European Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 26th October 1997 12:00am Local
Sun 26th October 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
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	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:38:57.771
02	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:01.654
03	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Racing	+0:01.803
04	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+0:01.919
05	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:03.789
06	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Racing	+0:04.537
07	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	+1:07.145
08	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+1:12.961
09	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	+1:17.487
10	Nakano Shinji	Prost Grand Prix	+1:18.215
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	+1 Lap
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
13	Jean Alesi	Benetton Formula	+1 Lap
14	Norberto Fontana	Sauber	+1 Lap
15	Tarso Marques	Minardi	+1 Lap
16	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
17	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	+1 Lap
18	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
19	Damon Hill	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
20	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	DNF
21	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF
22	Pedro Diniz	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF