1997 season/ Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. Sun, 9 Mar 1997. 58 laps.

Winner: COUMcLaren
Pole: VILWilliams
Fastest lap: FRE1:30.585

Weekend

Race

Michael SchumacherFerrari+20.0462
David CoulthardMcLaren1:30:28.7181
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren+22.1773

Overtakes

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No overtake data

Biggest mover

ARDIN

+12 places, P22 to P10

Beat our forecast

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No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

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No pit stop data

Fastest lap

FRE

1:30.585, lap 36

DNFs

BAR, SAL, MAG, ALE, KAT, FIS, VER, SCH, VIL, IRV, HER, HIL

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4+3	58	1:30:28.718	10	1:31.412L29
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3+1	58	+20.046	6	1:31.067L54
3	HÄKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	6+3	58	+22.177	4	1:31.509L33
4	BEBERGerhard Berger	BEBenetton	10+6	58	+22.841	3	1:31.624L54
5	PRPANOlivier Panis	PRProst	9+4	58	+1:00.308	2	1:31.762L40
6	SALARNicola Larini	SASauber	13+7	58	+1:36.040	1	1:32.784L27
7	PRNAKShinji Nakano	PRProst	16+9	56	+2 Laps		1:34.171L52
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2-6	55	Brakes		1:30.585L36
9	MITRUJarno Trulli	MIMinardi	17+8	55	+3 Laps		1:35.959L21
10	ARDINPedro Diniz	ARArrows	22+12	54	+4 Laps		1:34.465L23
DNF	STBARRubens Barrichello	STStewart	11	49	Engine		1:33.386L24
DNF	TYSALMika Salo	TYTyrrell	18	42	Engine		1:34.194L22
DNF	STMAGJan Magnussen	STStewart	19	36	Suspension		1:35.257L26
DNF	BEALEJean Alesi	BEBenetton	8	34	Fuel		1:31.976L33
DNF	MIKATUkyo Katayama	MIMinardi	15	32	Electrical		1:34.918L14
DNF	JOFISGiancarlo Fisichella	JOJordan	14	14	Spun off		1:34.147L14
DNF	TYVERJos Verstappen	TYTyrrell	21	2	Spun off		1:37.038L2
DNF	JOSCHRalf Schumacher	JOJordan	12	1	Gearbox		1:48.323L1
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	0	Collision
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	0	Collision
DNF	SAHERJohnny Herbert	SASauber	7	0	Collision
DNS	ARHILDamon Hill	ARArrows	20	0	Throttle

Lap chart

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Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
COU	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
MSC	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
HÄK	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
BER	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
PAN	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
LAR	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
NAK	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
FRE	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
TRU	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
DIN	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
BAR	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
SAL	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
MAG	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
ALE	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2
KAT	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
FIS	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
VER	14	13
SCH	9

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	36	1:30.585
2	Michael Schumacher	54	1:31.067	+0.482
3	David Coulthard	29	1:31.412	+0.827
4	Mika Häkkinen	33	1:31.509	+0.924
5	BEGerhard Berger	54	1:31.624	+1.039
6	PROlivier Panis	40	1:31.762	+1.177
7	BEJean Alesi	33	1:31.976	+1.391
8	SANicola Larini	27	1:32.784	+2.199
9	STRubens Barrichello	24	1:33.386	+2.801
10	JOGiancarlo Fisichella	14	1:34.147	+3.562