1997 Hungarian Grand Prix

1997 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	August 10, 1997
Official name	XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[1]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance	77 laps, 305.536 km (189,851 miles)
Weather	Sunny, Dry Track, 27°C
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:14.672
Fastest lap
Driver	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault
Time	1:18.372 on lap 25
Podium
First	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Second	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha
Third	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas
Lap leaders

The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij) was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary on 10 August 1997. The race, contested over 77 laps, was the eleventh race of the 1997 Formula One season and was won by Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, with Damon Hill second in an Arrows-Yamaha and Johnny Herbert third in a Sauber-Petronas.

Defending World Champion Hill, who had been having a poor year in the uncompetitive and unreliable Arrows, had led comfortably for most of the race, after qualifying third behind championship challengers Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve. However, a hydraulic failure resulted in Villeneuve passing him on the final lap. It was to be the closest the Arrows team ever came to a Grand Prix victory and would turn out to be their final podium finish.

The win was Villeneuve's fifth of the season and moved him to within three points of Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, the Ferrari driver having only managed fourth in the race. Shinji Nakano scored his last world championship points at this race.