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British Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 13th July 1997 12:00am Local
Sun 13th July 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
Round 9

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Location
Silverstone Circuit

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The 1997 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 13 July 1997. It was the ninth round of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. Williams' Jacques Villeneuve won the race despite being stuck in the pit lane for half a minute during his first stop due to a wheel nut problem.

Two previous leaders retired from the race due to mechanical failures. Michael Schumacher led by over 40 seconds before a wheel bearing failure caused retirement. Mika Häkkinen seemed set for his first win but his engine blew while he was holding off Villeneuve, having made one stop to the Canadian's two. Further back, Alexander Wurz scored his first podium finish in his third Grand Prix, also briefly leading the race during the pitstops.

This race marked the 100th Grand Prix victory for the Williams team.


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01			Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	1:28:01.665
02			Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+0:10.205
03			Alexander Wurz	Benetton Formula	+0:11.296
04			David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:31.229
05			Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	+0:31.880
06			Damon Hill	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1:13.552
07			Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	+1 Lap
08			Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	+1 Lap
09			Norberto Fontana	Sauber	+1 Lap
10			Tarso Marques	Minardi	+1 Lap
11			Nakano Shinji	Prost Grand Prix	DNF
12			Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
13			Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
14			Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
15			Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
16			Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
17			Johnny Herbert	Sauber	DNF
18			Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
19			Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
20			Pedro Diniz	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
21			Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Racing	DNF
22			Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	DNF

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