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Event

European Grand Prix

Date
Sun 26th October 1997 (UTC)
Sun 26th October 1997 (Local)

Timestamp
1997-10-26T00:00:00

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
17

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Location
Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto

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The 1997 European Grand Prix (formally the XLII European Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 October 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain. Originally scheduled as the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Estoril circuit, it was moved when Estoril's management had financial difficulties. It was the 17th and final race of the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen in a McLaren, his first Formula One race victory. His teammate David Coulthard finished second and Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve took third, which was sufficient for him to win the World Championship.

Michael Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, had led the championship by a single point ahead of Villeneuve going into the race. During the race, Villeneuve and Schumacher collided while battling for the lead and the resulting damage to Schumacher's car forced him to retire. The blame for the incident was later attributed to Schumacher by the sport's governing body, the FIA, and he was stripped of his second-place finish in the championship. Schumacher's tactics were widely criticised by the media, including publications based in his home country of Germany, and in Ferrari's home country of Italy.


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Result List

01				Mika Häkkinen	1:38:57.771
02				David Coulthard	+0:01.654
03				Jacques Villeneuve	+0:01.803
04				Gerhard Berger	+0:01.919
05				Eddie Irvine	+0:03.789
06				Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+0:04.537
07				Olivier Panis	+1:07.145
08				Johnny Herbert	+1:12.961
09				Jan Magnussen	+1:17.487
10				Nakano Shinji	+1:18.215
11				Giancarlo Fisichella	+1 Lap
12				Mika Salo	+1 Lap
13				Jean Alesi	+1 Lap
14				Norberto Fontana	+1 Lap
15				Tarso Marques	+1 Lap
16				Jos Verstappen	+1 Lap
17				Ukyo Katayama	+1 Lap
18				Michael Schumacher	DNF
19				Damon Hill	DNF
20				Ralf Schumacher	DNF
21				Rubens Barrichello	DNF
22				Pedro Diniz	DNF

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