1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix
Going Into This Race
Pre-Race Report
Championship standings
Schumacher leads Villeneuve by just one point going into this race, with three rounds remaining.
Previous race
Villeneuve won Austria from pole, closing the gap to a single point. Jarno Trulli led the first half of the race for Prost before his Mugen-Honda engine failed. Häkkinen took an early lead but his engine failed before completing the opening lap — another blow for McLaren. Schumacher received a stop-go penalty for overtaking Frentzen under yellow flags and fell to sixth. Coulthard finished second, Frentzen third.
Milestones
Häkkinen takes his first career pole position at the Nürburgring — also McLaren’s first since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix and Mercedes’s first since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Villeneuve starts alongside him on the front row, with Frentzen and Fisichella on the second row. Schumacher starts fifth.
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Last 5 Races
Full season →| # | Date | Grand Prix | Pole | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 27 Jul | 🇩🇪 German Grand Prix | Berger | Berger | Schumacher | Häkkinen |
| 11 | 10 Aug | 🇭🇺 Hungarian Grand Prix | Schumacher | Villeneuve | Hill | Herbert |
| 12 | 24 Aug | 🇧🇪 Belgian Grand Prix | Villeneuve | Schumacher | Fisichella | Frentzen |
| 13 | 7 Sept | 🇮🇹 Italian Grand Prix | Alesi | Coulthard | Alesi | Frentzen |
| 14 | 21 Sept | 🇦🇹 Austrian Grand Prix | Villeneuve | Villeneuve | Coulthard | Frentzen |
Drivers' Championship
Full standings →| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 67 | 6 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 31 | 1 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 21 | 1 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 14 | 0 |