Pit Lane F1
1997 Season - Round 5 - 1997-05-11
Michael Schumacher won the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) second and Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) third. The win came from P2 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams), who could not convert it into the win.
Jos Verstappen (Tyrrell) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P22 on the grid to P8 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix, completing round 5 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 10 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 15 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 12 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 14 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 4 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 17 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| 12 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 21 | Spun off | 0 |
| 13 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 11 | Spun off | 0 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 9 | Spun off | 0 |
| 15 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 18 | Spun off | 0 |
| 19 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 5 | Spun off | 0 |
| 20 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 8 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 13 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 16 | Spun off | 0 |
