1997 Spanish Grand Prix
The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXXIX Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 May 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the sixth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship.
| 1997 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 25 May 1997 | ||||
| Official name | XXXIX Gran Premio Marlboro de España | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.728 km (2.938 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 64 laps, 302.469 km (187.946 miles) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 65 laps, 307.196 km (190.883 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear | ||||
| Attendance | 64,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:16.525 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | |||
| Time | 1:22.242 on lap 20 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Second | Prost-Mugen-Honda | ||||
| Third | Benetton-Renault | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 64-lap race was won from pole position by Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault. Frenchman Olivier Panis finished second in a Prost-Mugen-Honda, six seconds behind Villeneuve, having only started 12th. Another Frenchman, Jean Alesi, finished third in a Benetton-Renault.
The win, Villeneuve's third of the season, put him back into the lead of the Drivers' Championship by three points from German Michael Schumacher, who finished fourth in his Ferrari.
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