Canadian Grand Prix: The Result

Circuit: Gilles Villeneuve, Canada
Date: 15/06/97

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Race Resume:

Weather: Hot sunny 


Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) R.Barrichello (4) H.Frentzen
                 (5) D.Coulthard (6) G.Fisichella
 0      1st corner: Schumacher leads Villeneuve
 0      1st corner crashes - Irvine, Hakinen, Panis, Magnussen
 1      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.472s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.102s->(3) G.Fisichella->0.703s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->0.929s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.018s->(6) H.Frentzen
 1      Villeneuve slides on entrance to Start Straight - hits wall
        and is out.
 3      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->3.211s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->0.719s->(3) J.Alesi->0.706s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->2.260s->(5) H.Frentzen->0.415s->(6) R.Schumacher
 5      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.426s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.057s->(3) J.Alesi->1.147s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->4.098s->(5) H.Frentzen->0.548s->(6) R.Schumacher
 6      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.199s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.218s->(3) J.Alesi->1.109s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->5.907s->(5) R.Schumacher->0.545s->(6) H.Frentzen
 6      Katayama smashes into wall and is out
 7      Safety Car on track because of Katayama's car
 7      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) G.Fisichella
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
                 (5) R.Schumacher (6) H.Frentzen
 8      Hill in pits - 13.6s
 9      Race On again
 9      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.417s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.723s->(3) J.Alesi->0.351s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->0.764s->(5) R.Schumacher->2.275s->(6) H.Frentzen
10      Pits: Frentzen 7.6s
10      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) G.Fisichella
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
                 (5) R.Schumacher (6) A.Wurz
11      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.642s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.257s->(3) J.Alesi->0.822s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->1.146s->(5) R.Schumacher->4.750s->(6) A.Wurz
11      Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 21.583s
13      Fastest lap: Fisichella 1m 21.509s
13      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.470s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.752s->(3) J.Alesi->0.852s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->2.666s->(5) R.Schumacher->5.790s->(6) A.Wurz
14      Ralph Schumacher goes off into barriers at turn "One"
15      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.703s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.577s->(3) J.Alesi->0.709s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->12.640s->(5) A.Wurz->1.364s->(6) J.Verstappen
15      Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 21.439s
17      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher 1m 21.258s
17      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) G.Fisichella
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
                 (5) A.Wurz (6) J.Verstappen
19      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->3.709s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.181s->(3) J.Alesi->0.514s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->14.802s->(5) A.Wurz->2.541s->(6) J.Verstappen
20      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher 1m 20.999s
20      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.264s->(2) G.Fisichella
                ->1.338s->(3) J.Alesi->0.699s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->15.451s->(5) A.Wurz->2.427s->(6) J.Verstappen
22      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher 1m 20.493s
22      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) G.Fisichella
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
                 (5) A.Wurz (6) J.Verstappen
23      Frentzen in 11th
24      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher 1m 20.358s
24      Pits: Verstappen 7.6s
24      Pits: Barrichello 6.4s
25      Pits: Fisichella 7.3s
25      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->10.541s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->16.829s->(3) A.Wurz->1.119s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->1.953s->(5) G.Fisichella->9.920s->(6) M.Salo
26      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher 1m 20.218s
26      Pits: Wurz 8.8s
27      Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 19.945s
27      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->10.471s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->23.214s->(3) J.Alesi->1.894s->(4) G.Fisichella
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) A.Wurz
28      Pits: M.Schumacher 7.6s
28      Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 19.902s
29      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->9.903s->(2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Fisichella
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) A.Wurz
30      Pits: Barrichello
30      Frentzen in 7th
31      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->8.356s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->17.136s->(3) J.Alesi->3.101s->(4) G.Fisichella
                ->4.639s->(5) J.Herbert->11.163s->(6) H.Frentzen
32      Pits: Frentzen 7.6s
33      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Fisichella
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) H.Frentzen
33      Trulli retires in a smoking car
34      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->8.200s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->24.362s->(3) J.Alesi->0.412s->(4) G.Fisichella
                ->0.623s->(5) J.Herbert->19.290s->(6) A.Wurz
35      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->7.908s->(2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Fisichella
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) A.Wurz
36      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->8.324s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->27.886s->(3) J.Alesi->0.878s->(4) G.Fisichella
                ->0.321s->(5) J.Herbert->30.308s->(6) H.Frentzen
37      Fastest lap: Coulthard 1m 19.635s
37      Pits: Herbert 10.8s
40      Pits: Coulthard 10.5s
41      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) D.Coulthard
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) G.Fisichella
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) H.Frentzen
42      10s Penalty: Herbert pit lane speeding
42      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->10.420s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->26.001s->(3) J.Alesi->2.694s->(4) G.Fisichella
                ->17.941s->(5) J.Herbert->4.562s->(6) H.Frentzen
44      Pits: M.Schumacher 9.8s
44      Herbert takes 10s penalty
45      Pits: Fisichella 7.9s
47      Pits: Alesi 9.0s
47      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) H.Frentzen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) G.Fisichella (6) J.Herbert
49      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->12.224s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->35.692s->(3) H.Frentzen->4.284s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->3.508s->(5) G.Fisichella->22.148s->(6) J.Herbert
50      Panis unlaps from M.Schumacher
51      Pits: M.Schumacher 6.5s
51      Pits: Frentzen 8.2s
52      Pits: Coulthard - stalls getting out
52      Big crash Panis
52      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Alesi
                 (3) G.Fisichella (4) H.Frentzen
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) S.Nakano
52      Safety Car on track
54      Panis hurt
55      Ambulance on track
56      RACE STOPPED

Top Six:

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  M.Schumacher    Ferrari         1hr 17m 40.616s (54 Laps)
                                             (Pole Position)
 2  J.Alesi         Benetton        Gap  0m  2.565s 
 3  G.Fisichella    Jordan          Gap  0m  3.219s 
 4  H.Frentzen      Williams        Gap  0m  3.768s 
 5  J.Herbert       Sauber          Gap  0m  4.716s 
 6  S.Nakano        Prost           Gap  0m 36.701s 
 7  D.Coulthard     McLaren         Gap  0m 37.753s 
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 19.635s)
 8  P.Diniz         Arrows           Laps behind:  1
 9  D.Hill          Arrows           Laps behind:  1
10  G.Morbidelli    Sauber           Laps behind:  1
11  O.Panis         Prost            Laps behind:  3
                                            (Retired: Spun off into wall)

Retirements:

M.Salo           Tyrrell           Laps Behind:  8 Reason: Mechanical problem
J.Verstappen     Tyrrell           Laps Behind: 10 Reason: Mechanical problem
A.Wurz           Benetton          Laps Behind: 19 Reason: Mechanical problem
R.Barrichello    Stewart           Laps Behind: 21 Reason: Mechanical problem
J.Trulli         Minardi           Laps Behind: 22 Reason: Mechanical problem
R.Schumacher     Jordan            Laps Behind: 40 Reason: Spun off into barriers
U.Katayama       Minardi           Laps Behind: 49 Reason: Spun off into wall
J.Villeneuve     Williams          Laps Behind: 53 Reason: Spun off into wall
M.Hakkinen       McLaren           Laps Behind: 54 Reason: Crash at first corner
E.Irvine         Ferrari           Laps Behind: 54 Reason: Crash at first corner
J.Magnussen      Stewart           Laps Behind: 54 Reason: Crash at first corner

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