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The San Marino Grand Prix 1997 was the 4th round of the 1997 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy, on April 27th.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Michael Schumacher, and Eddie Irvine completing the podium.

Jacques Villeneuve started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he experienced issues with the gearbox, and had to retire on lap 40th.

Final results

1
1
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Williams
1:31:00.673
Finished
2
1
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+1.237
Finished
3
6
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
+1:18.343
Finished
4
2
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan
+1:23.388
Finished
5
9
Jean Alesi
Benetton
+1 Lap
6
2
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
+1 Lap
7
5
Nicola Larini
Sauber
+1 Lap
8
4
Olivier Panis
Prost
+1 Lap
9
10
Mika Salo
Tyrrell
+2 Laps
10
11
Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell
+2 Laps
11
11
Ukyo Katayama
Minardi
+3 Laps
12
5
Pedro Diniz
Arrows
Gearbox
13
12
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams
Gearbox
14
4
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
Engine
15
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Stewart
Engine
16
9
Johnny Herbert
Sauber
Electrical
17
12
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Jordan
Transmission
18
-
Shinji Nakano
Prost
Collision
19
4
Damon Hill
Arrows
Collision
20
9
Gerhard Berger
Benetton
Spun off
21
5
MAG
Jan Magnussen
Stewart
Spun off
22
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Minardi
Gearbox
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 11 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Pedro Diniz, Jacques Villeneuve, and Jarno Trulli, all of whom experienced issues with the gearbox, David Coulthard, and Rubens Barrichello, both suffered an engine malfunction, Johnny Herbert, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 18, Ralf Schumacher, who had a transmission problem on lap 17, Shinji Nakano, and Damon Hill, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and Gerhard Berger, and Jan Magnussen, both lost control and spun off the track.

Gearbox

  • Pedro Diniz
    Lap 53
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    Lap 40
  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 0

Engine

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 38
  • Rubens Barrichello
    Lap 32

Electrical

  • Johnny Herbert
    Lap 18

Transmission

  • Ralf Schumacher
    Lap 17

Collision

  • Shinji Nakano
    Lap 11
  • Damon Hill
    Lap 11

Spun off

  • Gerhard Berger
    Lap 4
  • Jan Magnussen
    Lap 2

Qualifying

#1
VIL
#2
#3
MSC
#4
#5
SCH
#6
FIS
#7
#8
#9
#10
COU
#11
#12
#13
BAR
#14
#15
#16
MAG
#17
#18
#19
#20
TRU
#21
#22

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, Jacques Villeneuve managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:23.303 seconds, with his teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen rigth behind him at 0.343 seconds, helping Williams score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:23.303
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:23.646
    + 0.343
    + 0.343
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:23.955
    + 0.309
    + 0.652
  • Olivier Panis
    1:24.075
    + 0.12
    + 0.772
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:24.081
    + 0.006
    + 0.778
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:24.596
    + 0.515
    + 1.293
  • Johnny Herbert
    1:24.723
    + 0.127
    + 1.42
  • Mika Häkkinen
    1:24.812
    + 0.089
    + 1.509
  • Eddie Irvine
    1:24.862
    + 0.05
    + 1.559
  • David Coulthard
    1:25.077
    + 0.215
    + 1.774
  • Gerhard Berger
    1:25.371
    + 0.294
    + 2.068
  • Nicola Larini
    1:25.554
    + 0.183
    + 2.251
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:25.579
    + 0.025
    + 2.276
  • Jean Alesi
    1:25.729
    + 0.15
    + 2.426
  • Damon Hill
    1:25.743
    + 0.014
    + 2.44
  • Jan Magnussen
    1:26.192
    + 0.449
    + 2.889
  • Pedro Diniz
    1:26.253
    + 0.061
    + 2.95
  • Shinji Nakano
    1:26.712
    + 0.459
    + 3.409
  • Mika Salo
    1:26.852
    + 0.14
    + 3.549
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:26.960
    + 0.108
    + 3.657
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:27.428
    + 0.468
    + 4.125
  • Ukyo Katayama
    1:28.727
    + 1.299
    + 5.424