Гран-при Европы 1997 года: различия между версиями

| pole_time = 1:21.,072

| best_lap_time = 1:23.,135

Квалификация стала шедевром Ф-1. Сразу три пилота, боровшихся за "поул-позишн", показали абсолютно одинаковый результат: 1.,21.,072. В итоге места были распределены в соответствии с последовательностью, в которой были установлены результаты: Вильнёв, Шумахер, Френтцен. При этом Михаэль Шумахер показал это лучшее для себя время под жёлтыми флагами (авария Ральфа Шумахера), но наказан не был. Показавший четвёртое время, Дэймон Хилл на Arrows отстал от "поула" всего на 0.,058.

During the qualifying session, held on Saturday October 25 to determine the order of the cars on the Старт, three cars set identical times. [[Вильнёв, Жак Жозеф Шарль|Жак Вильнёв]] was first to set a time of 1:21.,072 14 minutes into the one hour session. 14 minutes later, [[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]] posted an identical time. As he was the second car to set the time, he was placed in second position. With nine minutes of the session remaining, [[Френтцен, Хайнц-Харальд|Хайнц-Харальд Френтцен]] crossed the line again with a time of 1:21.,072. Being the third driver to do so he would start in 3rd position on the Старт. Fourth place on the Старт went to [[Хилл, Деймон|Деймон Хилл]] in his [[Эрроуз (команда Формулы-1)|Эрроуз]], with a time of 1:21.,130, just 0.,058 seconds behind the times of the leading three.

On круг 48 Villeneuve attempted to overtake Schumacher at the ''Dry Sac'' corner. Villeneuve held the inside line, however Schumacher turned in on Villeneuve resulting in a collision. The right-front wheel of Schumacher's Ferrari hit the left radiator pod of Villeneuve's Williams and caused Schumacher to Сходіre. Villeneuve described the incident after the race "The car felt very strange. The hit was very hard. It was not a small thing."<ref name="grandprix">{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr614.html| title = Grand Prix Results: European GP, 1997| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = GP Encyclopedia| publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref> He continued but the damage meant he was slower than the cars behind him. At the time of the incident there were 20 кругов of the race remaining. His car did not fail, but the slower pace meant that on the last круг, he had been caught by both McLarens, Häkkinen having regained second place from Coulthard under team orders. Villeneuve only needed to finish sixth to win the championship, therefore he let both McLarens past. After the race he stated "I did not fight then. It was better to let them through and win the World Championship. It is a good exchange."<ref name="grandprix" /> [[Бергер, Герхард|Герхард Бергер]] in fourth place was also catching Villeneuve but they did not exchange positions before crossing the finish line. The final margin between Villeneuve and Berger was just 0.,116 seconds. Third place meant Villeneuve finished ahead of Schumacher in the drivers championship by 4 points, and was World Champion.

| 38:58.,2

| 1.,654

| 1.,803

| 1.,919

| 3.,789

| 4.,537

| +1:07.,145

| +1:13.,0

| +1:17.,487

| +1:18.,215

* Лучший круг: [[Френтцен, Хайнц-Харальд|Хайнц-Харальд Френтцен]] 1m 23.,135s