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1997 R.A.C. British Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 9 of 17 Sunday, July 13, 1997 at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England 59 laps on a 5.140 kilometer road course (303.260 kilometers) Time of race: 1:28:01.665 Average speed: 206.703 kph Pole time: 81.598 seconds Cautions: 1 for 3 laps Margin of victory: 10.205 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 3   Jacques Villeneuve Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 59 1:28:01.665 36 10 2 11 7   Jean Alesi Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 59 +10.205 0 6 3 8 8   Alexander Wurz Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 59 +11.296 0 4 4 6 10   David Coulthard West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 59 +31.229 0 3 5 5 11   Ralf Schumacher B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 59 +31.880 0 2 6 12 1   Damon Hill Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 59 +73.552 0 1 7 10 12   Giancarlo Fisichella B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 58 +1 lap 0 0 8 13 14   Jarno Trulli Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 58 +1 lap 0 0 9 14 17   Norberto Fontana Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 58 +1 lap 0 0 10 21 21   Tarso Marques Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 58 +1 lap 0 0 11 15 15   Shinji Nakano Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 57 engine 0 0 ret 3 9   Mika Hakkinen West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 52 engine 8 0 ret 16 23   Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 50 engine 0 0 ret 20 18   Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED5 45 engine 0 0 ret 7 6   Eddie Irvine Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 44 halfshaft 0 0 ret 18 19   Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED5 44 engine 0 0 ret 9 16   Johnny Herbert Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 42 electrical 0 0 ret 4 5   Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 38 wheel bearing 15 0 ret 22 22   Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 37 engine 0 0 ret 17 2   Pedro Diniz Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 29 engine 0 0 ret 2 4   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 0 crash 0 0 ret 19 20   Ukyo Katayama Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 0 spun off 0 0

Fastest Lap: 219.047 kph by Michael Schumacher Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 4 3   #20 accident frontstretch   5 59 55       Percent of race run under caution: 5.1%             Average green flag run: 28.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jacques Villeneuve 1 22 22   Michael Schumacher 23 37 15   Jacques Villeneuve 38 44 7   Mika Hakkinen 45 52 8   Jacques Villeneuve 53 59 7 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Michael Schumacher 47     2   Jacques Villeneuve 43   -4   3   Jean Alesi 21   -26   4   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 19   -28   5   Eddie Irvine 18   -29   6   Olivier Panis 15   -32   7   David Coulthard 14   -33   8   Mika Hakkinen 10   -37   8   Gerhard Berger 10   -37   10   Giancarlo Fisichella 8   -39   11   Johnny Herbert 7   -40   11   Ralf Schumacher 7   -40   13   Rubens Barrichello 6   -41   14   Alexander Wurz 4   -43   15   Mika Salo 2   -45   16   Damon Hill 1   -46   16   Shinji Nakano 1   -46   16   Nicola Larini 1   -46