Gridpedia1997 Austrian Grand Prix
- Date
- 21 Sept 1997
- Circuit
- Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
- Round
- 14 of 17
- Winner
- Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | 71 | 1:27:35.999 | 1:11.814 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 10 | 71 | +2.909 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 4 | 71 | +3.962 | 4 | |
| 4 | 12 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 14 | 71 | +12.127 | 3 | |
| 5 | 11 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 11 | 71 | +31.859 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 9 | 71 | +33.410 | 1 | |
| 7 | 1 | HILDamon Hill | Arrows | 7 | 71 | +37.207 | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | 71 | +49.057 | 0 | |
| 9 | 17 | MORGianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 13 | 71 | +66.455 | 0 | |
| 10 | 8 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 18 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 11 | 20 | KATUkyo Katayama | Minardi | 19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | VERJos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 20 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 2 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 17 | 67 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| 14 | 22 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 5 | 64 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 14 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 3 | 58 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 23 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 6 | 58 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 15 | NAKShinji Nakano | Prost | 16 | 57 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 21 | 48 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 6 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | 38 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 7 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 15 | 37 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 9 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2 | 1 | Engine | 0 | |
| E | 21 | MARTarso Marques | Minardi | PL | 0 | Underweight | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Jacques Villeneuve: 1 stop (lap 40), stints of 40, 31 laps
- 2nd
- David Coulthard: 1 stop (lap 43), stints of 43, 28 laps
- 3rd
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen: 1 stop (lap 42), stints of 42, 29 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 10 · 2 stops: 4
- First stops
- median lap 40 of 71
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 1 | 40 (27.9 s) | 4031 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 1 | 43 (26.5 s) | 4328 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 | 42 (26.6 s) | 4229 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 45 (26.4 s) | 4526 |
| SCHRalf Schumacher | 1 | 42 (32.1 s) | 4229 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 42 (28.2 s), 50 (29.0 s) | 42821 |
| HILDamon Hill | 1 | 39 (30.1 s) | 3932 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 1 | 40 (31.4 s) | 4031 |
| MORGianni Morbidelli | 1 | 42 (28.9 s) | 4229 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 1 | 32 (31.0 s) | 3238 |
| KATUkyo Katayama | 2 | 26 (27.9 s), 49 (27.3 s) | 262320 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 2 | 17 (26.5 s), 50 (25.7 s) | 173319 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 1 | 33 (30.4 s) | 3334 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 2 | 28 (26.2 s), 50 (27.3 s) | 282214 |
| TRUJarno Trulli | 1 | 37 (27.5 s) | 3721 |
| MAGJan Magnussen | 2 | 26 (26.9 s), 47 (27.5 s) | 262111 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 34 (29.8 s) | 3423 |
| SALMika Salo | 1 | 36 (28.0 s) | 3612 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 1 | 36 (28.4 s) | 36 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | 68 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | 67 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | 0 | 15 | |
| 10 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 14 |