Pit Lane F1
1997 Season - Round 15 - 1997-09-28
Jacques Villeneuve won the 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix for Williams, with Jean Alesi (Benetton) second and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) third. The win came from P2 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by Mika Häkkinen (McLaren), who could not convert it into the win.
Pedro Diniz (Arrows) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P15 on the grid to P5 at the flag — a 10-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix, completing round 15 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 2 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 10 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 3 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 7 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 15 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 11 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 13 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 21 | Spun off | 0 |
| 12 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 9 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 12 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| 16 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 5 | Suspension | 0 |
| 19 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 22 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 8 | Collision | 0 |
