Damon Hill drives a brilliant race, Villeneuve takes win
© 1997 ATLAS F1

Sunday August 10, 1997

Summary


Damon Hill was by far the most impressive driver on the track today. He showed that the Arrows-Yamaha-Bridgestone combination can beat a Williams or Ferrari. But The Briton saw his first victory for Arrows slip away when his car developed a hydraulic pressure problem two laps before the finish. He had a margin over Jacques Villeneuve of 34 seconds, but this was not enough. He ended second.

Villeneuve took a victory, which took care of much of the gap to world champion leader Michael Schumacher.

Johnny Herbert completed the podium in his Sauber-Petronas.

The next issue of Atlas F1 will feature a full race review

Notes


The Result (77 Lap Race)

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Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) G
Hill (Arrows-Yamaha) B
Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G
M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G
R. Schumacher (Jordan-Peugeot) G
Nakano (Prost-Mugen) B
Trulli (Prost-Mugen) B
Berger (Benetton-Renault) G
Irvine (Ferrari) G
Katayama (Minardi-Hart) B
Alesi (Benetton-Renault) G
Marques (Minardi-Hart) B
Salo (Tyrrell-Ford) G

Not Classified

Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) G
Verstappen (Tyrrell-Ford) G
Diniz (Arrows-Yamaha) B
Fisichella (Jordan-Peugeot) G
Frentzen (Williams-Renault) G
Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B
Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) G
Morbidelli (Sauber-Petronas) G
Magnussen (Stewart-Ford) B

B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1h 45:47.149s
+ 9.079s
+ 20.445s
+ 30.501s
+ 30.715s
+ 41.512s
+ 1:15.552s
+ 1:16.409s
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1 lap
1 lap
2 laps
2 laps

 

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The Quotes


The Standings

Drivers Championship table
M. Schumacher (Ferrari)56
Villeneuve (Williams)53
Alesi (Benetton) 22
Berger (Benetton) 20
Frentzen(Williams)19
Irvine (Ferrari) 18
Panis (Prost) 15
Hakkinen (McLaren) 14
Coulthard (McLaren)14
R. Schumacher (Jordan)11
Herbert (Sauber)11
Fisichella (Jordan)8
Hill (Arrows) 7
Barrichello (Stewart) 6
Wurz (Benetton) 4
Trulli (Prost) 3
Salo (Tyrrell) 2
Nakano (Prost) 2
Larini (Sauber) 1

Constructors Championship table
Ferrari G 74
Williams-Renault G 72
Benetton-Renault G 46
McLaren-Mercedes G 28
Prost-Mugen B 20
Jordan-Peugeot G 19
Sauber-Petronas G 12
Arrows-Yamaha B 7
Stewart-Ford B 6
Tyrrell-Ford G 2
 

B: Bridgestone
G: Goodyear


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