Gridpedia1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix
- Date
- 28 Sept 1997
- Circuit
- Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
- Round
- 15 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 | 2 | 67 | 1:31:27.843 | 10 | |
| 2 | 7 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 10 | 67 | +11.770 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 3 | 67 | +13.480 | 1:18.805 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 7 | 67 | +16.416 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 15 | 67 | +43.147 | 2 | |
| 6 | 14 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 11 | 67 | +43.750 | 1 | |
| 7 | 16 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | 67 | +44.354 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | HILDamon Hill | Arrows | 13 | 67 | +44.777 | 0 | |
| 9 | 17 | MORGianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 19 | 66 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 20 | 66 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| R | 18 | VERJos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 21 | 50 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 9 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | 43 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 22 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 9 | 43 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 10 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 6 | 42 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 23 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 12 | 40 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | 6 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 14 | 22 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 15 | NAKShinji Nakano | Prost | 17 | 16 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 5 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 5 | 2 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 21 | MARTarso Marques | Minardi | 18 | 1 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 20 | KATUkyo Katayama | Minardi | 22 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 12 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 4 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 11 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 8 | 0 | Collision | 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: 2 stops (laps 28, 49), stints of 28, 21, 18 laps
- 2nd
- Jean Alesi: 2 stops (laps 20, 44), stints of 20, 24, 23 laps
- 3rd
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen: 2 stops (laps 30, 47), stints of 30, 17, 20 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 7
- First stops
- median lap 26 of 67
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 2 | 28 (28.8 s), 49 (28.2 s) | 282118 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 20 (30.0 s), 44 (29.0 s) | 202423 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 2 | 30 (27.8 s), 47 (28.7 s) | 301720 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 2 | 21 (29.5 s), 45 (28.5 s) | 212422 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 1 | 39 (30.5 s) | 3928 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 1 | 40 (30.4 s) | 4027 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 2 | 16 (28.6 s), 42 (27.9 s) | 162625 |
| HILDamon Hill | 1 | 36 (56.1 s) | 3631 |
| MORGianni Morbidelli | 2 | 23 (28.7 s), 40 (52.1 s) | 231726 |
| SALMika Salo | 2 | 22 (31.0 s), 42 (28.9 s) | 222024 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 2 | 24 (28.2 s), 40 (31.6 s) | 241610 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 1 | 28 (27.6 s) | 2815 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 1 | 37 (30.9 s) | 376 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 1 | 31 (26.2 s) | 3111 |
| MAGJan Magnussen | 1 | 39 (32.7 s) | 39 |
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 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 7 | 77 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | 68 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 14 |