1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix
Race 15 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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The Nürburgring in its 1997 configuration
The Nürburgring in its 1997 configuration
Race details
Date 28 September 1997
Official name Grosser Preis von Luxemburg 1997
Location Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.556 km (2.831 miles)
Distance 67 laps, between 305.233 and 305.236[1] km (between 189.663 and 189.665 miles)
Weather Partially cloudy, mild and dry
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:16.602
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
Time 1:18.805 on lap 32
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Benetton-Renault
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix (formally the Grosser Preis von Luxemburg 1997)[2] was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on 28 September 1997. It was the fifteenth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship. The 67-lap race was won by Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault. Frenchman Jean Alesi finished second in a Benetton-Renault, with Villeneuve's German teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen third.

Although Villeneuve went on to win the 1997 Drivers' Championship, this turned out to be his 11th and final Formula One victory; as of August 2024, it is also the last win for a Canadian driver. It was the last victory for the Williams team until the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix, the last victory for a Renault engine until Fernando Alonso won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race where all-Renault powered drivers stood on the podium together until 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, and the last win for a non-European Formula One driver until Rubens Barrichello won the 2000 German Grand Prix.

  1. ^ Based on the time/speed of the winner and the 2nd place finisher, as shown during the official TV broadcast (1:31:27.843 / 200.232 km/h, and +11.770 / 199.804 km/h, respectively), which by bracketing the speed rounded to 3 decimal places by +/- 0.001 km/h gets this range for the official race distance. (Note that bracketing by -0/+0.001 km/h, which is consistent with the usual practice for officially provided timing to always round down the calculated average speeds, gives an even tighter range of "between 305.235 and 305.236".)
  2. ^ "Luxembourg". Formula1.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.