Spanish Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 25th May 1997 12:00am Local
Sun 25th May 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
6

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Location
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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Description

The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXXIX Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 May 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the sixth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship.

The 64-lap race was won from pole position by Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault. Frenchman Olivier Panis finished second in a Prost-Mugen-Honda, six seconds behind Villeneuve, having only started 12th. Another Frenchman, Jean Alesi, finished third in a Benetton-Renault.

The win, Villeneuve's third of the season, put him back into the lead of the Drivers' Championship by three points from German Michael Schumacher, who finished fourth in his Ferrari.

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Result List

01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	1:30:35.896
02	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	+0:05.804
03	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+0:12.534
04	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:17.979
05	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+0:27.986
06	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:29.744
07	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:48.785
08	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Racing	+1:04.139
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	+1:04.767
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+1:05.670
11	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
12	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
13	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	+1 Lap
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	+2 Laps
15	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	+2 Laps
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
17	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	DNF
18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
20	Nakano Shinji	Prost Grand Prix	DNF
21	Damon Hill	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	DNF