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[1]
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Time
1:16.525
Fastest lap
Driver
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan-Peugeot
Time
1:22.242 on lap 20
Podium
First
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams-Renault
Second
Olivier Panis
Prost-Mugen-Honda
Third
Jean Alesi
Benetton-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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.
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.[2] 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.
^"1997 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^BBC. "Classic Spanish GP". Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
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