Race · Round 14 of 17 · 21 September 1997

1997 Austrian Grand Prix

Jacques Villeneuve won for Williams from pole at Red Bull Ring. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 15 °C, no 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: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Jacques Villeneuve
Entries: 2214 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	71	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	10	71	Finished	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	4	71	Finished	4
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	14	71	Finished	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	11	71	Finished	2
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	9	71	Finished	1
7	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	7	71	Finished	0
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	12	71	Finished	0
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	C16	13	71	Finished	0
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	18	70	Finished	0
11	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	19	69	Finished	0
12	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	20	69	Finished	0
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	17	67	Suspension	0
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	5	64	Spun off	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	3	58	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	6	58	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	57	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	21	48	Gearbox	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	8	38	Collision damage	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	15	37	Collision	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	2	1	Engine	0
EX	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	—	—	Car underweight	0

F1DB layout spielberg-3 · 4.326 km · 10 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

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
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jacques Villeneuve	1	1	71
David Coulthard	10	2	71
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	3	71
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	4	71
Ralf Schumacher	11	5	71
Michael Schumacher	9	6	71
Damon Hill	7	7	71
Johnny Herbert	12	8	71
Gianni Morbidelli	13	9	71
Gerhard Berger	18	10	70
Ukyo Katayama	19	11	69
Jos Verstappen	20	12	69
Pedro Diniz	17	13	67
Rubens Barrichello	5	14	64
Jarno Trulli	3	DNF	58
Jan Magnussen	6	DNF	58
Shinji Nakano	16	DNF	57
Mika Salo	21	DNF	48
Eddie Irvine	8	DNF	38
Jean Alesi	15	DNF	37
Mika Hakkinen	2	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:10.304	—	0 m	—
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:10.398	+0.094	6 m	+0.094
3	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:10.511	+0.207	13 m	+0.113
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:10.670	+0.366	23 m	+0.159
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:10.700	+0.396	24 m	+0.030
6	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:10.893	+0.589	36 m	+0.193
7	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:11.025	+0.721	44 m	+0.132
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:11.051	+0.747	46 m	+0.026
9	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:11.056	+0.752	46 m	+0.005
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:11.076	+0.772	48 m	+0.020
11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:11.186	+0.882	54 m	+0.110
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:11.210	+0.906	56 m	+0.024
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:11.261	+0.957	59 m	+0.051
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:11.299	+0.995	61 m	+0.038
15	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:11.382	+1.078	66 m	+0.083
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:11.596	+1.292	80 m	+0.214
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:11.615	+1.311	81 m	+0.019
18	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:11.620	+1.316	81 m	+0.005
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:12.036	+1.732	107 m	+0.416
20	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:12.230	+1.926	119 m	+0.194
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:12.304	+2.000	123 m	+0.074
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:14.246	+3.942	243 m	+1.942

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

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

Pit stops

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
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Jacques Villeneuve	1	71	1	40	27.9
David Coulthard	2	71	1	43	26.5
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	71	1	42	26.6
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	71	1	45	26.4
Ralf Schumacher	5	71	1	42	32.1
Michael Schumacher	6	71	2	42, 50	28.2, 29.0
Damon Hill	7	71	1	39	30.1
Johnny Herbert	8	71	1	40	31.4
Gianni Morbidelli	9	71	1	42	28.9
Gerhard Berger	10	70	1	32	31.0
Ukyo Katayama	11	69	2	26, 49	27.9, 27.3
Jos Verstappen	12	69	2	17, 50	26.5, 25.7
Pedro Diniz	13	67	1	33	30.4
Rubens Barrichello	14	64	2	28, 50	26.2, 27.3
Jarno Trulli	DNF	58	1	37	27.5
Jan Magnussen	DNF	58	2	26, 47	26.9, 27.5
Shinji Nakano	DNF	57	1	34	29.8
Mika Salo	DNF	48	1	36	28.0
Eddie Irvine	DNF	38	0	None recorded	—
Jean Alesi	DNF	37	1	36	28.4
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	1	0	None 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 order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Jacques Villeneuve · David Coulthard	1 · 10	1 · 2	40 · 43	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · David Coulthard	4 · 10	3 · 2	42 · 43	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	9 · 10	6 · 2	42 · 43	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Ralf Schumacher	10 · 11	2 · 5	43 · 42	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Giancarlo Fisichella	4 · 14	3 · 4	42 · 45	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 5	3 · 14	42 · 28	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Giancarlo Fisichella	11 · 14	5 · 4	42 · 45	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Gianni Morbidelli · Giancarlo Fisichella	13 · 14	9 · 4	42 · 45	Gianni Morbidelli	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Ralf Schumacher	9 · 11	6 · 5	42 · 42	Same lap	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Johnny Herbert	11 · 12	5 · 8	42 · 40	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Michael Schumacher	7 · 9	7 · 6	39 · 42	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Johnny Herbert	7 · 12	7 · 8	39 · 40	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Gianni Morbidelli	12 · 13	8 · 9	40 · 42	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Gianni Morbidelli · Gerhard Berger	13 · 18	9 · 10	42 · 32	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Pedro Diniz · Gerhard Berger	17 · 18	13 · 10	33 · 32	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Gerhard Berger · Ukyo Katayama	18 · 19	10 · 11	32 · 26	Ukyo Katayama	Kept their order
Ukyo Katayama · Jos Verstappen	19 · 20	11 · 12	26 · 17	Jos Verstappen	Kept their order
Pedro Diniz · Jos Verstappen	17 · 20	13 · 12	33 · 17	Jos Verstappen	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Pedro Diniz	5 · 17	14 · 13	28 · 33	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places

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
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:11.527	—	0 m	—	30
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:11.638	+0.111	7 m	+0.111	26
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:11.798	+0.271	16 m	+0.160	29
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:11.899	+0.372	22 m	+0.101	30
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:11.902	+0.375	23 m	+0.003	15
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:11.967	+0.440	27 m	+0.065	30
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:12.265	+0.738	45 m	+0.298	30
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:12.283	+0.756	46 m	+0.018	29
9	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:12.519	+0.992	60 m	+0.236	30
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:12.548	+1.021	62 m	+0.029	29
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:12.614	+1.087	66 m	+0.066	24
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:12.751	+1.224	74 m	+0.137	30
13	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:12.820	+1.293	78 m	+0.069	29
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:12.935	+1.408	85 m	+0.115	30
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:12.966	+1.439	87 m	+0.031	24
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:13.041	+1.514	92 m	+0.075	26
17	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:13.280	+1.753	106 m	+0.239	29
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:13.286	+1.759	106 m	+0.006	17
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:13.348	+1.821	110 m	+0.062	30
20	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:14.079	+2.552	154 m	+0.731	30
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:14.188	+2.661	161 m	+0.109	30
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:14.739	+3.212	194 m	+0.551	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:10.782	—	0 m	—	30
2	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:10.785	+0.003	0 m	+0.003	27
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:10.798	+0.016	1 m	+0.013	29
4	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:10.815	+0.033	2 m	+0.017	30
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:10.824	+0.042	3 m	+0.009	30
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:10.872	+0.090	6 m	+0.048	29
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:11.018	+0.236	14 m	+0.146	26
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:11.300	+0.518	32 m	+0.282	19
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:11.346	+0.564	34 m	+0.046	30
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:11.387	+0.605	37 m	+0.041	27
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:11.471	+0.689	42 m	+0.084	30
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:11.513	+0.731	45 m	+0.042	28
13	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:11.698	+0.916	56 m	+0.185	30
14	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:11.752	+0.970	59 m	+0.054	21
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:11.927	+1.145	70 m	+0.175	30
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:11.933	+1.151	70 m	+0.006	26
17	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:12.109	+1.327	81 m	+0.176	30
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:12.285	+1.503	92 m	+0.176	30
19	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:12.561	+1.779	109 m	+0.276	30
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:13.038	+2.256	138 m	+0.477	30
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:13.187	+2.405	147 m	+0.149	29
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:13.574	+2.792	171 m	+0.387	30

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:12.803	—	0 m	—	18
2	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:12.868	+0.065	4 m	+0.065	17
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:13.173	+0.370	22 m	+0.305	18
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:13.224	+0.421	25 m	+0.051	19
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:13.227	+0.424	25 m	+0.003	16
6	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:13.509	+0.706	42 m	+0.282	15
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:13.510	+0.707	42 m	+0.001	21
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:13.603	+0.800	48 m	+0.093	17
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:13.621	+0.818	49 m	+0.018	18
10	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:13.625	+0.822	49 m	+0.004	8
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:13.692	+0.889	53 m	+0.067	19
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:13.695	+0.892	53 m	+0.003	16
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:13.755	+0.952	57 m	+0.060	15
14	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:13.929	+1.126	67 m	+0.174	16
15	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:14.276	+1.473	88 m	+0.347	14
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:14.466	+1.663	99 m	+0.190	16
17	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:14.766	+1.963	117 m	+0.300	16
18	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:15.266	+2.463	146 m	+0.500	12
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:15.340	+2.537	151 m	+0.074	15
20	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:15.894	+3.091	184 m	+0.554	10
21	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:17.435	+4.632	275 m	+1.541	12

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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.

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

Minardi M197
Minardi M197 · Andrea borsari · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 1997
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 21 Sep 1997
Layout raced: A1-Ring · 4.326 km · 9 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
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.