Gridpedia1997 Monaco Grand Prix
- Date
- 11 May 1997
- Circuit
- Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Round
- 5 of 17
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
- Pole position
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1:18.216)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 62 | 2:00:05.654 | 1:53.315 | 10 |
| 2 | 22 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 10 | 62 | +53.306 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 15 | 62 | +82.108 | 4 | |
| 4 | 14 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 12 | 62 | +104.402 | 3 | |
| 5 | 19 | SALMika Salo | Tyrrell | 14 | 61 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 12 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 4 | 61 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 23 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 19 | 61 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 18 | VERJos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 22 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | 8 | BERGerhard Berger | Benetton | 17 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 10 | 20 | KATUkyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 4 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | 39 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 15 | NAKShinji Nakano | Prost | 21 | 36 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 17 | LARNicola Larini | Sauber | 11 | 24 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 7 | ALEJean Alesi | Benetton | 9 | 16 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 3 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 16 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 11 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 6 | 10 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 16 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 7 | 9 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 21 | TRUJarno Trulli | Minardi | 18 | 7 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 10 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 5 | 1 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 9 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 8 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 1 | HILDamon Hill | Arrows | 13 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 2 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 16 | 0 | Spun off | 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
- Michael Schumacher: 1 stop (lap 32), stints of 32, 30 laps
- 2nd
- Rubens Barrichello: 1 stop (lap 39), stints of 39, 23 laps
- 3rd
- Eddie Irvine: 1 stop (lap 45), stints of 45, 17 laps
- Finishers
- no stop: 1 · 1 stop: 8 · 2 stops: 1
- First stops
- median lap 39 of 62
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 1 | 32 (28.1 s) | 3230 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 1 | 39 (28.2 s) | 3923 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 1 | 45 (27.0 s) | 4517 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 1 | 37 (27.5 s) | 3725 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 35 (27.4 s) | 3526 |
| MAGJan Magnussen | 2 | 45 (28.6 s), 46 (33.4 s) | 4515 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 1 | 41 (26.8 s) | 4119 |
| BERGerhard Berger | 1 | 10 (36.9 s) | 1050 |
| KATUkyo Katayama | 1 | 40 (31.7 s) | 4020 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 2 | 5 (26.0 s), 37 (26.7 s) | 532 |
| LARNicola Larini | 2 | 4 (29.6 s), 7 (163.9 s) | 4317 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 1 | 3 (26.9 s) | 313 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:18.216 | fastest Q1 | ||
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.235 | +0.019 Q1 | ||
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:18.583 | +0.367 Q1 | ||
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:18.665 | +0.449 Q1 | ||
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:18.779 | +0.563 Q1 | ||
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.943 | +0.727 Q1 | ||
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:19.105 | +0.889 Q1 | ||
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:19.119 | +0.903 Q1 | ||
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:19.263 | +1.047 Q1 | ||
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:19.295 | +1.079 Q1 | ||
| 11 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:19.468 | +1.252 Q1 | ||
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:19.626 | +1.410 Q1 | ||
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:19.674 | +1.458 Q1 | ||
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:19.694 | +1.478 Q1 | ||
| 15 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:19.723 | +1.507 Q1 | ||
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:19.860 | +1.644 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:20.199 | +1.983 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:20.349 | +2.133 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:20.516 | +2.300 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:20.606 | +2.390 Q1 | ||
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:20.961 | +2.745 Q1 | ||
| 22 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:21.290 | +3.074 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 0 | 4 |