1997 Spanish Grand Prix

1997 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One season
Date	May 25, 1997
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.728 km
Distance	64 laps, 302.592 km
Weather	Dry
Pole Position
Driver	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari
Time	1:22.073
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault
Time	1:29.886
Podium
First	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari
Second	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault
Third	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Renault

The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 25, 1997 at Barcelona. It was the 6th race of the 1997 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	1:22.073
2	9	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.073	+0.000
3	4	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault	1:22.152	+0.079
4	3	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Renault	1:22.185	+0.112
5	5	Aidan Keranen	Tyrrell-Ford	1:22.190	+0.117
6	23	Rami Saidy	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.198	+0.125
7	7	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows-Yamaha	1:22.218	+0.145
8	8	Milos Ancevski	Arrows-Yamaha	1:22.230	+0.157
9	22	Omer Said	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.259	+0.186
10	10	Lesley Buurlage	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.301	+0.228
11	6	Pablo Diehl	Tyrrell-Ford	1:22.344	+0.271
12	2	Steven Poirier	Ferrari	1:22.442	+0.369
13	17	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.484	+0.411
14	20	Ben Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:22.493	+0.420
15	11	Josh Noack	Stewart-Ford	1:22.506	+0.433
16	16	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.516	+0.443
17	12	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	1:22.532	+0.459
18	18	Andy Black	Prost-Mugen Honda	1:22.544	+0.471
19	15	Ben Utzer	Minardi-Hart	1:22.554	+0.481
20	14	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Hart	1:22.559	+0.486
21	19	William Néron	Prost-Mugen Honda	1:22.648	+0.575
22	21	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Renault	1:22.695	+0.622

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	64	1:30:30.043	1	10
2	4	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault	64	+25.973	3	6
3	3	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Renault	64	+47.307	4	4
4	17	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	64	+50.039	13	3
5	20	Ben Herbert	Benetton-Renault	64	+59.144	14	2
6	6	Pablo Diehl	Tyrrell-Ford	64	+1:03.509	11	1
7	16	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	64	+1:08.415	16
8	2	Steven Poirier	Ferrari	64	+1:11.499	12
9	8	Milos Ancevski	Arrows-Yamaha	64	+1:13.284	8
10	22	Omer Said	Jordan-Peugeot	64	+1:20.264	9
11	14	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Hart	63	+1 Lap	20
12	12	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	63	+1 Lap	17
13	9	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	63	+1 Lap	2
14	18	Andy Black	Prost-Mugen Honda	63	+1 Lap	18
Ret	23	Rami Saidy	Jordan-Peugeot	54	Didn't Finish	6
Ret	21	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Renault	39	Oil Leak	22
Ret	5	Aidan Keranen	Tyrrell-Ford	37	Gearbox	5
Ret	7	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows-Yamaha	37	Didn't Finish	7
Ret	15	Ben Utzer	Minardi-Hart	29	Didn't Finish	19
Ret	10	Lesley Buurlage	McLaren-Mercedes	24	Gearbox	10
Ret	11	Josh Noack	Stewart-Ford	10	Didn't Finish	15
Ret	19	William Néron	Prost-Mugen Honda	1	Didn't Finish	21

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joel Rautavaara 23 2 Andy Black 18 3 Jimmy Laad 18 4 Jack Hunsley 17 5 James McNamara 16	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 35 2 Arrows-Yamaha 33 3 Sauber-Petronas 25 4 Prost-Mugen Honda 18 5 Ferrari 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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