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== После гонки ==
Сразу после гонки на действия Михаэля был подан протест. Судьи FIA пришли к выводу, что таран на 48-м круге был преднамеренным. В качестве наказания Шумахера лишили второго места в чемпионате и всех очков, набранных в сезоне-1997. Очки в кубке конструкторов, а также места, занятые Михаэлем в гонках и вся его статистика не были затронуты.
<!-- Villeneuve had won three more races than Schumacher during the season meaning in the event of a tie, Villeneuve would be world champion. Villeneuve's teammate, [[Френтцен, Хайнц-Харальд|Хайнц-Харальд Френтцен]], was in third place with 41 points, with [[Алези, Жан|Жан Алези]] in fourth, six points behind Frentzen.
Villeneuve therefore had to finish 6th or higher and ahead of Schumacher to become champion. Schumacher had to finish ahead of Villeneuve or Villeneuve would have to finish in 7th or worse for Schumacher to claim his third world championship.
In the Constructors' Championship, [[Уильямс (команда Формулы-1)|Уильямс]] were leading the championship with 118 points, with [[Феррари (команда Формулы-1)|Феррари]] 16 points behind, but Ferrari had only won six races to Williams' eight. This meant that even if Ferrari finished first and second in the race and both Williams cars failed to score a point, Williams would still win the title as they have won more races, thus clinching the Constructors' title prior to the race.
== Квалификация ==
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.
Qualifying кругов in 1997 were done on low fuel, using new tyres and with the ability to change engines without penalty. Therefore the кругов could be seen as a true comparison between cars, and this indicated the performance of Villeneuve’s Williams and Schumacher’s Ferrari were identical.
== Гонка ==
[[Файл:Schumivilleneuve1997.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]] и [[Вильнёв, Жак Жозеф Шарль|Жак Вильнёв]] collide at the ''Dry Sac'' corner.]]
Villeneuve started on pole, with Schumacher in second. Schumacher’s start was better than Villeneuve’s and he led by the time they reached the first corner. Frentzen also got a better start than Villeneuve and overtook him. Under team-orders on круг eight, Frentzen let Villeneuve past. Schumacher made his first pit-stop on круг 22 and Villeneuve his first stop the following круг. They Сходаіned position but during the first round of pitstops Frentzen dropped to fifth behind both McLarens and the McLarens swapped places with [[Култхард, Дэвид Маршалл|Дэвид Култхард]] leading [[Хаккинен, Мика|Мика Хаккинен]]. The order of the leaders after the second round of pitstops on круг 43 and круг 44 remained the same but with Villeneuve closer to Schumacher.
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.
== После гонки ==
Prior to the race at Jerez the president of the FIA, [[Max Mosley]], had promised penalties to anyone who tried to influence the outcome of the championship.<ref name="grandprix" /> Race officials issued a statement following the race stating that they had «unanimously concluded it was a racing accident and no further action is necessary.»<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/подробнееs/614.cfm| title = 1997 Grand Prix of Europe| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = GP Race Подробнее| publisher = www.gpracing.net192.com}}</ref> However Schumacher was summoned to a disciplinary hearing by the FIA and on November 11 1997 it was announced that Schumacher would be disqualified from the 1997 World Championship. This meant he lost his second place in the overall standings to [[Френтцен, Хайнц-Харальд|Хайнц-Харальд Френтцен]] but he would Сходаіn his race victories and other results and would not be fined or face any further punishment in the following season. Max Mosely stated that the panel «concluded that although the actions were deliberate they were not premeditated».<ref>{{cite news | title = Schumacher loses championship runner-up crown | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/29895.stm | publisher = BBC News | date = 1997-11-11 | accessdate = 2006-10-28}}</ref>
Ferrari also escaped unpunished despite Article 123 of the FIA International Sporting Code stating: «The entrant shall be responsible for all acts or omissions on the part of the driver.» Under this rule, which has never been invoked for a driving incident, Ferrari could have been punished for failing to control its driver. When questioned on the subject Max Mosley said that the World Council had decided not to invoke Article 123. Another question which the World Council failed to address was whether or not there would be any public sanction against the stewards at Jerez, who had dismissed the Schumacher-Villeneuve incident, which, has been claimed, was a dereliction of their duty.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01356.html| title = The FIA ignores its own rules| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref>
The German newspapers were among the many from across Europe that attacked Schumacher. [[Bild]] said «Schumacher was to blame for the crash.» «He played for high stakes and lost everything — the World Championship and his reputation for fair play. There is no doubt that he wanted to take out Villeneuve». The [[Frankfurter Allgemeine]] called him «a kamikaze without honor''» and commented that the «''monument is starting to crack because the foundations are faulty.» A German TV station asked fans for their views and received the views of 63,081 votes. 28 % said they could not support Schumacher any longer.<ref name="Newspaper">{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01331.html| title = The lost honor of [[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]]| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref>
In Italy there was widespread condemnation of the move. The daily newspaper [[Unita]] called for him to be fired by Ferrari. «Schumacher ought to face charges in a Spanish court for the grave deed he committed» it подробнеееd. «The driver covered himself, Ferrari and Italian sport as a whole with shame. We are waiting for Ferrari to announce that it is throwing out [[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]] and hiring a new driver who is more intelligent, has more wisdom and a real sense of morality.»<ref name="Newspaper" />
[[La Repubblica]] подробнеееd that «seeing a world title vanish after waiting 18 years is sad enough. But to see it go up in smoke with the move from [[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]] is unfortunately much worse. It’s shameful.» [[Gazzetta dello Sport]] said that if Ferrari had won the title it would have been «''a title to hide''» and said that it preferred to go on waiting for the day when «our passion for Ferrari has a happy ending.»<ref name="Newspaper" /> Even [[La Stampa]], the newspaper owned by the Agnelli Family, which also controls Ferrari, roared against Schumacher. «His image as a champion was shattered, like a glass hit by a stone.»
In the British newspapers Schumacher’s maneuver against [[Хилл, Деймон|Деймон Хилл]] in Adelaide in 1994 was mentioned in many of the подробнееs. The [[Daily Mail]] подробнеееd that Schumacher had now «lost the last vestige of his reputation of being a sportsman» and [[The Times]] wrote that Schumacher had «sacrificed his reputation by an act of such cynicism that it lost him the right to any sympathy.»<ref name="Newspaper" />
Ferrari hosted a press conference on the Tuesday after Jerez during which Schumacher admitted that he had made a mistake but said it was a misjudgment rather than a deliberate attempt to take out Villeneuve. "I am human like everyone else and unfortunately I made a mistake, " he said. «I don’t make many but I did this time.»<ref name="Newspaper" />
The track itself was banned from hosting FIA-sanctioned racing again after an incident where the mayor of the town disrupted the podium ceremonies. The people chosen to present the trophies were dependent on the race order, with Daimler-Benz chairman Jurgen Schrempp only willing to make a presentation to a McLaren-Mercedes driver. As the McLarens of Häkkinen and Coulthard passed Villeneuve’s Williams on the last круг, this would have meant he could present either the trophy for first or second position or the winning constructor trophy. There was some confusion due to the late changes in position and whilst the Mayor and the president of the region presented trophies, Schrempp did nothing. FIA president Max Mosely later announced «The disruption caused embarrassment and inconvenience to those presenting the trophies and therefore, no further rounds of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship will be held at the Jerez circuit.»<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01392.html| title = Goodbye Jerez!| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref>
== Collusion allegations ==
On November 8, [[The Times]] newspaper published an article accusing Williams and McLaren of colluding to decide the finishing order at the end of the Grand Prix. The article’s claims were based on recordings of the radio transmissions made by the two teams.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01347.html| title = Race-rigging or press manipulation?| accessdate = 2006-11-21| date = 1997-11-10 | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref> The FIA World Council rejected the claims when the matter was brought before them. FIA president [[Max Mosley]] stated «It is quite clear that the result of the race was not fixed. There was no arrangement between McLaren and Williams that Mika Hakkinen was going to win. They were able to demonstrate very clearly that was not the case.»<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01357.html| title = A decent decision| accessdate = 2006-11-21| date = 1997-11-17 | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref>
In 2006, [[Фонтана, Норберто|Норберто Фонтана]] claimed in an interview with the Argentinian Magazine Ol?<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17477.html| title = The truth will out?| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref> that a few hours before the Grand Prix, [[Тодт, Жан|Жан Тодт]] visited the Sauber motorhome and told the Swiss team, which used Ferrari engines at the time, that the Saubers must block [[Вильнёв, Жак Жозеф Шарль|Жак Вильнёв]] if they were in a position to do so in order to help [[Шумахер, Михаэль|Михаэль Шумахер]] win the World Championship.
The Sauber team owner and manager at the time, Peter Sauber has however denied these allegations and said «Ferrari never expressed the desire that we should obstruct an opponent of Schumacher on the track».<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17483.html| title = Sauber contradicts Fontana| accessdate = 2006-10-29| date = | work = | publisher = www.grandprix.com}}</ref>-->
== Гонка ==
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