Hungarian Grand Prix: The Result

Circuit: Hungaroring, Hungary
Date: 10/08/97

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Race Resume:

Weather: Hot, sunny 


Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) D.Hill (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) H.Frentzen
 0      First corner: M.Sch, Hill, Irvi, Hakk, Vill
 1      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.718s->(2) D.Hill
                ->1.389s->(3) E.Irvine->0.229s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.216s->(5) J.Villeneuve->0.860s->(6) H.Frentzen
 2      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.468s->(2) D.Hill
                ->1.574s->(3) E.Irvine->0.654s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.961s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.260s->(6) H.Frentzen
 3      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.495s->(2) D.Hill
                ->2.272s->(3) E.Irvine->0.815s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.671s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.544s->(6) H.Frentzen
 3      Fastest lap: M.Sch 1m 19.751s
 4      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.259s->(2) D.Hill
                ->2.667s->(3) E.Irvine->0.924s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.810s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.527s->(6) H.Frentzen
 5      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.629s->(2) D.Hill
                ->3.459s->(3) E.Irvine->0.450s->(4) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.442s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.720s->(6) H.Frentzen
 6      Fastest lap: Hill 1m 19.657s
 7      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.324s->(2) D.Hill
                ->3.619s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.782s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.366s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.834s->(6) D.Coulthard
 7      Pits: Irvine
 8      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.276s->(2) D.Hill
                ->1.283s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.819s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.326s->(5) H.Frentzen->2.563s->(6) D.Coulthard
                7-Herbert, Alesi, Berger
 9      Hill is trying to pass M.Schumacher
 9      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.179s->(2) D.Hill
                ->0.616s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.362s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.860s->(5) H.Frentzen->1.926s->(6) D.Coulthard
10      Hill passes M.Schumacher at the end of the start straight
11      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.630s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.604s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.368s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.645s->(5) H.Frentzen->0.609s->(6) D.Coulthard
12      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->5.190s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.327s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.721s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.680s->(5) H.Frentzen->0.771s->(6) D.Coulthard
14      Pits: M.Schumacher
15      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->7.924s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->3.615s->(3) H.Frentzen->2.370s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->1.850s->(5) J.Herbert->6.482s->(6) J.Alesi
15      Fastest lap: Frentzen 1m 19.030s
16      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->6.285s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->3.630s->(3) H.Frentzen->3.641s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->2.443s->(5) J.Herbert->8.123s->(6) J.Alesi
17      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->5.401s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->3.190s->(3) H.Frentzen->5.614s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->2.904s->(5) J.Herbert->8.898s->(6) J.Alesi
                7-Trulli, Barrichello, Fisichella
17      Fastest lap: Frentzen 1m 18.875s
18      Hill laps Diniz
19      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.151s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.676s->(3) H.Frentzen->8.059s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->4.275s->(5) J.Herbert->11.359s->(6) J.Alesi
20      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.238s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.489s->(3) H.Frentzen->7.804s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->5.270s->(5) J.Herbert->12.248s->(6) J.Alesi
20      Hill stuck behind Verstappen
21      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.707s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.078s->(3) H.Frentzen->7.882s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->3.370s->(5) J.Herbert->14.121s->(6) J.Alesi
22      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->5.121s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.583s->(3) H.Frentzen->7.940s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->7.282s->(5) J.Herbert (6) J.Alesi
                7-Barrichello, Fisichella, R.Schumacher, Nakano,
                M.Schumacher, Alesi
22      M.Schumacher in 11th
24      Pits: Villeneuve
24      Pits: Coulthard
25      Pits: Hill - 8.9s
25      Fastest lap: Frentzen 1m 18.372s
26      Pits: Herbert - 7.3s
27      Pits: Berger
27      Current Positions:  (1) H.Frentzen->19.978s->(2) D.Hill
                ->9.135s->(3) J.Villeneuve->5.443s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->2.771s->(5) G.Fisichella->4.239s->(6) M.Schumacher
28      Current Positions:  (1) H.Frentzen->22.074s->(2) D.Hill
                ->9.022s->(3) J.Villeneuve->4.909s->(4) D.Coulthard
                ->6.119s->(5) G.Fisichella (6) M.Schumacher
28      Problems with Frentzen's car - spurts of fire from the back
29      Pits: Frentzen - retires with fault fuel hose
30      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.219s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.831s->(3) D.Coulthard->4.939s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->8.921s->(5) J.Herbert->10.788s->(6) E.Irvine
33      Pits: M.Schumacher - 7.0s
33      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.302s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.776s->(3) D.Coulthard->11.757s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->10.267s->(5) M.Schumacher->2.002s->(6) E.Irvine
34      Pits: Irvine - 7.0s
36      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->12.011s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.431s->(3) D.Coulthard->13.583s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->7.492s->(5) M.Schumacher->3.853s->(6) E.Irvine
37      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->13.171s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.442s->(3) D.Coulthard->15.000s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->5.262s->(5) M.Schumacher->2.513s->(6) G.Fisichella
39      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->17.041s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.481s->(3) D.Coulthard->14.602s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->5.541s->(5) M.Schumacher->0.539s->(6) G.Fisichella
40      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->18.196s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.700s->(3) D.Coulthard->14.610s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->6.489s->(5) M.Schumacher->0.359s->(6) G.Fisichella
41      Fisichella is trying to pass M.Schumacher
42      Fisichella spins off trying to pass M.Schumacher
44      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->21.079s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.744s->(3) D.Coulthard->17.716s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->10.218s->(5) M.Schumacher->1.518s->(6) S.Nakano
45      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->20.385s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.661s->(3) D.Coulthard->19.497s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->10.056s->(5) M.Schumacher->0.326s->(6) S.Nakano
46      Nakano trying to pass M.Schumacher
47      Pits: Nakano - 8.3s
                 (5) M.Schumacher (6) S.Nakano
48      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) J.Herbert
                 (5) M.Schumacher (6) R.Schumacher
                  7-Irvine, Nakano, Alesi, Katayama, Trulli, Berger
50      Pits: Coulthard - 7.0s
50      Pits: Herbert - 7.5s
51      Pits: Hill - 7.9s
51      Pits: R.Schumacher - 7.9s
51      Pits: Villeneuve 7.3s
51      Pits: M.Schumacher - 6.9s
52      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->26.571s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.563s->(3) D.Coulthard->10.584s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->8.358s->(5) J.Herbert->6.158s->(6) M.Schumacher
53      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->27.124s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.417s->(3) D.Coulthard->8.765s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->9.114s->(5) J.Herbert->7.547s->(6) M.Schumacher
53      R.Schumacher passes Nakno into 7th
54      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->27.627s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.851s->(3) D.Coulthard->7.707s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->9.894s->(5) J.Herbert->7.372s->(6) M.Schumacher
54      Diniz retires
55      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) E.Irvine
                 (5) J.Herbert (6) M.Schumacher
                 7-R.Schumacher, Nakano, Trulli, Katayama, Berger,
                 Alesi, Verstappen
56      Pits: Irvine - 7.5s
57      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->29.383s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.547s->(3) D.Coulthard->19.305s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->4.952s->(5) M.Schumacher->0.608s->(6) R.Schumacher
60      Ralf right on Michaels tail
62      M.Schumacher, R.Schumacher, Nakano, Irvine all very close on track
63      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->30.570s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.893s->(3) D.Coulthard->25.517s->(4) J.Herbert
                ->5.269s->(5) M.Schumacher->0.399s->(6) R.Schumacher
63      Verstappen retires in pits
65      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->30.766s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.894s->(3) D.Coulthard (4) J.Herbert
                 (5) M.Schumacher (6) R.Schumacher
65      Coulthard retires onto grass
67      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->32.403s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->25.879s->(3) J.Herbert->7.703s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->0.447s->(5) R.Schumacher->0.352s->(6) E.Irvine
69      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->33.315s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->25.125s->(3) J.Herbert->6.375s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->0.734s->(5) R.Schumacher->0.480s->(6) E.Irvine
72      Penaly: 10s - Marques for blocking
72      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->35.249s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->21.412s->(3) J.Herbert->6.833s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->0.609s->(5) R.Schumacher->0.408s->(6) E.Irvine
                7-Nakano, Trulli, Berger, Katayama, Alesi, Marques
75      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->33.952s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->19.620s->(3) J.Herbert->6.893s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->0.533s->(5) R.Schumacher->0.268s->(6) E.Irvine
75      Hill is slowing down
75      Trulli passes Hill
76      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Herbert (4) M.Schumacher
                 (5) R.Schumacher (6) E.Irvine
76      Last lap Hill in trouble
76      Villeneuve passes Hill
76      Villneuve Wins
76      Hill second
76      Irvine spun off into gravel
76      Final Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
                 (3) J.Herbert (4) M.Schumacher
                 (5) R.Schumacher (6) S.Nakano

Top Six:

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  J.Villeneuve    Williams        1hr 45m 47.149s (77 Laps)
 2  D.Hill          Arrows          Gap  0m  9.079s 
 3  J.Herbert       Sauber          Gap  0m 20.445s 
 4  M.Schumacher    Ferrari         Gap  0m 30.501s 
                                             (Pole Position)
 5  R.Schumacher    Jordan          Gap  0m 30.715s 
 6  S.Nakano        Prost           Gap  0m 41.512s 
 7  J.Trulli        Prost           Gap  1m 15.552s 
 8  G.Berger        Benetton        Gap  1m 16.409s 
 9  E.Irvine        Ferrari          Laps behind:  1
10  U.Katayama      Minardi          Laps behind:  1
11  J.Alesi         Benetton         Laps behind:  1
12  M.Salo          Tyrrell          Laps behind:  2
13  T.Marques       Minardi          Laps behind:  2

Retirements:

D.Coulthard      McLaren           Laps Behind: 12 Reason: Hydraulic problem
J.Verstappen     Tyrrell           Laps Behind: 13 Reason: Engine problem
P.Diniz          Arrows            Laps Behind: 22 Reason: Engine problem
G.Fisichella     Jordan            Laps Behind: 34 Reason: Spun off
R.Barrichello    Stewart           Laps Behind: 47 Reason: Engine problem
H.Frentzen       Williams          Laps Behind: 48 Reason: Fuel hose leak
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 18.372s)
M.Hakkinen       McLaren           Laps Behind: 65 Reason: Engine problem
G.Morbidelli     Sauber            Laps Behind: 70 Reason: Engine problem
J.Magnussen      Stewart           Laps Behind: 72 Reason: Spun off

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