The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 3

Argentine Grand Prix

1997  ·  Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez  ·  13 April 1997  ·  72 laps

  1. 1st Jacques Villeneuve Williams · 01:52:01.715
  2. 2nd Eddie Irvine Ferrari · +0.979
  3. 3rd Ralf Schumacher Jordan · +12.089

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Villeneuve

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Michael Schumacher

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

03 Lap 5

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Retirement Williams  —  Clutch

04 Lap 18

Olivier Panis

Retirement Prost  —  Electrical

05 Lap 24

Rubens Barrichello

Retirement Stewart  —  Hydraulics

06 Lap 63

Nicola Larini

Retirement Sauber  —  Spun off

07 On the Charge

Mika Häkkinen

McLaren  —  P17 → P5

08 Victory

Jacques Villeneuve

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1 72 01:52:01.715 10
2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 7 72 +0.979 6
3 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 6 72 +12.089 4
4 Johnny Herbert Sauber 8 72 +29.919 3
5 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 17 72 +30.351 2
6 Gerhard Berger Benetton 12 72 +31.393 1
7 Jean Alesi Benetton 11 72 +46.359
8 Mika Salo Tyrrell 19 71 +1 Lap
9 Jarno Trulli Minardi 18 71 +1 Lap
10 Jan Magnussen Stewart 15 66 Engine
11 Nicola Larini Sauber 14 63 Spun off
12 Pedro Diniz Arrows 22 50 Engine
13 Shinji Nakano Prost 20 49 Engine
14 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 16 43 Engine
15 Ukyo Katayama Minardi 21 37 Spun off
16 Damon Hill Arrows 13 33 Engine
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 9 24 Collision
18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 5 24 Hydraulics
19 Olivier Panis Prost 3 18 Electrical
20 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2 5 Clutch
21 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 0 Collision
22 David Coulthard McLaren 10 0 Collision

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