15 Jun 1997 Canadian Grand Prix
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in FIA Formula 1 World Championship
The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1997 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, 15 June 1997. Michael Schumacher started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
The race was stopped prematurely after Olivier Panis crashed his Prost Mugen Honda very heavily with 18 laps remaining. As a result of his accident, Panis broke both of his legs and would not race again until the Luxembourg Grand Prix later in the year.
Grand Prix Player's Du Canada 1997 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Ferrari | F310B | Goodyear | 54 | 1:17:40.646 | - | - | 1:20.171 | 27 | 184.404 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | Jean Alesi | France | Benetton Renault | B197 | Goodyear | 54 | 1:17:43.211 | +2.565 | +2.565 | 1:20.679 | 50 | 184.302 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Jordan Peugeot | 197 | Goodyear | 54 | 1:17:43.865 | +3.219 | +0.654 | 1:21.013 | 27 | 184.276 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Germany | Williams Renault | FW19 | Goodyear | 54 | 1:17:44.414 | +3.768 | +0.549 | 1:19.997 | 49 | 184.255 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | Johnny Herbert | Great Britain | Sauber Petronas | C16 | Goodyear | 54 | 1:17:45.362 | +4.716 | +0.948 | 1:20.709 | 33 | 184.217 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Shinji Nakano | Japan | Prost Mugen Honda | JS45 | Bridgestone | 54 | 1:18:17.347 | +36.701 | +31.985 | 1:22.077 | 48 | 182.963 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | David Coulthard | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | MP4-12 | Goodyear | 54 | 1:18:18.399 | +37.753 | +1.052 | 1:19.635 | 37 | 182.922 | |
| 8 | 2 | Pedro Diniz | Brazil | Arrows Yamaha | A18 | Bridgestone | 53 | 1:17:41.197 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.434 | 34 | 180.967 | |
| 9 | 1 | Damon Hill | Great Britain | Arrows Yamaha | A18 | Bridgestone | 53 | 1:17:42.581 | 1 lap | +1.384 | 1:22.435 | 6 | 180.914 | |
| 10 | 17 | Gianni Morbidelli | Italy | Sauber Petronas | C16 | Goodyear | 53 | 1:17:46.091 | 1 lap | +3.510 | 1:22.659 | 32 | 180.778 | |
| 11 | 14 | Olivier Panis | France | Prost Mugen Honda | JS45 | Bridgestone | 51 | 1:13:27.233 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:20.945 | 47 | 184.173 | |
| DNF | 19 | Mika Salo | Finland | Tyrrell Ford | 025 | Goodyear | 46 | 1:06:44.932 | 1:21.622 | 24 | 182.804 | |||
| DNF | 18 | Jos Verstappen | Netherlands | Tyrrell Ford | 025 | Goodyear | 42 | 1:00:48.781 | 1:21.902 | 21 | 183.199 | |||
| DNF | 8 | Alexander Wurz | Austria | Benetton Renault | B197 | Goodyear | 35 | 50:49.276 | 1:21.048 | 25 | 182.681 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Stewart Ford | SF1 | Bridgestone | 33 | 49:01.525 | 1:22.366 | 26 | 178.551 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Minardi Hart | M197 | Bridgestone | 32 | 47:00.534 | 1:22.712 | 29 | 180.568 | |||
| DNF | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Germany | Jordan Peugeot | 197 | Goodyear | 14 | 21:35.697 | 1:22.372 | 14 | 171.967 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Japan | Minardi Hart | M197 | Bridgestone | 5 | 7:25.325 | 1:24.294 | 5 | 178.696 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Canada | Williams Renault | FW19 | Goodyear | 1 | 1:28.356 | 1:28.356 | 1 | 180.130 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Mika Häkkinen | Finland | Ferrari | F310B | Goodyear | ||||||||
| DNF | 6 | Eddie Irvine | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | MP4-12 | Goodyear | ||||||||
| DNF | 23 | Jan Magnussen | Denmark | Stewart Ford | SF1 | Bridgestone |