The Monaco Grand Prix 1997 was the 5th round of the 1997 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on May 11th.
Michael Schumacher won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Rubens Barrichello, and Eddie Irvine completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 15th position of the grid.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he lost control and spun off the track, and had to retire on lap 39th.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
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Strategy
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Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 12 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Shinji Nakano, Nicola Larini, Jean Alesi, Jacques Villeneuve, Ralf Schumacher, Johnny Herbert, Jarno Trulli, David Coulthard, and Pedro Diniz, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, and Mika Häkkinen, and Damon Hill, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.
Spun off
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 39
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Shinji NakanoLap 36
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Nicola LariniLap 24
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Jean AlesiLap 16
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Jacques VilleneuveLap 16
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Ralf SchumacherLap 10
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Johnny HerbertLap 9
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Jarno TrulliLap 7
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David CoulthardLap 1
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Pedro DinizLap 0
Collision
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Mika HäkkinenLap 1
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Damon HillLap 1
Qualifying
From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.
This time around, Heinz-Harald Frentzen managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:18.216 seconds, 0.019 seconds faster than Michael Schumacher, who completed the first line of the grid.