1997 Japanese Grand Prix
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| Race 16 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One season. | ||
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| Date | October 12, 1997 | |
| Official name | XXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.641 mi / 5.860 km |
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| Distance | 53 laps, 192.995 mi / 310.596[1] km | |
| Weather | Sunny[1] | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:36.071[2] | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:38.9042 on lap 48[3] | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| Second | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
Williams-Renault |
| Third |  Eddie Irvine |
Ferrari |
The 1997 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 12, 1997 at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka. It was the 16th and penultimate race of the 1997 Formula One season.[1] The race, contested over 53 laps, was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team after starting from second position. Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished second in a Williams, and Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari.[4]
The leader of the Drivers' Championship before the race, Jacques Villeneuve started on pole position in a Williams car, but finished fifth overall, gaining two points. After the race, Villeneuve was disqualified for ignoring waved yellow flags on two consecutive laps during the practice session for the race, meaning he lost the two points he originally earned.[5][6] Schumacher's win put him in front of Villeneuve in the championship on 78 points, with Villeneuve on 77 points.[1] However, as a result of Frentzen finishing third, Williams won the Constructors' Championship as Ferrari could not pass their's points total with only one race remaining.[7]
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[edit] Report
[edit] Background
[edit] Practice and qualifying
For each race in the 1997 Formula One season there were four practice sessions; two sessions on Friday and two sessions on Saturday morning. The practice sessions on Friday lasted an hour and the practice sessions on Saturday lasted 45 minutes.[8]
In the first practice session on Saturday morning, an incident occurred 30 minutes into the session. Jos Verstappen in a Tyrrell car pulled over to the side of the track with a fuel pick-up problem. The track marshals as a result waved yellow flags meaning that drivers should slow down at that part of the track. Despite the yellow flags, nine drivers, including Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, never slowed down. Villeneuve in the process, set his fastest time of the session on that lap.[2]
| "I clearly saw the yellow flag. If they had been waved in a corner, I would have slowed down. But on a straight it was not necessary." Jacques Villeneuve, commenting on not slowing down under a yellow flag zone during the first Saturday practice session.[2] |
Villeneuve set pole position with a time of 1:36.071, half a tenth faster than Schumacher, who was second in the Ferrari setting a time of 1:36.133. Schumacher's team-mate, Eddie Irvine, qualified third half a second behind Villeneuve. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen rounded out the top four, only three thousands of a second behind Irvine. The Benetton drivers were fifth and seventh; Gerhard Berger ahead of Jean Alesi. Heinz-Harald Frentzen in a Williams split the two in sixth, six tenths behind Villeneuve.[2]
[edit] Classification
[edit] Race
[edit] Standings after the race
Note, only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Domenjoz, Luc [1997]. Formula 1 Yearbook - 1997-98, 8th edition, Parragon, pp. 209. ISBN 0-75252-386-4.
- ^ a b c d Domenjoz, Luc [1997]. Formula 1 Yearbook - 1997-98, 8th edition, Parragon, pp. 204. ISBN 0-75252-386-4.
- ^ Domenjoz, Luc [1997]. Formula 1 Yearbook - 1997-98, 8th edition, Parragon, pp. 205. ISBN 0-75252-386-4.
- ^ a b 1997 Japanese Grand Prix. The Official Formula 1 Website. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Villeneuve in trouble. GrandPrix.com (1997-10-13). Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Williams drops its appeal. GrandPrix.com (1997-10-20). Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Grand Prix Results: Japanese GP, 1997. GrandPrix.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
- ^ Domenjoz, Luc [1997]. Formula 1 Yearbook - 1997-98, 8th edition, Parragon, pp. 220. ISBN 0-75252-386-4. “
119. Free practice will take place:
a) two days (Monaco : three days) before the race from 11.00 to 12.00 and from 13.00 to 14.00.
b) the day before the race from 09.00 to 09.45 and from 10.15 to 11.00”
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