Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

1997-10-12

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	1:29:48.446	Finished	10
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6	▲4	+1.378	Finished	6
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	3	—	+26.384	Finished	4
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	—	+27.129	Finished	3
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	▲2	+40.403	Finished	2
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	8	▲2	+41.630	Finished	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	9	▲2	+56.825	Finished	0
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	5	▼3	+1:00.429	Finished	0
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	13	▲4	+1:22.036	Finished	0
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	11	▲1	—	Engine	0
11	Damon Hill	Arrows	17	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	▲8	—	+1 Lap	0
D	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	—	—	Disqualified	0
R	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	—	—	Gearbox	0
R	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	22	—	—	Engine	0
R	Olivier Panis	Prost	10	—	—	Engine	0
R	Shinji Nakano	Prost	15	—	—	Wheel bearing	0
R	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	19	—	—	Engine	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	12	—	—	Spun off	0
R	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	14	—	—	Spun off	0
W	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	—	—	—	Injury	0

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Schumacher	P3	P3	P3	P5	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1
Frentzen	P5	P5	P4	P2	P4	P4	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2
Irvine	P1	P1	P1	P3	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Häkkinen	P4	P4	P8	P7	P5	P5	P6	P5	P4	P4	P4
Alesi	P6	P6	P11	P8	P6	P7	P5	P4	P6	P6	P5