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词条 1997 Australian Grand Prix
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  1. Report

     Background  Practice and qualifying  Race 

  2. Classification

     Qualifying  Race 

  3. Championship standings after the race

  4. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = F1
|Country = Australia
|Grand Prix = Australian
|Race_No = 1
|Season_No = 17
|Year = 1997
|Image = Albert_Lake_Park_Street_Circuit_in_Melbourne,_Australia.svg
|Official name = LXII Qantas Australian Grand Prix
|Date = 9 March
|Location = Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, Melbourne
|Course = Temporary Street Circuit
|Course_mi = 3.295
|Course_km = 5.302
|Distance_laps = 58
|Distance_mi = 191.110
|Distance_km = 307.516
|Scheduled_laps=
|Scheduled_mi =
|Scheduled_km =
|Weather = Partly Cloudy, Dry
|Pole_Country = Canada
|Pole_Driver = Jacques Villeneuve
|Pole_Team = Williams-Renault
|Pole_Time = 1:29.369
|Fast_Country = Germany
|Fast_Driver = Heinz-Harald Frentzen
|Fast_Team = Williams-Renault
|Fast_Time = 1:30.585
|Fast_Lap = 36
|First_Country = United Kingdom
|First_Driver = David Coulthard
|First_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
|Second_Country= Germany
|Second_Driver = Michael Schumacher
|Second_Team = Ferrari
|Third_Country = Finland
|Third_Driver = Mika Häkkinen
|Third_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1997|AUS}}
}}

The 1997 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 March 1997 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne. It was the first race of the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the second Grand Prix to be hosted in Melbourne. The 58-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after starting from fourth position. Michael Schumacher finished second for the Ferrari and Coulthard's teammate Mika Häkkinen was third.

Nicola Larini scored his last ever world championship points at this race.

Report

Background

Two new teams came into Formula One in 1997: Stewart and Lola. Footwork reverted to their old name of Arrows and acquired Yamaha engines, while Ligier were bought by Alain Prost and changed their name to Prost Grand Prix. Tyrrell acquired Ford engines.

The change that dominated the drivers line up was Damon Hill's surprise sacking from Williams having just won the World Championship to join Tom Walkinshaw and the newly purchased Arrows team. In the week up to the race, there were rumours of Hill having left Arrows due to the poor performance of the car, rumours that were quashed.[1]

Pedro Diniz with his sponsorship backing was hired as his teammate. Williams retained Jacques Villeneuve and was teamed with Heinz-Harald Frentzen who was not seen as a popular replacement to Hill.

Villeneuve was the bookmakers favourite heading into the new season, himself noting that being the favourite put "extra pressure, but it's good pressure [on me]".[2][3]

Ferrari retained Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, Benetton kept Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger and McLaren signed on Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard. The Jordan team had two new drivers in Giancarlo Fisichella the Italian youngster from Minardi and had signed Ralf Schumacher brother of Michael in an interesting line up. The new Prost Grand Prix team kept Olivier Panis and signed Japanese rookie driver Shinji Nakano. Sauber kept Johnny Herbert and the loss of Frentzen saw Peter Sauber sign Ferrari test driver Nicola Larini. Tyrrell retained Mika Salo for a third year and added Jos Verstappen to the team from Arrows. Minardi with V8 Hart engines signed Ukyo Katayama and promising Italian driver Jarno Trulli. This was a milestone grand prix for Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Olivier Panis, both making their 50th race entry, and Johnny Herbert's 100th race entry.

The new Stewart Grand Prix team had signed Rubens Barrichello as their main driver and highly promising Danish driver Jan Magnussen. Lola recruited pay driver Riccardo Rosset and former Benetton test driver Vincenzo Sospiri.

Bridgestone also made their first official appearance in Formula 1 breaking Goodyear's reign as a sole tyre supplier which began in 1992. Bridgestone provided tyres for Minardi, Arrows, Prost, Stewart and Lola.

The British television coverage switched to ITV for the 1997 season and beyond, after 18 years of regular coverage for the BBC. Former driver Martin Brundle joined Murray Walker in the commentary box.

In the build-up to the weekend, Michael Schumacher was criticised for saying that the circuit "wasn't particularly special", with locals responding by calling him an "overpaid prima donna".[4] There was also protests in the lead-up to the race, with protestors pouring diesel on to the track the week before the race.[4] A strike also meant that there was no public services running, Jeff Kennett, the Premier of Victoria, labelling them "bloody minded" and that they will have to "incur the wrath of the community".[4]

Practice and qualifying

Canadian Jacques Villeneuve took his fourth career pole position after a stunning lap of 1:29.369, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen could only manage a 1:31.121 to fill the remaining spot on the front row. Only 6 drivers managed to qualify within 3 seconds of the pole position time. The session was red flagged with just over two minutes remaining after a collision between Gerhard Berger and Nicola Larini on the straight between turns 10 and 11. This resulted in many of the cars effectively having to complete a one-lap sprint to post a lap time before the end of the session. Damon Hill struggled during the session, only just qualifying inside of the 107% limit due to an oil leak which hampered the lap times. Both of the Lola cars failed to make the qualifying limit and were over ten seconds slower than Villeneuve in their first and only F1 qualifying session, as the team had to withdraw from the next race due to a lack of funds. Pedro Diniz was also outside of the 107% time, however he was permitted to race, having set a time in practice within the 107% time.

Race

Before the race even began there were problems for the reigning world champion, Damon Hill. On the parade lap his throttle jammed leaving him stranded on the track and causing him to retire from the race. The drama continued into the first corner as Eddie Irvine dived into the first corner and misjudged his braking, hitting both Villeneuve and Herbert - all three were out of the race. The race was down to the strategies and here we had some interest because Williams had adopted a two-stop one although most of the cars were going for one-stop races. Jos Verstappen spun off on lap two while attempting to overtake Ukyo Katayama. In those early laps, however, Frentzen did not have to worry about such problems. The car was light and he had an empty road ahead and no-one challenging. The gap went out rapidly: 2.7secs on the first lap; 3.7s on the second; 5.3s on the third; 7.2s on the fourth and so on. Both of the Jordan cars soon retired from the race, Ralf Schumacher suffering a gearbox problem and Fisichella spinning off the track while passing Barrichello. By lap 12, however, the progress stopped and for the next six laps the gap between first and second stayed at 17-18s. Frentzen pitted on lap 18 and rejoined third. Jean Alesi embarrassingly retired from the race after running out of fuel, despite the Benetton team calling him into the pits 5 laps earlier. In the laps that followed he was able to close up on Coulthard and Schumacher but it was not as dramatic as one might have expected. Heinz lost time in traffic, struggling with the brakes and looking rather tentative on occasion. Coulthard and Schumacher pitted in mid-race and so Frentzen moved ahead again and ran very quickly for a few laps before he began to fade again. On lap 40 he came in for his second stop. The gap to Coulthard was only 23secs and with the time in the pitlane being around 22-24secs it was touch and go whether he would emerge ahead. In fact it was an academic question because his right rear tire caused problems and Heinz-Harald sat there for an extra six seconds by which time Coulthard and Schumacher were ahead. At the front David Coulthard continued to keep away from these incidents to lead the race, followed by Michael Schumacher and Frentzen. Frentzen closed up on Coulthard and Schumacher who were by then running together but Schumacher had to make an unscheduled fuel stop towards the end of the race, promoting Frentzen to second. Large quantities of dust had been coming from Frentzen's brakes for some time and with three laps to go a brake disc failed, sending him into the gravel trap at the end of the start/finish straight. Coulthard went on to take his second career win. It was also McLaren's first win since Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 3Canada}} Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:29.369—
2 4Germany}} Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 1:31.123 +1.754
3 5Germany}} Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.472 +2.103
4 10United Kingdom}} David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.531 +2.162
5 6United Kingdom}} Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:31.881 +2.512
6 9Finland}} Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.971 +2.602
7 16United Kingdom}} Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:32.287 +2.918
8 7France}} Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:32.593 +3.224
9 14France}} Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:32.842 +3.473
10 8Austria}} Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:32.870 +3.501
11 22Brazil}} Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:33.075 +3.706
12 11Germany}} Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1:33.130 +3.761
13 17Italy}} Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 1:33.327 +3.958
14 12Italy}} Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 1:33.552 +4.183
15 20Japan|1947}} Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 1:33.798 +4.429
16 15Japan|1947}} Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 1:33.989 +4.620
17 21Italy}} Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 1:34.120 +4.751
18 19Finland}} Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.229 +4.860
19 23Denmark}} Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:34.623 +5.254
20 1United Kingdom}} Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 1:34.806 +5.437
21 18Netherlands}} Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.943 +5.574
107% time: 1:35.625
22 2Brazil}} Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 1:35.972 +6.603
DNQ 24Italy}} Vincenzo Sospiri Lola-Ford 1:40.972 +11.603
DNQ 25Brazil}} Ricardo Rosset Lola-Ford 1:42.086 +12.717
{{center|Sources:[5][6]

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10UK}} David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 58 1:30:28.718 4 10
2 5Germany}} Michael Schumacher Ferrari 58 +20.046 3 6
3 9Finland}} Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 58 +22.177 6 4
4 8Austria}} Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 58 +22.841 10 3
5 14France}} Olivier Panis Prost-Mugen-Honda 58 +1:00.308 9 2
6 17Italy}} Nicola Larini Sauber-Petronas 58 +1:36.040 13 1
7 15Japan|1947}} Shinji Nakano Prost-Mugen-Honda 56 +2 Laps 16  
8 4Germany}} Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 55 Brakes 2  
9 21Italy}} Jarno Trulli Minardi-Hart 55 +3 Laps 17  
10 2Brazil}} Pedro Diniz Arrows-Yamaha 54 +4 Laps 22  
Ret 22Brazil}} Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 49 Engine 11  
Ret 19Finland}} Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford 42 Engine 18  
Ret 23Denmark}} Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 36 Suspension 19  
Ret 7France}} Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 34 Out of Fuel 8  
Ret 20Japan|1947}} Ukyo Katayama Minardi-Hart 32 Electrical 15  
Ret 12Italy}} Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Peugeot 14 Spun Off 14  
Ret 18Netherlands}} Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford 2 Spun Off 21  
Ret 11Germany}} Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Peugeot 1 Gearbox 12  
Ret 3Canada}} Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 0 Collision 1  
Ret 6UK}} Eddie Irvine Ferrari 0 Collision 5  
Ret 16UK}} Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 0 Collision 7  
DNS 1UK}} Damon Hill Arrows-Yamaha 0 Throttle 20  
{{center|Source:[7][8]

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1UK}} David Coulthard10
2Germany}} Michael Schumacher6
3Finland}} Mika Häkkinen4
4Austria}} Gerhard Berger3
5France}} Olivier Panis2
Source: [9]
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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1UK}} McLaren-Mercedes14
2Italy}} Ferrari6
3Italy}} Benetton-Renault3
4France}} Prost-Mugen-Honda2
5Switzerland}} Sauber-Petronas1
Source: [9]
{{col-end}}
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. ^{{cite video | people = Rosenthal, Jim | date = 8 March 1997 | title = F1: Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live | medium = Television production | publisher = ITV | location = London, England | time = 11:25-11:40}}
2. ^{{cite video | people = Goodman, Louise | date = 8 March 1997 | title = F1: Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live | medium = Television production | publisher = ITV | location = London, England | time = 03:10-03:20}}
3. ^{{cite video | people = Goodman, Louise | date = 8 March 1997 | title = F1: Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live | medium = Television production | publisher = ITV | location = London, England | time = 15:04-16:04}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite video | people = Rosenthal, Jim | date = 8 March 1997 | title = F1: Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Live | medium = Television production | publisher = ITV | location = London, England | time = 09:30-11:15}}
5. ^{{cite web |title=1997 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying |work=Chicane F1 |url=http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Australian%20GP&type=qual |accessdate= 2 August 2007}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=1997 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying |work=Grand Prix Racing |url=http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/qualify/598.cfm |accessdate=2 August 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125215221/http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/qualify/598.cfm |archivedate=25 November 2006 }}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/147/ |title=1997 Australian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029035950/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1997/147/ |archivedate=29 October 2014 |accessdate=24 December 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web |title=1997 Australian Grand Prix |work=Chicane F1 |url=http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1997&gp=Australian%20GP&type=res |accessdate=2 August 2007}}
9. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1997/australie/championnat.aspx|title=Australia 1997 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=6 March 2019}}

Race Details: {{cite web |title=1997 Australian Grand Prix |work=Chicane F1 |url=http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1997&gp=Australian%20GP |accessdate= 2 August 2007}}

{{F1 race report
| Name_of_race = Australian Grand Prix
| Year_of_race = 1997
| Previous_race_in_season = 1996 Japanese Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = 1996 Australian Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1998 Australian Grand Prix
| Previous_promotional_trophy_winner = 1996 Australian Grand Prix
| Next_promotional_trophy_winner = 1998 San Marino Grand Prix
}}{{F1GP 90-99}}

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