The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 9

British Grand Prix

1997  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  13 July 1997  ·  59 laps

  1. 1st Jacques Villeneuve Williams · 01:28:01.665
  2. 2nd Jean Alesi Benetton · +10.205
  3. 3rd Alexander Wurz Benetton · +11.296

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jacques Villeneuve

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Retirement Williams  —  Collision

03 Lap 38

Michael Schumacher

Retirement Ferrari  —  Wheel

04 Lap 42

Johnny Herbert

Retirement Sauber  —  Electrical

05 Lap 44

Eddie Irvine

Retirement Ferrari  —  Halfshaft

06 Lap 50

Jan Magnussen

Retirement Stewart  —  Engine

07 Lap 52

Mika Häkkinen

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Tarso Marques

Minardi  —  P21 → P10

09 Victory

Jacques Villeneuve

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1 59 01:28:01.665 10
2 Jean Alesi Benetton 11 59 +10.205 6
3 Alexander Wurz Benetton 8 59 +11.296 4
4 David Coulthard McLaren 6 59 +31.229 3
5 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 5 59 +31.88 2
6 Damon Hill Arrows 12 59 +1:13.552 1
7 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 10 58 +1 Lap
8 Jarno Trulli Prost 13 58 +1 Lap
9 Norberto Fontana Sauber 14 58 +1 Lap
10 Tarso Marques Minardi 21 58 +1 Lap
11 Shinji Nakano Prost 15 57 Engine
12 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 3 52 Engine
13 Jan Magnussen Stewart 16 50 Engine
14 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 20 45 Engine
15 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 7 44 Halfshaft
16 Mika Salo Tyrrell 18 44 Engine
17 Johnny Herbert Sauber 9 42 Electrical
18 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 38 Wheel
19 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 22 37 Engine
20 Pedro Diniz Arrows 17 29 Engine
21 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2 0 Collision
22 Ukyo Katayama Minardi 19 0 Spun off

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