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1997 Grand Prix of France Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 8 of 17 Sunday, June 29, 1997 at Circuit de Nevers - Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France 72 laps on a 4.250 kilometer road course (306.000 kilometers) Time of race: 1:38:50.492 Average speed: 185.752 kph Pole time: 74.548 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 23.537 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1997 Formula One results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 5   Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 72 1:38:50.492 70 10 2 2 4   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 72 +23.537 2 6 3 5 6   Eddie Irvine Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 72 +74.801 0 4 4 4 3   Jacques Villeneuve Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 72 +81.784 0 3 5 8 7   Jean Alesi Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 72 +82.735 0 2 6 3 11   Ralf Schumacher B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 72 +89.871 0 1 7 9 10   David Coulthard West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 71 crash 0 0 8 14 16   Johnny Herbert Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 71 +1 lap 0 0 9 11 12   Giancarlo Fisichella B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 71 +1 lap 0 0 10 6 14   Jarno Trulli Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 70 +2 laps 0 0 11 21 20   Ukyo Katayama Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 70 +2 laps 0 0 12 17 1   Damon Hill Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 69 +3 laps 0 0 ret 19 19   Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED5 61 electrical 0 0 ret 7 8   Alexander Wurz Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 60 spun off 0 0 ret 16 2   Pedro Diniz Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 58 spun off 0 0 ret 20 17   Norberto Fontana Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 40 spun off 0 0 ret 13 22   Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 36 engine 0 0 ret 15 23   Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 33 brakes 0 0 ret 10 9   Mika Hakkinen West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 18 engine 0 0 ret 18 18   Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED5 15 spun off 0 0 ret 12 15   Shinji Nakano Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 7 spun off 0 0 ret 22 21   Tarso Marques Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 5 engine 0 0

Fastest Lap: 196.380 kph by Michael Schumacher Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Michael Schumacher 1 22 22   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 23 23 1   Michael Schumacher 24 46 23   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 47 1   Michael Schumacher 48 72 25 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Michael Schumacher 47     2   Jacques Villeneuve 33   -14   3   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 19   -28   4   Eddie Irvine 18   -29   5   Jean Alesi 15   -32   5   Olivier Panis 15   -32   7   David Coulthard 11   -36   8   Mika Hakkinen 10   -37   8   Gerhard Berger 10   -37   10   Giancarlo Fisichella 8   -39   11   Johnny Herbert 7   -40   12   Rubens Barrichello 6   -41   13   Ralf Schumacher 5   -42   14   Mika Salo 2   -45   15   Shinji Nakano 1   -46   15   Nicola Larini 1   -46