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1997 French GP
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RAC British Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 13 July 1997
Start time
14:00
Event
British GP
Circuit
Silverstone
Event Format
Race of 59 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#9 of
17
in 1997
#606 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
59
Circuit Perimeter
5140 m
Race Distance
5140 × 59 = 303.260 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Cloudy, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
22
Qualifiers
22
Finishers
11
Debutants
None
Milestones
David Coulthard
– 50th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Williams
– 100th Win (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Fastest Laps
–
Ferrari
(
129
),
2.
Most Races Led
–
Ferrari
(
282
),
3.
Most Laps Led
–
Ferrari
(
7415
),
4.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
1378
),
5.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
142
),
6.
Most 7th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
89
)
World Championship standings
Michael Schumacher
47
1
Jacques Villeneuve
43
2
Jean Alesi
21
3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
19
4
Eddie Irvine
18
5
Olivier Panis
15
6
David Coulthard
14
7
Gerhard Berger
10
8
Mika Häkkinen
10
9
Giancarlo Fisichella
8
10
Ralf Schumacher
7
11
Johnny Herbert
7
12
Rubens Barrichello
6
13
Alexander Wurz
4
14
Mika Salo
2
15
Damon Hill
1
Nicola Larini
1
Shinji Nakano
1
1
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
65
2
Williams
/
Renault
62
3
Benetton
/
Renault
35
4
McLaren
/
Mercedes
24
5
Prost
/
Mugen-Honda
16
6
Jordan
/
Peugeot
15
7
Sauber
/
Petronas
8
8
Stewart
/
Ford
6
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
2
10
Arrows
/
Yamaha
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 3
Car 3
Car 5
Entrant
Rothmans Williams Renault
Rothmans Williams Renault
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Driver
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Michael Schumacher
Car
Williams
FW19
Williams
FW19
Ferrari
F310B
Engine
Renault
3.0 V10
Renault
3.0 V10
Ferrari
3.0 V10
Time
1:28'01.665
1'21.598
1'24.475
Speed
206.703 km/h
226.770 km/h
219.047 km/h
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