Season 1997 · Round 11

Hungarian Grand Prix

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1997-08-10 · Hungaroring · Hungary · Hungarian Grand Prix · 77Lap · 305.536km
3 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams 1:45:47.149
Team win 10pt P1 · P18
1 Damon Hill
Arrows +9.079
16 Johnny Herbert
Sauber +20.445
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
David Coulthard L65 Jos Verstappen L61 Pedro Diniz L53 Giancarlo Fisichella L42 Heinz-Harald Frentzen L29 Rubens Barrichello L29 Mika Häkkinen L12 Gianni Morbidelli L7 Jan Magnussen L5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 17/41 41.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P31
Closest finish · all-time P19
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary
77Lap 305.536km 41 races held (1986–) Lap record 1:16.207 · Michael Schumacher (2002)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Mika Häkkinen 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P4 Damon Hill 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -2
P8 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Hill HIL Hill HIL Herbert HER Herbert HER Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Berger BER Berger BER Irvine · stopped L76 · classified P9 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Marques MAR Marques MAR Salo SAL Salo SAL Coulthard · retired L65 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Verstappen · retired L61 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Diniz · retired L53 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Fisichella · retired L42 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Frentzen · retired L29 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Barrichello · retired L29 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Häkkinen · retired L12 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Morbidelli · retired L7 Morbidelli MOR Morbidelli MOR Magnussen · retired L5 Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2 77 1:45:47.149 10
2 1 Damon Hill Arrows 3 77 +9.079 6
3 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber 10 77 +20.445 4
4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 77 +30.501 3
5 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 14 77 +30.715 2
6 15 Shinji Nakano Prost 16 77 +41.512 1
7 14 Jarno Trulli Prost 12 77 +1:15.552
8 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton 7 77 +1:16.409
9 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 76 Spun off
10 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi 20 76 +1 Lap
11 7 Jean Alesi Benetton 9 76 +1 Lap
12 21 Tarso Marques Minardi 22 75 +2 Laps
13 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 21 75 +2 Laps
R 10 David Coulthard McLaren 8 65 Electrical
R 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 18 61 Gearbox
R 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows 19 53 Electrical
R 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 13 42 Spun off
R 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 6 29 Fuel
R 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 11 29 Engine
R 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 4 12 Hydraulics
R 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber 15 7 Engine
R 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart 17 5 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Michael Schumacher
2
3 Jacques Villeneuve
3
1 Damon Hill
4
9 Mika Häkkinen
5
6 Eddie Irvine
6
4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
7
8 Gerhard Berger
8
10 David Coulthard
9
7 Jean Alesi
10
16 Johnny Herbert
11
22 Rubens Barrichello
12
14 Jarno Trulli
13
12 Giancarlo Fisichella
14
11 Ralf Schumacher
15
17 Gianni Morbidelli
16
15 Shinji Nakano
17
23 Jan Magnussen
18
18 Jos Verstappen
19
2 Pedro Diniz
20
20 Ukyo Katayama
21
19 Mika Salo
22
21 Tarso Marques
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.372 L25
2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.607 L26
3 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.875 L17
4 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.941 L18
5 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:18.948 L28
6 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:19.030 L15
7 3 Jacques Villeneuve 1:19.066 L15
8 3 Jacques Villeneuve 1:19.132 L16
9 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:19.147 L16
10 3 Jacques Villeneuve 1:19.189 L18
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
6
Eddie Irvine
+22
P5→P9
15
Shinji Nakano
+17
P16→P6
20
Ukyo Katayama
+16
P20→P10
11
Ralf Schumacher
+15
P14→P5
8
Gerhard Berger
+15
P7→P8
16
Johnny Herbert
+13
P10→P3
2
Pedro Diniz
+13
P19→P—
14
Jarno Trulli
+12
P12→P7
Most positions lost
Eddie Irvine −25 Michael Schumacher −14 Gerhard Berger −13
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15