Гран-при Венгрии 1997 года: Невероятная гонка и победа Вильнёва

Formula One motor race held in 1997

The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij) was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary on 10 August 1997. The race, contested over 77 laps, was the eleventh race of the 1997 Formula One season and was won by Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams Renault, with Damon Hill second in an Arrows Yamaha and Johnny Herbert third in a Sauber Petronas. Defending World Champion Hill, who had been having a poor year in the uncompetitive and unreliable Arrows, had led comfortably for most of the race, after qualifying third behind championship challengers Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve. However, a hydraulic failure resulted in Villeneuve passing him on the final lap. It was to be the closest the Arrows team ever came to a Grand Prix victory and would turn out to be their final podium finish. The win was Villeneuve's fifth of the season and moved him to within three points of Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, the Ferrari driver having only managed fourth in the race. Shinji Nakano scored his last world championship points at this race.

Heading into the eleventh round of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 53 points; ahead of Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve on 43 points, and the two Benetton drivers, Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger, on 22 and 20 points respectively. The Constructors' Championship was closer at the front, with Ferrari on 71 points leading Williams on 62 points.

Hill, as defending world champion, until then had experienced a bad year in the back runner Arrows Yamaha car and was 17th in overall championship standings. But arriving at Hungary, he set the fifth fastest time on Friday practice after just a single flying lap, after sitting for 55 minutes in the garage while his mechanics tore the gearbox off the car, looking for an electronic sensor problem. Later, Hill qualified in 3rd place behind Villeneuve, with Schumacher claiming pole position. Hill's teammate Pedro Diniz qualified in 19th position.

Hill made a strong start from his third position, overtaking Villeneuve, and he then caught race leader Schumacher on lap 6. Schumacher had to use a spare car for the race and soon struggled with the pace all the race long. By then, both drivers had pulled away from the rest of the field. On lap 11, Hill overtook Schumacher, and would eventually be leading the race by over 35 seconds from Villeneuve. The slow pace of the German driver permitted several drivers to close on him. Mika Hakkinen, one of the drivers chasing Schumacher, retired on lap 12, meanwhile the Ferrari driver would soon pitted for the first of three times on the race. The slow Schumacher permitted Hill to open a reasonable gap to the others behind and never was contested for the lead, specially after a slow pit stop for Jacques Villeneuve. For most of the race, Coulthard chased Villeneuve closely for second place, being denied with another mechanical retiring. On the other hand, struggling Schumacher formed a trail behind him being chased for his brother Ralf, Shinji Nakano and teammate Eddie Irvine. Yellow lights turned on at Arrows when Pedro Diniz retired with mechanical failure. On lap 74, with three laps left, the hydraulic pump failed on Hill's car, causing it to become stuck in third gear and have an intermittent throttle. As a result, Hill started losing time and was overtaken by Villeneuve part way through the final lap. Villeneuve won the race with Hill finishing second, and Johnny Herbert took the third place on the podium. Eddie Irvine, who had passed Nakano for the final point, lost it on last lap for the Japanese driver when his car broke down. After the race, the problem, which denied Arrows, Bridgestone, and Yamaha their first ever victories (in the case of Arrows and Yamaha, their only ever victories), was diagnosed as a throttle linkage failure, caused by a broken washer worth 50 pence. Johnny Herbert scored his only podium of the season, while Shinji Nakano equalled his career best finish of 6th. Gianni Morbidelli returned for Sauber in place of Norberto Fontana after missing three races through injury. Hill's second position also marked the best ever result for Yamaha engines in Formula One.

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Difference 1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:14.672 2 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 1:14.859 + 0.187 3 1 Damon Hill Arrows Yamaha 1:15.044 + 0.372 4 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:15.140 + 0.468 5 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:15.424 + 0.752 6 4 Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Renault 1:15.520 + 0.848 7 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 1:15.699 + 1.027 8 10 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1:15.705 + 1.033 9 7 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 1:15.905 + 1.233 10 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 1:16.138 + 1.466 11 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 1:16.138 + 1.466 12 14 Jarno Trulli Prost Mugen Honda 1:16.297 + 1.625 13 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Peugeot 1:16.300 + 1.628 14 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan Peugeot 1:16.686 + 2.014 15 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber Petronas 1:16.766 + 2.094 16 15 Shinji Nakano Prost Mugen Honda 1:16.784 + 2.112 17 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford 1:16.858 + 2.186 18 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell Ford 1:17.095 + 2.423 19 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows Yamaha 1:17.118 + 2.446 20 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi Hart 1:17.232 + 2.560 21 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Ford 1:17.482 + 2.810 22 21 Tarso Marques Minardi Hart 1:18.020 + 3.348107% time: 1:19.899Source:

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 77 1:45:47.149 2 10 2 1 Damon Hill Arrows Yamaha 77 +9.079 3 6 3 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 77 +20.445 10 4 4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 77 +30.501 1 3 5 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan Peugeot 77 +30.715 14 2 6 15 Shinji Nakano Prost Mugen Honda 77 +41.512 16 1 7 14 Jarno Trulli Prost Mugen Honda 77 +1:15.552 12   8 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 77 +1:16.409 7   9 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 76 Spun off 5   10 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi Hart 76 +1 lap 20   11 7 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 76 +1 lap 9   12 21 Tarso Marques Minardi Hart 75 +2 laps 22   13 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Ford 75 +2 laps 21   Ret 10 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 65 Electrical 8   Ret 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell Ford 61 Gearbox 18   Ret 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows Yamaha 53 Electrical 19   Ret 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Peugeot 42 Spun off 13   Ret 4 Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Renault 29 Fuel leak 6   Ret 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 29 Engine 11   Ret 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 12 Hydraulics 4   Ret 17 Gianni Morbidelli Sauber Petronas 7 Engine 15   Ret 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford 5 Accident 17  Source: