Villeneuve takes Silverstone pole
© 1997 ATLAS F1

Saturday July 12, 1997

Summary


Jacques Villeneuve took pole from his team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the last minutes of the session. Mika Hakkinen, who was fastest for most part of the session ended third.

Norberto Fontana seems to get used to the Sauber car with an excellent 14th spot. He has to start from the back however because his time was disallowed, he missed a weight check.

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Villeneuve (Williams) G
Frentzen (Williams) G
Hakkinen (McLaren) G
M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G
R. Schumacher (Jordan) G
Coulthard (McLaren) G
Irvine (Ferrari) G
Wurz (Benetton) G
Herbert (Sauber) G
Fisichella (Jordan) G
Alesi (Benetton) G
Hill (Arrows) B
Trulli (Prost) B
Fontana (Sauber) G
Nakano (Prost) B
Magnussen (Stewart) B
Diniz (Arrows) B
Salo (Tyrrell) G
Katayama (Minardi) B
Verstappen (Tyrrell) G
Marques (Minardi) B
Barrichello (Stewart) B

107% rule

B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1m 21.598s
1m 21.732s
1m 21.797s
1m 21.977s
1m 22.277s
1m 22.279s
1m 22.342s
1m 22.344s
1m 22.368s
1m 22.371s
1m 22.392s
1m 23.271s
1m 23.366s
1m 23.790s
1m 24.053s
1m 24.067s
1m 24.239s
1m 24.478s
1m 24.553s
1m 25.010s
1m 25.154s
1m 25.525s

1m 27.310s

The Quotes



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