Canadian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 15th June 1997 Local
Sun 15th June 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
7

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Location
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

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Description

The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 15 June 1997. The race was stopped early on lap 54 after a big crash involving Olivier Panis, who broke his legs and would be unable to start the next seven Grands Prix. Michael Schumacher won ahead of Jean Alesi in the Benetton and Giancarlo Fisichella in the Jordan. David Coulthard had been leading, but was delayed for over a lap by a clutch problem during his second pit stop, shortly before Panis's crash. On lap 2, local driver Jacques Villeneuve crashed into the wall on the exit of the final corner. This wall would later be known as the 'Wall of Champions', after three former World Champions, including Villeneuve, crashed into it separately in the 1999 race.

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Result List

01	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:17:40.646
02	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+0:02.565
03	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	+0:03.219
04	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Racing	+0:03.768
05	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+0:04.716
06	Nakano Shinji	Prost Grand Prix	+0:36.701
07	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:37.753
08	Pedro Diniz	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
09	Damon Hill	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
10	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	+1 Lap
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	DNF
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
13	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
14	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Formula	DNF
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
16	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	DNF
17	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	DNF
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	DNF
19	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	DNF
20	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
21	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
22	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF