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Results 1997
Australia 9/3
Brazil 30/3
Argentina 13/4
San Marino 27/4
Monaco 11/5
Spanien 25/5
Canada 15/6
pilen_fet.gif (835 bytes)France 29/6
pilen_utanfet.gif (821 bytes)Great Britian 13/7
pilen_utanfet.gif (821 bytes)Germany 27/7
Hungary 10/8
Belgium 24/8
Italy 7/9
Austria 21/9
Luxemburg 28/9
Japan 12/10
Europe 26/10
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1997 Season

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French Grand Prix
Magny Cours

Length: 4,250 km 72 laps
Date: 29th June 1997
Weather: Cloudy, wet.
Fastest lap: G.Berger 1'45.747
Pole: G.Berger
1'41.873
Alesi Race Comments
Circuit guide &
previous winners
Magny Cours

"This fifth place is the best result I could have hoped for considering this weekend has been so difficult for us. The car did not perform as I had wanted, or expected. There was a total lack of traction and this meant the tyres did not hold for very long at all. I touched Coulthard - and I have apologised to him. He accepted my excuses. I know I am an agressive driver, but I feel I am also a very correct driver too and in that incident I was not doing anything out of order at all. It was purely a racing accident in difficult conditions. I am disappointed not to have done better today for my followers here in France." 


Place Driver Team Time / reason

qual

1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1t:38:50.492s 1
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams +23.537 2
3 Eddie Irvine Ferrari +1:14.801 5
4 Jacques Villeneuve Williams +1:21.784 4
5 Jean Alesi Benetton +1:22.735 8
6 Ralf Schumacher Jordan +1:29.871 3
7 David Coulthard Mclaren + 1 lap/spunn 9
8 Johnny Herbert Sauber + 1 lap 14
9 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan + 1 lap 11
10 Jarno Trulli Prost + 2 laps 6
11 Ukyo Katayama Minardi + 2 laps 21
12 Damon Hill Arrows + 2 laps 17
Not classified
13 Mika Salo Tyrell lap 62 Engine 19
14 Alexander Wurtz Benetton lap 31 Spun 7
15 Pedro Diniz Arrows lap 29 Spun 16
16 Noberto Fontana Sauber lap 41 Spun 20
17 Rubens Barrichello Stewart lap 37 Engine 13
18 Jan Magnussen Stewart lap 34 Breaks overheated 15
19 Mika Hakkinen Mclaren lap 19 Engine 10
20 Jos Verstappen Tyrell lap 16 Throttle 18
21 Shinji Nakano Prost lap 8 Spun 12
22 Tarso Marques Minardi lap 6 Engine 22

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