Hungarian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 10th August 1997 12:00am Local
Sun 10th August 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
Round 11

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Hungaroring

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The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij) was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary on 10 August 1997. The race, contested over 77 laps, was the eleventh race of the 1997 Formula One season and was won by Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, with Damon Hill second in an Arrows-Yamaha and Johnny Herbert third in a Sauber-Petronas.

Defending World Champion Hill, who had been having a poor year in the uncompetitive and unreliable Arrows, had led comfortably for most of the race, after qualifying third behind championship challengers Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve. However, a hydraulic failure resulted in Villeneuve passing him on the final lap. It was to be the closest the Arrows team ever came to a Grand Prix victory and would turn out to be their final podium finish.

The win was Villeneuve's fifth of the season and moved him to within three points of Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, the Ferrari driver having only managed fourth in the race. Shinji Nakano scored his last world championship points at this race.

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Result List

01	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	1:45:47.149
02	Damon Hill	Arrows Grand Prix International	+0:09.079
03	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+0:20.445
04	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:30.501
05	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	+0:30.715
06	Nakano Shinji	Prost Grand Prix	+0:41.512
07	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	+1:15.552
08	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+1:16.409
09	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
10	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	+1 Lap
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+1 Lap
12	Tarso Marques	Minardi	+2 Laps
13	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
14	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
15	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	DNF
18	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Racing	DNF
19	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
20	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
21	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	DNF
22	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF