Formula One April 1997 Test-Times
News Editor: Michael Viveen
© 1997 ATLAS F1

Test-times at: Barcelona / Maranello / Mugello / Silverstone

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Barcelona, Spain Top of Page
  • 4.727 kilometers
  • 1996 Pole: Damon Hill 1:20.650
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Damon Hill 1:21.50
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Mika Hakkinen 1:17.78 (set 02-19)

Thursday May 1, 1997
  Villeneuve    1:18.41 (71)
  Herbert       1:18.84 (56)
  Alesi         1:19.05 (35)
  Wurz          1:20.18 (27)
  R. Schumacher 1:20.35 (31)
  Trulli        1:22.30 (30)
  Hill          1:22.55 (61)
  Marques       1:22.88 (22)
  Diniz         1:23.20 (06)

Wednesday April 30, 1997
  Alesi         1:18.65 (65)
  Frentzen      1:19.04 (61)
  Fisichella    1:19.84 (26)
  Wurz          1:20.14 (44)
  Herbert       1:20.57 (31)
  Hill          1:21.73 (61)
  Trulli        1:23.67 (28)

Tuesday April 29, 1997
  Alesi         1:18.86 (41)
  Frentzen      1:19.66 (49)
  Wurz          1:21.41 (12)
  Fisichella    1:21.64 (17)
  Hill          1:23.00 (19)

Friday April 18, 1997
  Berger        1:17.94 (48)
  Frentzen      1:18.26 (49)
  Alesi         1:18.44 (26)
  Panis         1:19.53 (51)
  Schumacher    1:19.96 (94)
  Coulthard     1:20.18 (73)
  Boullion      1:25.73 (56)

Thursday April 17, 1997
  Villeneuve    1:17.82 (75)
  Alesi         1:19.55 (40)
  Schumacher    1:19.83 (70)
  Panis         1:19.84 (47)
  Berger        1:21.63 (47)
  Coulthard     1:22.64 (38)
  Boullion      1:23.72 (64)

Wednesday April 16, 1997
  Villeneuve    1:19.21 (54)
  Hakkinen      1:19.67 (41)
  Panis         1:20.52 (15)
  Berger        1:20.60 (27)
  Irvine        1:20.83 (69)
  Wurz          1:20.89 (57)
  Boullion      1:24.20 (25) (1998 180cm width Williams)
Mugello, Italy Top of Page
  • 5.245 kilometers
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:26.8
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Michael Schumacher 1:25.25 (set 04-04)

Thursday April 3, 1997
  Schumacher    1:25.25 (87)

Wednesday April 2, 1997
  Schumacher    1:26.36 (45)

Tuesday April 1, 1997
  Morbidelli    1:28.24 (35)
Maranello, Italy Top of Page
  • Ferrari team home track Fiorano
  • The track is revised and has two options now:
    • 2.976 kilometers
    • 2.948 kilometers
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Nicola Larini 1:00.17 (set 12-18)
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Michael Schumacher 0:59.01 (set 05-02)

Friday May 2, 1997
  Schumacher    0:59.01 (046/1)

Wednesday April 30, 1997
  Irvine        0:59.50 (88) (046/2)

Tuesday April 29, 1997
  Schumacher    0:59.60 (65) (046/2)

Monday April 28, 1997
  Schumacher    0:59.55 (78) (046/1)

Friday April 19, 1997
  Herbert       0:59.87 (115)
Silverstone, England Top of Page
  • 5.057 km
  • 1995 Pole: Damon Hill 1:28.124
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Boullion 1:26.75 (Williams)
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Ralf Schumacher 1:21.44 (set 03-17) 

Thursday April 3, 1997
  Alesi         1:22.94 (30)
  Fisichella    1:25.05 (51)