British Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th July 1997 (UTC)
Sun 13th July 1997 (Local)

Timestamp
1997-07-13T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
9

Status

Location
Silverstone Circuit

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Description

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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Result List

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