1997 Formula One World Championship

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The 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1997 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1997 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 9 March and ended on 26 October.

The Drivers' Championship was won by Jacques Villeneuve under controversial circumstances: championship leader Michael Schumacher deliberately rammed him whilst trying to defend his race lead in the final race.[1] Schumacher came to a halt in the gravel while Villeneuve finished third, giving him enough points to secure the drivers' championship. Schumacher was later deemed at fault for the accident by the FIA. He kept his five race wins, but was stripped of his 2nd place in the championship, promoting Villeneuve's Williams teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen to second in the championship.

The Constructors' Championship was awarded to Williams-Renault.

As of 2024, this is the last championship for a non-European driver, the last Constructors' and Drivers' championships for Williams, and the last championship won on Goodyear tyres. It was also the last championship for a Renault-powered driver, until Fernando Alonso's championship in Template:Ifnumber. Renault ended its official involvement in the sport at the end of the 1997 season, its engines having won six consecutive World Constructors' titles from 1992 to 1997 and won five of the six F1 drivers' titles over the same period. Renault would subsequently return to F1 in an official capacity once more 2001, although its engines would continue to be used from 1998 to 2000 being maintained and prepared by both Mecachrome and Supertec for that intervening three-season period.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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Template:Flagicon Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows-Yamaha A18 Yamaha OX11C/D 3.0 V10 B 1 Template:Flagicon Damon Hill All
2 Template:Flagicon Pedro Diniz All
Template:Flagicon Rothmans Williams Renault Williams-Renault FW19 Renault RS9 3.0 V10
Renault RS9B 3.0 V10
G 3 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve All
4 Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen All
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B Ferrari Tipo 046/2 3.0 V10 G 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher All
6 Template:Flagicon Eddie Irvine All
Template:Flagicon Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton-Renault B197 Renault RS9 3.0 V10
Renault RS9B 3.0 V10
G 7 Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi All
8 Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger 1–6, 10–17
Template:Flagicon Alexander Wurz 7–9
Template:Flagicon West McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes MP4/12 Mercedes FO110E 3.0 V10
Mercedes FO110F 3.0 V10
G 9 Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen All
10 Template:Flagicon David Coulthard All
Template:Flagicon Benson & Hedges Jordan Peugeot Jordan-Peugeot 197 Peugeot A14 3.0 V10 G 11 Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher All
12 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella All
Template:Flagicon Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost-Mugen-Honda JS45 Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 3.0 V10 B 14 Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis 1–7, 15–17
Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli 8–14
15 Template:Flagicon Shinji Nakano All
Template:Flagicon Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber-Petronas C16 Petronas SPE-01 3.0 V10 G 16 Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert All
17 Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini 1–5
Template:Flagicon Gianni Morbidelli 6–7, 11–16
Template:Flagicon Norberto Fontana 8–10, 17
Template:Flagicon PIAA Tyrrell Ford Tyrrell-Ford 025 Ford-Cosworth ED4 3.0 V8
Ford-Cosworth ED5 3.0 V8
G 18 Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen All
19 Template:Flagicon Mika Salo All
Template:Flagicon Minardi Team Minardi-Hart M197 Hart 830 3.0 V8 B 20 Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama All
21 Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli 1–7
Template:Flagicon Tarso Marques 8–17
Template:Flagicon HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford Stewart-Ford SF01 Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 B 22 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello All
23 Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen All
Template:Flagicon MasterCard Lola Formula One Racing Team Lola-Ford T97/30 Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V8 B 24 Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Sospiri 1
25 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rosset 1
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  • All engines were 3.0-litre configuration.[2]

Team changes

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Lola-Ford failed to qualify for their only Grand Prix appearance.

Driver changes

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Damon Hill found a seat at Arrows after having been let go by Williams.
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New team Stewart Grand Prix signed Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen.

The biggest news at the beginning of the 1997 season was Damon Hill, 1996 champion, being dropped by Williams in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Hill was partnered at his new team, Arrows, with Brazilian Pedro Diniz, who was signed from Ligier. This was the only time in Arrows' history that the team had the number 1 on their car after signing the reigning World Champion.

Arrows' former drivers Jos Verstappen and Ricardo Rosset joined the Tyrrell and Lola team, respectively. Rosset was joined by Benetton's test driver Vincenzo Sospiri.

Reliant on their Japanese engine partners Mugen-Honda, Japanese driver Shinji Nakano joined Prost besides Olivier Panis, who was retained from Template:Ifnumber.

Thanks in part to the technical deal between Sauber and Ferrari, Ferrari test driver Nicola Larini signed with Sauber. Larini replaced Frentzen, who had moved to Williams.

Jordan signed debutant Ralf Schumacher, Michael's younger brother. He was rumoured to be partnered with Nigel Mansell, but the 1992 champion rejected the offer. So the team went for Giancarlo Fisichella, who drove his first races for Minardi in Template:Ifnumber.

Jordan's former driver Rubens Barrichello moved to newcomer Stewart Grand Prix, with his 1996 ex-teammate Martin Brundle unable to find a seat for 1997 and reluctantly leaving the sport as a driver. Stewart also signed Jan Magnussen, who had filled in at McLaren for an unwell Mika Häkkinen in Template:Ifnumber and had raced in the CART series in 1996.

Verstappen, moving from Arrows to Tyrrell, replaced Ukyo Katayama, who found a place at Minardi. Katayama replaced Pedro Lamy, who moved into the FIA GT Championship. Alongside him, Italian rising star Jarno Trulli filled the final seat in the 1997 championship.

The Italian team Forti ceased to exist midway through Template:Ifnumber, and neither of their drivers, Luca Badoer and Andrea Montermini, were able to find a Formula One racing seat for 1997. Badoer moved into FIA GT, while Montermini became a test driver for Lola. Badoer would eventually return to F1 in Template:Ifnumber with Minardi.

Mid-season changes

Calendar

The following seventeen Grands Prix took place in 1997.[5]

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 9 March
2 Brazilian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 30 March
3 Argentine Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires 13 April
4 San Marino Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 27 April
5 Monaco Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 11 May
6 Spanish Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló 25 May
7 Canadian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 15 June
8 French Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 29 June
9 British Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 July
10 German Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 27 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Hungaroring, Mogyoród 10 August
12 Belgian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 24 August
13 Italian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 7 September
14 Austrian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon A1-Ring, Spielberg 21 September
15 Luxembourg Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Nürburgring, Nürburg 28 September
16 Japanese Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 12 October
17 European Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 26 OctoberTemplate:Efn
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Calendar changes

  • The Austrian Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the first time since 1987. The race would be held on shortened and redeveloped version of the old Österreichring referred to the A1 Ring in honour of the circuit's sponsor.[8]
  • The Portuguese Grand Prix was originally scheduled as the final round of the season, to be held at the Estoril circuit on 26 October.[5] It was cancelled and replaced by the European Grand Prix at Circuito de Jerez in neighbouring Spain after the owners of the Estoril circuit failed to make requested changes to it. The Portuguese government had also proposed that the Estoril round be rescheduled for the 9th of November (after the Jerez round which had taken its originally scheduled date) to enable upgrades to the circuit to be completed in time for a race but this was rejected by the FIA and the teams.[9][10]
  • The Luxembourg Grand Prix was added to the World Championship for the first time, after being held as a non-championship race from 1949 until 1952. Despite the race title, this race would actually be held not in Luxembourg itself but instead at the Nürburgring in nearby Germany.[11] The title of German Grand Prix was already assigned to the race in Hockenheim and the European Grand Prix was already hosted in Jerez. For 1997 the Nürburgring race was moved back to the autumn and held in late September in contrast to the spring early season April date given to the 1996 Nürburgring race.

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

Except for a more detailed description of the impact absorbing structures at the front and rear of the car, there were no changes for the 1997 season.[12]

Sporting and event regulations

A revised Concorde agreement, laying out the rules for the 1997 to Template:Ifnumber seasons, was signed by the FIA and eight of the eleven F1 teams that participated in the Template:Ifnumber season.[13] These were some of the changes made to the sporting regulations:

  • The maximum number of races per year was increased to 17, up from 16.
  • Friday free practice was abolished. The Saturday practice sessions were extended to one hour each. The number of practice laps allowed was no longer limited. (These changes seem to have been reversed at a later time, as the 1997 Sporting regulations still showed two practice sessions, two days before the race, and a limit of 30 laps per day.[14])
  • Two tyre choices were permitted in practice, but one had to be selected to use in qualifying and race.

From this season on, the regulations gave room for starts behind the Safety Car if the track was wet.[15][16]

Season summary

Rounds 1 to 4

The season started in Australia, with Canadian Jacques Villeneuve taking the first pole position of the season. The moment was short-lived, however, as Villeneuve was out of the race at the first corner, when he collided with Johnny Herbert. McLaren's David Coulthard went on to win the race, the second of his career, with Michael Schumacher finishing second and Mika Häkkinen finishing in third place.

Villeneuve once again took pole position in Brazil, and once again he was off at the first corner. Luckily for him, the race was restarted, and the Canadian took the lead on lap 49 from Gerhard Berger. The Austrian finished second and Olivier Panis continued his impressive form from 1996 with third place.

For the third time in a row, Jacques Villeneuve took pole position in Argentina. This time, it was Michael Schumacher who was out at the first turn, when he collided with Rubens Barrichello. Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine went on to challenge Villeneuve for the lead and he made several attempts to pass, but failed and had to settle for second. Debutant Ralf Schumacher managed to get onto the podium in third place.

Villeneuve continued his run of consecutive pole positions in San Marino, but it was his German teammate Frentzen that won his first and only Grand Prix for Williams. After Villeneuve retired with a gearbox failure, Frentzen was joined on the podium by the Ferraris of Schumacher and Irvine.

At this point, Villeneuve was on top of the standings with 20 points. He was followed by Schumacher with 14 and five drivers in a shared third place, all with 10 points.

Rounds 5 to 9

Heinz-Harald Frentzen managed to end Jacques Villeneuve's run of pole positions at the Monaco Grand Prix. For the second time in successive seasons, the race was run in very wet conditions. Michael Schumacher won his first race of the season. Rubens Barrichello came home in second and gave Stewart not only their first podium finish, but their first points finish and their first finish of any kind. Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine took the final step on the podium for the second time in a row.

In Spain, Williams was back on top in qualifying: Villeneuve took his fifth pole and Frentzen joined him on the front row. Villeneuve went on to win the race, with fellow French-speaking drivers, Olivier Panis and Jean Alesi, coming second and third respectively. Panis was actually closing on the leader with rapid pace, but got held up by Irvine, which got him served a stop-go penalty.

In a slight shift of power, Michael Schumacher took pole position and the race win in the next two Grands Prix. In Canada, he was joined on the podium by Benetton's Jean Alesi and Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella. In France, he saw Frentzen in the Williams and teammate Irvine next to him.

Villeneuve earned his sixth pole position of the season in Britain, with teammate Frentzen partnering him on the front row. Villeneuve saw Mika Häkkinen take the lead when he was stuck in the pit lane for half a minute. Häkkinen, however, retired with a blown engine and Villeneuve went on to win the race, with Alesi in second and Alexander Wurz, filling in for Gerhard Berger, coming third. It was an all-Renault-powered podium. Schumacher failed to complete the race after he retired with a wheel bearing problem.

In the championship, Schumacher had the lead with 47 points, closely followed by Villeneuve with 43. Third place was being contested by Alesi (21 points), Frentzen (19) and Irvine (18).

Rounds 10 to 14

On his return, Gerhard Berger managed to get pole for the German Grand Prix. Fastest lap and race victory followed, which would ultimately be Berger's and Benetton's final win. Championship leader Michael Schumacher came second and Mika Häkkinen came third.

The next race, in Hungary, was one of the most memorable races in the 1997 season. Schumacher took pole, with Villeneuve partnering him on the front row. Template:Ifnumber champion Damon Hill in the Arrows had only qualified as high as ninth this season, but got up to third place on the Hungaroring. The start of the race saw Hill overtake the Williams ahead of him, and on lap ten, the Brit overtook the leading Scuderia Ferrari. Hill kept the lead until the last part of the race, when he reported that problems with his car. On the final lap, Jacques Villeneuve took the lead, achieving a milestone 100th Grand Prix victory for Williams.

After two very exciting Grands Prix, the fans' hopes were high for Belgium. Villeneuve took pole position, with Alesi in the Benetton behind him and his championship rival, Michael Schumacher, in third. Villeneuve had dominated the morning warm-up, held in hot, dry weather. But when heavy rain fell with half an hour to go before the race start, his championship rival, Michael Schumacher, decided to run his spare car, which was set up for wet conditions. The front two started the race on full-wet tyres, while the rest of the grid used the intermediates. This turned out to be the right call. After the first safety car start in Formula One history, Schumacher overtook Alesi and Villeneuve within two laps and by lap 12, his lead had stretched to over a minute. Villeneuve dropped down to 16th place and only recovered to fifth. Schumacher won and saw Giancarlo Fisichella and Heinz-Harald Frentzen next to him on the podium.

Alesi scored his first and only pole position of the season in Italy, with Frentzen starting second. Villeneuve and Schumacher took off in fourth and ninth, respectively. Coulthard, who started in sixth, got up to third position at the start and moved into the lead during the pit stops. He scored his second win of the season, ahead of Alesi and Frentzen. This was the only race in the year without Villeneuve and Schumacher on the podium.

In Austria, Villeneuve managed to get his seventh pole position of the season. The Canadian was partnered on the front row by Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen. Häkkinen actually took the lead but, like it happened at Silverstone, had to retire with a blown engine. Schumacher had again started in ninth, but recovered to third during the race. However, he was handed a stop-go penalty for overtaking under yellow flags and fell down to sixth at the finish. Villeneuve went on to win the Grand Prix, with Coulthard and Frentzen joining him on the podium.

The gap between the championship rivals had now closed up to just one point. Frentzen (31 points) was fighting Coulthard (30) and Alesi (28) over third place.

Rounds 15 to 17

At the Luxembourg Grand Prix, held at the Nürburgring in Germany, Mika Häkkinen managed to earn pole. It was his first career pole, McLaren's first pole since Template:Ifnumber and Mercedes's first since their return to Formula One in Template:Ifnumber. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher started in fifth, but was taken out at the first corner. Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard shot up the order and McLaren looked set for a 1–2 finish, until both cars broke down in quick succession. Williams' Jacques Villeneuve was therefore gifted a win (which would end up to be the last of his career). For the first time since Spain, Villeneuve now had the lead in the championship. Jean Alesi and Heinz-Harald Frentzen completed the podium, making it, for the second time in the 1997 season, an all-Renault-powered podium.

File:Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) - GP d'Italia 1998.jpg
Michael Schumacher (pictured in 1998) initially finished runner up, but was disqualified after colliding with Villeneuve during the last race.

Villeneuve continued his strong form by taking his eighth pole position in the year in Japan. However, during qualifying, he was deemed to have ignored the yellow flags. A disqualification hang over him and with his appeal being judged, he started the race and finished fifth. Michael Schumacher won the race, ahead of Williams' Frentzen and Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine. Williams dropped their appeal after the race, leaving Japan with no points for Villeneuve and seeing Schumacher again one point ahead in the Drivers' Championship.

The European Grand Prix at Jerez saw a noteworthy qualifying session in which three drivers (Villeneuve, Schumacher, and Frentzen) all set the same fastest time. Villeneuve was awarded pole position, since he had set the time first, and this would be the final pole of his F1 career. At the start of the race, Schumacher got away well, overtaking Villeneuve to take the lead. By lap 48, Villeneuve was catching up and attempted to overtake. Braking later than the German at the Dry Sac corner, he had the inside line and was slightly ahead. Schumacher then turned into him and the Ferrari's front right wheel connected with the sidepod of the Williams. Schumacher retired on the spot. Villeneuve dropped to third, but it earned him four points, enough to take the 1997 Drivers' Championship. Mika Häkkinen went on to take his first ever career victory and with Coulthard finishing second, McLaren scored the only 1-2 finish by a team during the 1997 season.

After the race, Schumacher was deemed by the FIA to have caused an avoidable accident and was disqualified from the championship, although his race results (grid positions, finishing positions, points) were held up. This meant no damage to Ferrari's constructor points, but Williams still won the 1997 Constructors' Championship with a difference of 21 points. In the Drivers' Championship, Frentzen moved up to second, six points ahead of both Coulthard and Alesi.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Constructor Report
1 Template:Flagicon Australian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon David Coulthard Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes Report
2 Template:Flagicon Brazilian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
3 Template:Flagicon Argentine Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
4 Template:Flagicon San Marino Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
5 Template:Flagicon Monaco Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Ferrari Report
6 Template:Flagicon Spanish Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
7 Template:Flagicon Canadian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon David Coulthard Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Ferrari Report
8 Template:Flagicon French Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Ferrari Report
9 Template:Flagicon British Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
10 Template:Flagicon German Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Template:Flagicon Benetton-Renault Report
11 Template:Flagicon Hungarian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
12 Template:Flagicon Belgian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Ferrari Report
13 Template:Flagicon Italian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen Template:Flagicon David Coulthard Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes Report
14 Template:Flagicon Austrian Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
15 Template:Flagicon Luxembourg Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault Report
16 Template:Flagicon Japanese Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Template:Flagicon Ferrari Report
17 Template:Flagicon European Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Template:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes Report
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Scoring system

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Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
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World Drivers' Championship standings

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19 Template:Flagicon Nicola Larini 6 11 Ret 7 Ret 1
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  • Drivers who did not score points were not classified in a championship position by the FIA.[19]

World Constructors' Championship standings

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12 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 Template:F1 race position 3 9 7 11 Ret 2 4 4 Ret 7 11
6 Template:Flagicon Prost-Mugen-Honda 14 5 3 Ret 8 4 2 11 10 8 4 7 15 10 Ret 6 Ret 7 21
15 7 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 11 7 6 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 10
7 Template:Flagicon Sauber-Petronas 16 Ret 7 4 Ret Ret 5 5 8 Ret Ret 3 4 Ret 8 7 6 8 16
17 6 11 Ret 7 Ret 14 10 Ret 9 9 Ret 9 12 9 9 DNS 14
8 Template:Flagicon Arrows-Yamaha 1 DNS 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 12 6 8 2 13 Ret 7 8 11 Ret 9
2 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 5 12 Ret
9 Template:Flagicon Stewart-Ford 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 14 Ret Ret Ret 6
23 Ret DNS 10 Ret 7 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9
10 Template:Flagicon Tyrrell-Ford 18 Ret 15 Ret 10 8 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 16 2
19 Ret 13 8 9 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 12
 — Template:Flagicon Minardi-Hart 20 Ret 18 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 14 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 0
21 9 12 9 DNS Ret 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret 12 Ret 14 EX Ret Ret 15
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25 DNQ WD
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BRA
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ARG
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SMR
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MON
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ESP
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CAN
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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HUN
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BEL
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ITA
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AUT
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LUX
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JPN
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EUR
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Points
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Notes:

  • Template:Dagger – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  • Constructors that did not score points were not classified in a championship position by the FIA.[20]

Notes

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References

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External links

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