Race · Round 15 of 17 · 28 September 1997

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Jacques Villeneuve won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 12 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 19 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Mika Hakkinen
Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Entries: 2210 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	2	67	Finished	10
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	10	67	Finished	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	3	67	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	7	67	Finished	3
5	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	15	67	Finished	2
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	11	67	Finished	1
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	16	67	Finished	0
8	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	13	67	Finished	0
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	C16	19	66	Finished	0
10	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	20	66	Finished	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	50	Spun off	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	1	43	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	9	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	6	42	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	12	40	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	14	22	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	17	16	Engine	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	5	2	Suspension	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	M197	18	1	Engine	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	22	1	Collision	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	8	0	Collision	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	4	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout nurburgring-3 · 4.556 km · 12 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	2	1	67
Jean Alesi	10	2	67
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	3	67
Gerhard Berger	7	4	67
Pedro Diniz	15	5	67
Olivier Panis	11	6	67
Johnny Herbert	16	7	67
Damon Hill	13	8	67
Gianni Morbidelli	19	9	66
Mika Salo	20	10	66
Jos Verstappen	21	DNF	50
Mika Hakkinen	1	DNF	43
Rubens Barrichello	9	DNF	43
David Coulthard	6	DNF	42
Jan Magnussen	12	DNF	40
Eddie Irvine	14	DNF	22
Shinji Nakano	17	DNF	16
Michael Schumacher	5	DNF	2
Tarso Marques	18	DNF	1
Ukyo Katayama	22	DNF	1
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	0
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:16.602	—	0 m	—
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:16.691	+0.089	5 m	+0.089
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:16.741	+0.139	8 m	+0.050
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:17.289	+0.687	41 m	+0.548
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.385	+0.783	47 m	+0.096
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:17.387	+0.785	47 m	+0.002
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:17.587	+0.985	59 m	+0.200
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:17.595	+0.993	59 m	+0.008
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:17.614	+1.012	60 m	+0.019
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:17.620	+1.018	61 m	+0.006
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:17.650	+1.048	62 m	+0.030
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:17.722	+1.120	67 m	+0.072
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:17.795	+1.193	71 m	+0.073
14	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:17.855	+1.253	75 m	+0.060
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:18.128	+1.526	91 m	+0.273
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:18.303	+1.701	101 m	+0.175
17	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:18.699	+2.097	125 m	+0.396
18	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:19.347	+2.745	163 m	+0.648
19	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:19.490	+2.888	172 m	+0.143
20	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:19.526	+2.924	174 m	+0.036
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:19.531	+2.929	174 m	+0.005
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:20.615	+4.013	239 m	+1.084

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	67	2	28, 49	28.8, 28.2
Jean Alesi	2	67	2	20, 44	30.0, 29.0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	67	2	30, 47	27.8, 28.7
Gerhard Berger	4	67	2	21, 45	29.5, 28.5
Pedro Diniz	5	67	1	39	30.5
Olivier Panis	6	67	1	40	30.4
Johnny Herbert	7	67	2	16, 42	28.6, 27.9
Damon Hill	8	67	1	36	56.1
Gianni Morbidelli	9	66	2	23, 40	28.7, 52.1
Mika Salo	10	66	2	22, 42	31.0, 28.9
Jos Verstappen	DNF	50	2	24, 40	28.2, 31.6
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	43	1	28	27.6
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	43	1	37	30.9
David Coulthard	DNF	42	1	31	26.2
Jan Magnussen	DNF	40	1	39	32.7
Eddie Irvine	DNF	22	0	None recorded	—
Shinji Nakano	DNF	16	0	None recorded	—
Michael Schumacher	DNF	2	0	None recorded	—
Tarso Marques	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	0	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 · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 3	1 · 3	28 · 30	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	2 · 10	1 · 2	28 · 20	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	3 · 10	3 · 2	30 · 20	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Olivier Panis	10 · 11	2 · 6	20 · 40	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Gerhard Berger	3 · 7	3 · 4	30 · 21	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Pedro Diniz	7 · 15	4 · 5	21 · 39	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Pedro Diniz	11 · 15	6 · 5	40 · 39	Pedro Diniz	Swapped places
Pedro Diniz · Johnny Herbert	15 · 16	5 · 7	39 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Johnny Herbert	11 · 16	6 · 7	40 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Johnny Herbert	13 · 16	8 · 7	36 · 16	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Gianni Morbidelli	13 · 19	8 · 9	36 · 23	Gianni Morbidelli	Kept their order
Gianni Morbidelli · Mika Salo	19 · 20	9 · 10	23 · 22	Mika Salo	Kept 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
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:17.998	—	0 m	—	27
2	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:18.339	+0.341	20 m	+0.341	24
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:18.434	+0.436	25 m	+0.095	30
4	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:18.713	+0.715	42 m	+0.279	20
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:18.794	+0.796	46 m	+0.081	24
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:18.912	+0.914	53 m	+0.118	30
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:18.926	+0.928	54 m	+0.014	29
8	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:18.954	+0.956	56 m	+0.028	29
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:19.034	+1.036	61 m	+0.080	29
10	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:19.091	+1.093	64 m	+0.057	22
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:19.412	+1.414	83 m	+0.321	30
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:19.640	+1.642	96 m	+0.228	30
13	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:19.708	+1.710	100 m	+0.068	23
14	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:19.750	+1.752	102 m	+0.042	14
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:20.073	+2.075	121 m	+0.323	30
16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:20.373	+2.375	139 m	+0.300	26
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:20.592	+2.594	152 m	+0.219	7
18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:20.947	+2.949	172 m	+0.355	27
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:21.118	+3.120	182 m	+0.171	30
20	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:21.387	+3.389	198 m	+0.269	30
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:21.424	+3.426	200 m	+0.037	26
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:38.344	+20.346	1,188 m	+16.920	6

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	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:17.158	—	0 m	—	30
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:17.220	+0.062	4 m	+0.062	21
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:17.390	+0.232	14 m	+0.170	30
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:17.395	+0.237	14 m	+0.005	26
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:17.567	+0.409	24 m	+0.172	26
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:17.778	+0.620	37 m	+0.211	29
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:17.778	+0.620	37 m	+0.000	30
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:17.884	+0.726	43 m	+0.106	12
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:17.948	+0.790	47 m	+0.064	28
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:17.953	+0.795	47 m	+0.005	30
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:18.106	+0.948	56 m	+0.153	30
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:18.167	+1.009	60 m	+0.061	24
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:18.180	+1.022	60 m	+0.013	30
14	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:18.233	+1.075	63 m	+0.053	23
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:18.788	+1.630	96 m	+0.555	29
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:19.031	+1.873	111 m	+0.243	30
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:19.139	+1.981	117 m	+0.108	16
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:19.490	+2.332	138 m	+0.351	29
19	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:19.609	+2.451	145 m	+0.119	29
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:19.883	+2.725	161 m	+0.274	29
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:20.064	+2.906	172 m	+0.181	29
22	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:20.256	+3.098	183 m	+0.192	22

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	1:17.959	—	0 m	—	11
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:19.088	+1.129	66 m	+1.129	17
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:19.490	+1.531	89 m	+0.402	17
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:19.493	+1.534	90 m	+0.003	14
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:19.512	+1.553	91 m	+0.019	13
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:19.548	+1.589	93 m	+0.036	12
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:19.569	+1.610	94 m	+0.021	17
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:19.754	+1.795	105 m	+0.185	17
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:19.918	+1.959	114 m	+0.164	15
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:19.970	+2.011	118 m	+0.052	16
11	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:20.011	+2.052	120 m	+0.041	13
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:20.051	+2.092	122 m	+0.040	14
13	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:20.121	+2.162	126 m	+0.070	14
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	17	1:20.291	+2.332	136 m	+0.170	13
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:20.377	+2.418	141 m	+0.086	14
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:20.463	+2.504	146 m	+0.086	16
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:20.558	+2.599	152 m	+0.095	13
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:21.251	+3.292	192 m	+0.693	12
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:21.391	+3.432	201 m	+0.140	16
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	21	1:21.477	+3.518	206 m	+0.086	16
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:21.695	+3.736	218 m	+0.218	13
22	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:28.017	+10.058	588 m	+6.322	3

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: 15 of 1997
Grand Prix: Luxembourg Grand Prix
Dates: 28 Sep 1997
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.