Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Sun 11th May 1997 (UTC)
Sun 11th May 1997 (Local)

Timestamp
1997-05-11T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
5

Status

Location
Circuit de Monaco

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Description

The 1997 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LV Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One race held on 11 May 1997 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the fifth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. The 62-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, after starting from second position. Rubens Barrichello finished second in a Stewart-Ford, with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen, driving a Williams-Renault, started from pole position ahead of Schumacher. Frentzen and teammate Jacques Villeneuve made poor starts, and both retired from the race in separate accidents. Schumacher won by some 53 seconds from Barrichello, who scored the first podium for the Stewart team in only their fifth Grand Prix. The race had been scheduled for 78 laps, but rainy conditions meant that only 62 laps were run before the two-hour time limit was reached.

The win enabled Schumacher to take over the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Villeneuve, and Ferrari to move ahead of Williams in the Constructors' Championship.

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Result List

01	Michael Schumacher	2:00:05.654
02	Rubens Barrichello	+0:53.306
03	Eddie Irvine	+1:22.108
04	Olivier Panis	+1:44.402
05	Mika Salo	+1 Lap
06	Giancarlo Fisichella	+1 Lap
07	Jan Magnussen	+1 Lap
08	Jos Verstappen	+2 Laps
09	Gerhard Berger	+2 Laps
10	Ukyo Katayama	+2 Laps
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF
12	Nakano Shinji	DNF
13	Nicola Larini	DNF
14	Jean Alesi	DNF
15	Jacques Villeneuve	DNF
16	Ralf Schumacher	DNF
17	Johnny Herbert	DNF
18	Jarno Trulli	DNF
19	David Coulthard	DNF
20	Mika Häkkinen	DNF
21	Damon Hill	DNF
22	Pedro Diniz	DNF