Back 1997 Luxemburgse Grand Prix Afrikaans جائزة لوكسمبورغ الكبرى 1997 Arabic 1997 Голяма награда на Люксембург Bulgarian Gran Premi de Luxemburg del 1997 Catalan Grand Prix Lucemburska 1997 Czech Großer Preis von Luxemburg 1997 German Anexo:Gran Premio de Luxemburgo de 1997 Spanish Luxemburgin Grand Prix 1997 Finnish Grand Prix automobile du Luxembourg 1997 French Gran Premio de Luxemburgo de 1997 Galician
| 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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 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 |
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:18.805 on lap 32 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Second | Benetton-Renault | ||||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||||
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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[update], 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.
- ^ 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".)
- ^ "Luxembourg". Formula1.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.