Gianni Morbidelli · Eddie Irvine13 · 179 · 1012 · 8Eddie IrvineKept their order
Eddie Irvine · Mika Salo17 · 1910 · 118 · 9Eddie IrvineKept their order
Eddie Irvine · Jan Magnussen17 · 1810 · 128 · 13Eddie IrvineKept their order
Jan Magnussen · Mika Salo18 · 1912 · 1113 · 9Mika SaloSwapped places
Mika Salo · Ukyo Katayama19 · 2011 · 149 · 11Mika SaloKept their order
Damon Hill · Jan Magnussen9 · 1813 · 1210 · 13Damon HillSwapped places
Damon Hill · Ukyo Katayama9 · 2013 · 1410 · 11Damon HillKept their order
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Gerhard BergerBenetton82:06.802—0 m—14
2Jean AlesiBenetton72:07.371+0.56931 m+0.5698
3Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix222:08.238+1.43679 m+0.86721
4Damon HillArrows12:08.372+1.57087 m+0.13423
5Michael SchumacherFerrari52:09.272+2.470136 m+0.90021
6David CoulthardMcLaren102:09.288+2.486137 m+0.01615
7Johnny HerbertSauber162:09.772+2.970164 m+0.48418
8Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix142:09.772+2.970164 m+0.00024
9Pedro DinizArrows22:10.153+3.351185 m+0.38116
10Ukyo KatayamaMinardi202:10.231+3.429189 m+0.07820
11Shinji NakanoProst Grand Prix152:10.272+3.470192 m+0.04124
12Mika HakkinenMcLaren92:10.413+3.611199 m+0.14114
13Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams42:10.914+4.112227 m+0.50118
14Eddie IrvineFerrari62:10.993+4.191231 m+0.07917
15Giancarlo FisichellaJordan122:11.093+4.291237 m+0.10016
16Gianni MorbidelliSauber172:11.262+4.460246 m+0.16918
17Jacques VilleneuveWilliams32:11.706+4.904271 m+0.44425
18Tarso MarquesMinardi212:11.778+4.976275 m+0.07217
19Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix232:12.545+5.743317 m+0.76722
20Ralf SchumacherJordan112:12.750+5.948329 m+0.20514
21Mika SaloTyrrell192:13.256+6.454356 m+0.50615
22Jos VerstappenTyrrell182:14.048+7.246400 m+0.79214
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Jacques VilleneuveWilliams31:50.407—0 m—25
2Jean AlesiBenetton71:50.947+0.54034 m+0.54021
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams41:51.179+0.77249 m+0.23223
4Giancarlo FisichellaJordan121:51.625+1.21877 m+0.44624
5Gerhard BergerBenetton81:52.057+1.650105 m+0.43221
6Damon HillArrows11:52.402+1.995127 m+0.34520
7Michael SchumacherFerrari51:52.562+2.155137 m+0.16017
8David CoulthardMcLaren101:52.604+2.197139 m+0.04220
9Ralf SchumacherJordan111:52.682+2.275144 m+0.07826
10Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix221:52.688+2.281145 m+0.00619
11Mika SaloTyrrell191:53.929+3.522223 m+1.24127
12Johnny HerbertSauber161:53.977+3.570226 m+0.04820
13Ukyo KatayamaMinardi201:54.150+3.743237 m+0.17316
14Shinji NakanoProst Grand Prix151:54.299+3.892247 m+0.14921
15Gianni MorbidelliSauber171:54.310+3.903248 m+0.01116
16Tarso MarquesMinardi211:54.521+4.114261 m+0.21116
17Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix231:54.608+4.201267 m+0.08719
18Jos VerstappenTyrrell181:54.799+4.392279 m+0.19124
19Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix141:55.895+5.488348 m+1.09615
20Pedro DinizArrows21:56.360+5.953378 m+0.46512
21Mika HakkinenMcLaren92:06.429+16.0221,016 m+10.0697
22Eddie IrvineFerrari62:07.786+17.3791,102 m+1.35713
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Jacques VilleneuveWilliams31:52.415—0 m—11
2Ralf SchumacherJordan111:52.619+0.20413 m+0.20412
3Johnny HerbertSauber161:52.628+0.21313 m+0.00913
4Jean AlesiBenetton71:52.837+0.42226 m+0.20912
5Damon HillArrows11:53.365+0.95059 m+0.5289
6Gerhard BergerBenetton81:53.531+1.11670 m+0.16612
7Pedro DinizArrows21:53.557+1.14271 m+0.02611
8Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix141:53.760+1.34584 m+0.20315
9Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams41:53.777+1.36285 m+0.01710
10David CoulthardMcLaren101:53.846+1.43189 m+0.06910
11Giancarlo FisichellaJordan121:53.999+1.58499 m+0.15313
12Mika HakkinenMcLaren91:54.282+1.867116 m+0.28310
13Gianni MorbidelliSauber171:54.448+2.033127 m+0.16613
14Ukyo KatayamaMinardi201:54.570+2.155134 m+0.12210
15Michael SchumacherFerrari51:54.593+2.178136 m+0.02314
16Tarso MarquesMinardi211:54.868+2.453153 m+0.27510
17Jos VerstappenTyrrell181:54.895+2.480155 m+0.0277
18Shinji NakanoProst Grand Prix151:55.202+2.787174 m+0.3079
19Mika SaloTyrrell191:55.588+3.173198 m+0.38610
20Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix231:55.695+3.280204 m+0.1077
21Eddie IrvineFerrari61:55.993+3.578223 m+0.29811
22Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix221:56.062+3.647227 m+0.06913
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310
Ferrari F310 front-left National Motor Museum, Beaulieu · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jordan 197
Jordan 197
1997 Jordan 197 Peugeot 2998cc V10 photo 1 · Alf van Beem · CC0
Williams FW19
Williams FW19
Williams FW19 front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sauber C16
Sauber C16
Sauber C16 front-right 2017 Hangar-7 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Benetton B197
Benetton B197
Wurz at Silverstone · Steve Gregory · CC BY-SA 2.5 · unchecked
Arrows A18
Arrows A18
Damon Hill 1997 Arrows Yamaha Hungary · Race27 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs
Tyrrell 025
Tyrrell 025
Tyrrell-025 MC · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stewart SF01
Stewart SF01
Stewart SF01 front-left Donington Grand Prix Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Minardi M197
Minardi M197
Minardi M197 · Andrea borsari · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prost JS45
Prost JS45
Prost Mugen Honda JS45 · MPW57 · Public domain · unchecked
McLaren MP4/12
McLaren MP4/12
McLaren Mercedes MP4-12 1997 · LSDSL · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
12 of 1997
Grand Prix
Belgian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Ferrari
Entrant
Ferrari
Confidence
reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.