1997 season/ Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan. Sun, 12 Oct 1997. 53 laps.

Winner: MSCFerrari
Pole: VILWilliams
Fastest lap: FRE1:38.942

Weekend

Race

Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams+1.3782
Michael SchumacherFerrari1:29:48.4461
Eddie IrvineFerrari+26.3843

Overtakes

–

No overtake data

Biggest mover

TYVER

+8 places, P21 to P13

Beat our forecast

–

No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

–

No pit stop data

Fastest lap

FRE

1:38.942, lap 48

DNFs

VIL, MAR, SAL, PAN, NAK, KAT, BAR, MAG, MOR

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2+1	53	1:29:48.446	10	1:39.268L48
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6+4	53	+1.378	6	1:38.942L48
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	53	+26.384	4	1:39.935L15
4	HÄKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	53	+27.129	3	1:40.151L24
5	BEALEJean Alesi	BEBenetton	7+2	53	+40.403	2	1:39.381L29
6	SAHERJohnny Herbert	SASauber	8+2	53	+41.630	1	1:40.266L49
7	JOFISGiancarlo Fisichella	JOJordan	9+2	53	+56.825		1:40.217L45
8	BEBERGerhard Berger	BEBenetton	5-3	53	+1:00.429		1:39.998L48
9	JOSCHRalf Schumacher	JOJordan	13+4	53	+1:22.036		1:39.737L46
10	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	11+1	52	Engine		1:39.771L52
11	ARHILDamon Hill	ARArrows	17+6	52	+1 Lap		1:41.419L35
12	ARDINPedro Diniz	ARArrows	16+4	52	+1 Lap		1:41.611L33
13	TYVERJos Verstappen	TYTyrrell	21+8	52	+1 Lap		1:43.051L49
DSQ	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	53	Disqualified		1:40.163L22
DNF	MIMARTarso Marques	MIMinardi	20	46	Gearbox		1:42.699L34
DNF	TYSALMika Salo	TYTyrrell	22	46	Engine		1:42.996L20
DNF	PRPANOlivier Panis	PRProst	10	36	Engine		1:40.430L34
DNF	PRNAKShinji Nakano	PRProst	15	22	Wheel bearing		1:41.608L15
DNF	MIKATUkyo Katayama	MIMinardi	19	8	Engine		1:44.403L5
DNF	STBARRubens Barrichello	STStewart	12	6	Spun off		1:43.883L3
DNF	STMAGJan Magnussen	STStewart	14	3	Spun off		1:44.089L3
DNS	SAMORGianni Morbidelli	SASauber	PL	0	Injury

Lap chart

MSCFREIRVHÄKALEHERFISBERSCHCOUHILDINVERVILMARSALPANNAKKATBARMAG

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
MSC	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FRE	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
IRV	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
HÄK	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
ALE	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	11	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
HER	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
FIS	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
BER	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
SCH	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
COU	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
HIL	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	7	8	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
DIN	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
VER	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
VIL	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
MAR	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
SAL	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
PAN	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	16	16	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13
NAK	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	16	15	14	14	18
KAT	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19
BAR	12	12	12	11	11	11
MAG	11	11	11

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	48	1:38.942
2	Michael Schumacher	48	1:39.268	+0.326
3	BEJean Alesi	29	1:39.381	+0.439
4	JORalf Schumacher	46	1:39.737	+0.795
5	David Coulthard	52	1:39.771	+0.829
6	Eddie Irvine	15	1:39.935	+0.993
7	BEGerhard Berger	48	1:39.998	+1.056
8	Mika Häkkinen	24	1:40.151	+1.209
9	Jacques Villeneuve	22	1:40.163	+1.221
10	JOGiancarlo Fisichella	45	1:40.217	+1.275