M. Schumacher makes the right choices at Francorchamps
© 1997 ATLAS F1

Sunday August 24, 1997

Summary


It rained cats and dogs at the beginning of the Belgium Grand Prix and the teams had to make important decisions about what to do with this sudden change of weather. Michael Schumacher was the driver who got it all right. He choose the intermediate tyres and the right set-up, he also feels at home on this circuit in bad weather conditions. Schumacher was able to pull out a gap in the beginning of the race and just kept the lead until the end.

Damon Hill made a bad tyre choice and had to make another pitstop. His team-mate Pedro Diniz went very well. He showed that the Arrows car could compete against cars like McLaren and Ferrari.

Villeneuve saw the gap to World Championship leader grow because he didn't follow the decisions made by the team and had to make an extra pitstop, Patrick Head said after the race.

The next issue of Atlas F1 will feature a full race review

Notes


The Result (44 Lap Race)

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M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G
Fisichella (Jordan-Peugeot) G
Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) G
Frentzen (Williams-Renault) G
Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G
Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) G
Berger (Benetton-Renault) G
Diniz (Arrows-Yamaha) B
Morbidelli (Sauber-Petronas) G
Salo (Tyrrell-Ford) G
Alesi (Benetton-Renault) G
Magnussen (Stewart-Ford) B
Hill (Arrows-Yamaha) B
Katayama (Minardi-Hart) B
Irvine (Ferrari) G
Trulli (Prost-Mugen) B

Not Classified

Verstappen (Tyrrell-Ford) G
R. Schumacher (Jordan-Peugeot) G
Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) G
Marques (Minardi-Hart) B
Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B
Nakano (Prost-Mugen) B

B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1h 33m 46.717s
+ 26.753s
+ 30.852s
+ 32.147s
+ 39.025s
+ 42.103s
+ 1m 03.741s
+ 1m 25.931s
+ 1m 42.008s
+ 1m 42.582s
1 lap
1 lap
1 lap
2 lap
2 lap
2 laps

 

18 laps
22 laps
24 laps
39 laps
40 laps
40 laps

The Quotes


The Standings

Drivers Championship table
M. Schumacher (Ferrari)66
Villeneuve (Williams)54
Alesi (Benetton) 22
Berger (Benetton) 20
Frentzen(Williams)22
Hakkinen (McLaren) 18
Irvine (Ferrari) 18
Panis (Prost) 15
Coulthard (McLaren)14
Fisichella (Jordan)14
Herbert (Sauber)13
R. Schumacher (Jordan)11
Hill (Arrows) 7
Barrichello (Stewart) 6
Wurz (Benetton) 4
Trulli (Prost) 3
Salo (Tyrrell) 2
Nakano (Prost) 2
Larini (Sauber) 1

Constructors Championship table
Ferrari G 84
Williams-Renault G 76
Benetton-Renault G 46
McLaren-Mercedes G 32
Jordan-Peugeot G 25
Prost-Mugen B 20
Sauber-Petronas G 14
Arrows-Yamaha B 7
Stewart-Ford B 6
Tyrrell-Ford G 2
 

B: Bridgestone
G: Goodyear


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