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1997 Belgian Grand Prix

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Event date: 24 Aug 1997

Name: 1997 Belgian Grand Prix

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · races/609

Original reference ↗

Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Recorded qualifying format: ONE_SESSION

Grand Prix context

1997 Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1997 Formula 1 World Championship · round 12

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33:46.717 · 44 laps · ferrari	10
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:34:13.470 · 44 laps · peugeot	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:34:18.864 · 44 laps · renault	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:34:25.742 · 44 laps · petronas	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:34:28.820 · 44 laps · renault	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:34:50.458 · 44 laps · renault	1
7	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:35:12.648 · 44 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:35:28.725 · 44 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:35:29.299 · 44 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 43 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	Wheel nut · Time not recorded · 42 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
14	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	Engine · Time not recorded · 42 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost	Time not recorded · 42 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	Spun off · Time not recorded · 21 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	Spun off · Time not recorded · 19 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	Spun off · Time not recorded · 18 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	Steering · Time not recorded · 8 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost	Electrical · Time not recorded · 5 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	Illegal fuel · 1:34:17.573 · 44 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:49.450 · 11 laps · renault
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:49.759 · 11 laps · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.293 · 11 laps · ferrari
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:50.470 · 12 laps · peugeot
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:50.503 · 11 laps · mercedes
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.520 · 10 laps · peugeot
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.656 · 11 laps · renault
8	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:50.853 · 12 laps · yamaha
9	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:50.970 · 12 laps · yamaha
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:51.410 · 9 laps · mercedes
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.725 · 11 laps · petronas
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:51.916 · 12 laps · ford
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:52.094 · 7 laps · petronas
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.274 · 12 laps · mugen-honda
15	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:52.391 · 11 laps · renault
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:52.749 · 11 laps · mugen-honda
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:52.793 · 11 laps · ferrari
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:52.886 · 11 laps · ford
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:52.897 · 11 laps · ford
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:53.544 · 10 laps · hart
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:53.725 · 7 laps · ford
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:54.505 · 12 laps · hart

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:49.450 · renault
2	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:49.759 · renault
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.293 · ferrari
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:50.470 · peugeot
5	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:50.503 · mercedes
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.520 · peugeot
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.656 · renault
8	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:50.853 · yamaha
9	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:50.970 · yamaha
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:51.410 · mercedes
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.725 · petronas
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:51.916 · ford
13	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	1:52.094 · petronas
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.274 · mugen-honda
15	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:52.391 · renault
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:52.749 · mugen-honda
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:52.793 · ferrari
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:52.886 · ford
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:52.897 · ford
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:53.544 · hart
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:53.725 · ford
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:54.506 · hart

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	55
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	23
4	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
5	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
6	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
7	Olivier Panis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
8	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
10	Mika Häkkinen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
11	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
12	Ralf Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
13	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
14	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
15	Alexander Wurz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
16	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
17	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Shinji Nakano	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Nicola Larini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	1	2:06.802
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	2	2:07.371
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	2:08.238
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	4	2:08.372
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	5	2:09.272
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	6	2:09.288
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	7	2:09.772
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	8	2:09.772
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	9	2:10.153
freePractice1Results	Ukyo Katayama	10	2:10.231
freePractice1Results	Shinji Nakano	11	2:10.272
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	12	2:10.413
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13	2:10.914
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	14	2:10.993
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	15	2:11.093
freePractice1Results	Gianni Morbidelli	16	2:11.262
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	17	2:11.706
freePractice1Results	Tarso Marques	18	2:11.778
freePractice1Results	Jan Magnussen	19	2:12.545
freePractice1Results	Ralf Schumacher	20	2:12.750
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	21	2:13.256
freePractice1Results	Jos Verstappen	22	2:14.048
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	1	1:50.407
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	2	1:50.947
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	1:51.179
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	4	1:51.625
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	5	1:52.057
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	6	1:52.402
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:52.562
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	8	1:52.604
freePractice2Results	Ralf Schumacher	9	1:52.682
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:52.688
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	11	1:53.929
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	12	1:53.977
freePractice2Results	Ukyo Katayama	13	1:54.150
freePractice2Results	Shinji Nakano	14	1:54.299
freePractice2Results	Gianni Morbidelli	15	1:54.310
freePractice2Results	Tarso Marques	16	1:54.521
freePractice2Results	Jan Magnussen	17	1:54.608
freePractice2Results	Jos Verstappen	18	1:54.799
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:55.895
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	20	1:56.360
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	21	2:06.429
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	22	2:07.786
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	1	1:52.415
warmingUpResults	Ralf Schumacher	2	1:52.619
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	3	1:52.628
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	4	1:52.837
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	5	1:53.365
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	6	1:53.531
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	7	1:53.557
warmingUpResults	Jarno Trulli	8	1:53.760
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	1:53.777
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	10	1:53.846
warmingUpResults	Giancarlo Fisichella	11	1:53.999
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	12	1:54.282
warmingUpResults	Gianni Morbidelli	13	1:54.448
warmingUpResults	Ukyo Katayama	14	1:54.570
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	15	1:54.593
warmingUpResults	Tarso Marques	16	1:54.868
warmingUpResults	Jos Verstappen	17	1:54.895
warmingUpResults	Shinji Nakano	18	1:55.202
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	19	1:55.588
warmingUpResults	Jan Magnussen	20	1:55.695
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	21	1:55.993
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	22	1:56.062

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jacques Villeneuve	1	6	33.789
Jean Alesi	1	7	33.457
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	8	33.106
Eddie Irvine	1	8	30.868
Gerhard Berger	1	9	31.865
Mika Salo	1	9	34.937
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	10	35.226
Damon Hill	1	10	33.567
Johnny Herbert	1	11	33.361
David Coulthard	1	11	29.365
Jos Verstappen	1	11	31.889
Jacques Villeneuve	2	11	31.396
Ukyo Katayama	1	11	46.954
Jarno Trulli	1	10	32.551
Ralf Schumacher	1	11	32.267
Mika Häkkinen	1	12	29.954
Pedro Diniz	1	12	40.757
Gianni Morbidelli	1	12	31.371
Tarso Marques	1	12	31.686
Jan Magnussen	1	13	41.139
Michael Schumacher	1	14	31.704
Damon Hill	2	16	32.360
Jean Alesi	2	23	31.889
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	24	32.017
Gerhard Berger	2	24	34.233
Michael Schumacher	2	29	30.615
Mika Häkkinen	2	29	30.117
Mika Salo	2	29	31.954
Ukyo Katayama	2	29	31.202
Eddie Irvine	2	30	30.168
Jan Magnussen	2	30	30.281
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	31	29.509
Johnny Herbert	2	31	29.458
Jacques Villeneuve	3	31	30.391
Jean Alesi	3	32	32.566
Jarno Trulli	2	30	30.138
Pedro Diniz	2	33	31.908
Gerhard Berger	3	34	27.346
Gianni Morbidelli	2	34	29.016
Damon Hill	3	34	30.888
Jean Alesi	4	38	28.206

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