European Grand Prix: The Result

Circuit: Jerez, Spain
Date: 26/10/97

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Race Resume:

Weather: Overcast - 23 deg C 


Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) H.Frentzen (4) D.Hill
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
 0      First Corner: M.Schumacher, Frentzen, Villeneuve
 1      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.981s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->1.240s->(3) J.Villeneuve->0.628s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.666s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.571s->(6) D.Hill
 2      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.265s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->0.993s->(3) J.Villeneuve->1.153s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.817s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.888s->(6) D.Hill
 3      Fastest lap: Frentzen - 1m 24.571s
 3      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.112s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->1.232s->(3) J.Villeneuve->1.490s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.164s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.845s->(6) D.Hill
 4      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 24.546s
 4      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.138s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->1.114s->(3) J.Villeneuve->1.813s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.573s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.905s->(6) D.Hill
 5      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.993s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->1.302s->(3) J.Villeneuve->2.174s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.680s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.968s->(6) D.Hill
 6      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.994s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->1.186s->(3) J.Villeneuve->2.655s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->2.201s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.958s->(6) D.Hill
 6      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 24.424s
 7      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) H.Frentzen
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) D.Coulthard (6) D.Hill
10      Frentzen lets Villeneuve past
10      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 24.227s
10      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.045s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->4.604s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.673s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.145s->(5) D.Coulthard->2.296s->(6) D.Hill
11      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.085s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->6.384s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.398s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.018s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.320s->(6) D.Hill
12      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) H.Frentzen (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) D.Coulthard (6) D.Hill
12      Diniz retires
13      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.889s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.142s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.528s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.158s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.381s->(6) D.Hill
14      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.561s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.768s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.744s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.012s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.359s->(6) D.Hill
15      Pits: Marques and Salo
15      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->4.756s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.818s->(3) H.Frentzen->1.604s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.355s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.072s->(6) D.Hill
16      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher - 1m 24.161s
16      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.422s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.569s->(3) H.Frentzen->2.282s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.627s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.991s->(6) D.Hill
17      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 24.114
17      Pits: R.Schumacher
17      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.050s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->9.312s->(3) H.Frentzen->2.150s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.861s->(5) D.Coulthard->1.567s->(6) D.Hill
18      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.144s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.287s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.725s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.799s->(5) D.Coulthard->2.223s->(6) D.Hill
19      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.584s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.236s->(3) H.Frentzen->0.984s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.814s->(5) D.Coulthard->2.791s->(6) D.Hill
20      Pits: Panis - 8.4s
20      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.237s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.323s->(3) H.Frentzen->1.303s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.728s->(5) D.Coulthard->3.965s->(6) D.Hill
21      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->5.237s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->10.907s->(3) H.Frentzen->1.676s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.917s->(5) D.Coulthard->4.765s->(6) D.Hill
22      Pits: M.Schumacher - 7.6s
22      Pits: Hill - 9.2s
23      Pits: Villeneuve - 7.5s
24      Pits: Irvine - 7.4s
25      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 23.972s
25      Pits: Coulthard - 7.6s
26      Pits: Hakkinen - 7.7s
26      Villeneuve tries to pass M.Schumacher
26      Vill touches grass on a corner
26      Current Positions:  (1) H.Frentzen->1.946s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.485s->(3) J.Villeneuve->7.259s->(4) G.Berger
                ->7.566s->(5) M.Hakkinen->1.202s->(6) D.Coulthard
27      Pits: Frentzen - 7.2s
27      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.056s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->6.341s->(3) G.Berger->6.963s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->0.435s->(5) H.Frentzen->0.458s->(6) M.Hakkinen
29      Pits: Berger - 6.6s
29      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.949s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->12.978s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.991s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) H.Frentzen (6) E.Irvine
30      M.Schumacher/Villeneuve passing though traffic
30      Fastest lap: Frentzen - 1m 23.135s
30      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.822s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.973s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.778s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.259s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.821s->(6) E.Irvine
31      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->3.186s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->9.832s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.796s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.020s->(5) H.Frentzen->3.127s->(6) E.Irvine
32      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->3.239s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.458s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.301s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.376s->(5) H.Frentzen->3.103s->(6) E.Irvine
33      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.840s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->12.367s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.780s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.883s->(5) H.Frentzen->1.645s->(6) E.Irvine
34      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.343s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->14.389s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.580s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.583s->(5) H.Frentzen->1.432s->(6) E.Irvine
35      Pits: Salo
35      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.094s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->15.890s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.656s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.667s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.476s->(6) E.Irvine
                7-Hill, Berger, Magnussen, Panis, Alesi, Herbert, R.Schumacher
36      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.967s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->16.791s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.782s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.745s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.787s->(6) E.Irvine
37      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.502s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) H.Frentzen (6) E.Irvine
38      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.469s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->17.152s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.030s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.083s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.014s->(6) E.Irvine
38      M.Schumacher coming into traffic
39      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.041s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->16.923s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.003s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.871s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.516s->(6) E.Irvine
40      M.Schumacher keeps locking his front wheels
40      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.723s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->15.724s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.071s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.991s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.317s->(6) E.Irvine
41      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.165s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->16.924s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.680s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.533s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.140s->(6) E.Irvine
42      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.379s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->17.813s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.947s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.188s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.735s->(6) E.Irvine
43      Pits: M.Schumacher - 9.4s
44      Pits: Villeneuve - 8.3s
46      Pits: Hill - 8.8s
46      Pits: Coulthard
46      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.026s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) H.Frentzen
                 (5) E.Irvine
46      Alesi over gravel but back on again
47      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.385s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.959s->(3) H.Frentzen->18.419s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->0.597s->(5) M.Hakkinen->2.076s->(6) E.Irvine
47      Villeneuve dives past M.Schumacher into a corner, they touch,
        M.Schumacher slides off into the gravel and retires.
48      Hill retires onto grass
48      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) H.Frentzen
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
49      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) H.Frentzen
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
50      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->10.076s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->0.636s->(3) D.Coulthard->3.166s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->2.890s->(5) E.Irvine->5.468s->(6) G.Berger
51      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->9.096s->(2) H.Frentzen
                ->0.806s->(3) D.Coulthard->3.008s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->2.028s->(5) E.Irvine->6.221s->(6) G.Berger
52      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->8.933s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.888s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.646s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.818s->(5) G.Berger->5.609s->(6) H.Frentzen
53      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->7.933s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.838s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.182s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.428s->(5) G.Berger->4.977s->(6) H.Frentzen
54      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->6.954s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->1.040s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.417s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.547s->(5) G.Berger->3.802s->(6) H.Frentzen
55      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->6.413s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->1.082s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.107s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.746s->(5) G.Berger->2.658s->(6) H.Frentzen
56      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->6.228s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.951s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.934s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.785s->(5) G.Berger->2.054s->(6) H.Frentzen
57      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->5.510s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.998s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.993s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.475s->(5) G.Berger->1.520s->(6) H.Frentzen
58      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->5.135s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.740s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.443s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.579s->(5) G.Berger->0.553s->(6) H.Frentzen
59      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->4.729s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.335s->(3) M.Hakkinen->5.219s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.309s->(5) G.Berger->0.484s->(6) H.Frentzen
60      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->4.640s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.694s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.945s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.579s->(5) G.Berger->0.884s->(6) H.Frentzen
61      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->4.910s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.860s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.630s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.665s->(5) G.Berger->0.573s->(6) H.Frentzen
62      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->5.502s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.753s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.658s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.611s->(5) G.Berger->0.749s->(6) H.Frentzen
63      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->5.134s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.738s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.602s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.471s->(5) G.Berger->0.706s->(6) H.Frentzen
64      Nakano unlaps from Villeneuve
64      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->4.744s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.704s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.370s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.550s->(5) G.Berger->0.789s->(6) H.Frentzen
65      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.890s->(2) D.Coulthard
                ->0.837s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.097s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.696s->(5) G.Berger->0.754s->(6) H.Frentzen
66      Hakkinen passes Coulthard
66      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->2.604s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.654s->(3) D.Coulthard->2.299s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.555s->(5) G.Berger->0.643s->(6) H.Frentzen
67      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.794s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.300s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.282s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.492s->(5) G.Berger->0.715s->(6) H.Frentzen
67      Hakkinen on a charge for Villeneuve
68      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.238s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.841s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.610s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.151s->(5) G.Berger->0.499s->(6) H.Frentzen
69      Hakkinen and Coulthard pass Villeneuve
69      Final Positions:  (1) M.Hakkinen (2) D.Coulthard
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) G.Berger
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) H.Frentzen
69      Mika Wins, Jacques is World Champion

Top Six:

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  M.Hakkinen      McLaren         1hr 38m 57.772s (69 Laps)
 2  D.Coulthard     McLaren         Gap  0m  1.654s 
 3  J.Villeneuve    Williams        Gap  0m  1.802s 
                                             (Pole Position)
 4  G.Berger        Benetton        Gap  0m  1.919s 
 5  E.Irvine        Ferrari         Gap  0m  3.789s 
 6  H.Frentzen      Williams        Gap  0m  4.537s 
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 23.135s)
 7  O.Panis         Prost           Gap  1m  7.145s 
 8  J.Herbert       Sauber          Gap  1m 12.960s 
 9  J.Magnussen     Stewart         Gap  1m 17.487s 
10  S.Nakano        Prost           Gap  1m 18.215s 
11  G.Fisichella    Jordan           Laps behind:  1
12  M.Salo          Tyrrell          Laps behind:  1
13  J.Alesi         Benetton         Laps behind:  1
14  N.Fontana       Sauber           Laps behind:  1
15  T.Marques       Minardi          Laps behind:  1
16  J.Verstappen    Tyrrell          Laps behind:  1
17  U.Katayama      Minardi          Laps behind:  1

Retirements:

D.Hill           Arrows            Laps Behind: 22 Reason: Hydraulic pressure
M.Schumacher     Ferrari           Laps Behind: 22 Reason: Crash with Villeneuve
R.Schumacher     Jordan            Laps Behind: 25 Reason: Water leak
R.Barrichello    Stewart           Laps Behind: 39 Reason: Gearbox
P.Diniz          Arrows            Laps Behind: 58 Reason: Spun off

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