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Formula One August 1997 Test-Times
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Test-times at: Barcelona / Maranello / Monza / Mugello / Silverstone

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Barcelona, Spain Top of Page
  • 4.727 kilometers
  • 1997 Pole: Villeneuve 1:16.525
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Damon Hill 1:21.50
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Mika Hakkinen 1:17.78 (set 02-19)

Friday August 1, 1997
  Frentzen      1:20.30
  Villeneuve    1:28.28 (1998 spec)

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)

Thursday August 14, 1997
  Irvine        1:00.85 (60) (176)

Wednesday August 13, 1997
  Irvine        1:00.13 (57) (chassis 176)

Tuesday August 12, 1997
  Irvine        1:01.16 (46) (176)
  Irvine        1:02.89 (23) (173)

Monza, Italy Top of Page
  • 5.770 km
  • 1997 Pole: Jean Alesi 1:22.909s
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Michael Schumacher 1:24.832s
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Ralf Schumacher 1:23.258s (set 07-17)

Saturday August 30, 1997
  M. Schumacher 1:23.56 (65)
  Villeneuve    1:24.27 (72)

Friday August 29, 1997
  Fisichella    1:23.32 (47)
  Alesi         1:23.94 (65)
  Coulthard     1:24.39 (75)
  M. Schumacher 1:24.46 (66)
  Irvine        1:24.77 (80)
  Trulli        1:24.98 (23)
  Villeneuve    1:25.40 (62)
  Wurz          1:25.49 (42)
  Nakano        1:25.54 (41)
  Heidfeld      1:26.22 (16)
  Salo          1:26.32 (22)
  Morbidelli    1:26.46 (50)
  Verstappen    1:26.80 (25)
  Katayama      1:28.00 (31)
  1998 spec:
  Zonta         1:28.52 (54)
  Heidfeld      1:29.90 (36)
  Marques       1:31.07 (44)

Thursday August 28, 1997
  Fisichella    1:24.46 (31)
  Alesi         1:25.42 (25)
  Berger        1:25.45 (35)
  Irvine        1:25.62 (40)
  M. Schumacher 1:25.80 (14)
  Heidfeld      1:25.85 
  Coulthard     1:25.89 
  Salo          1:26.60
  Nakano        1:27.42
  Morbidelli    1:28.20 
  Verstappen    1:28.30
  Katayama      1:28.40
  1998 spec:
  Zonta         1:30.22
  Frentzen      1:30.70
  Heidfeld      1:31.72
  Marques       1:33.10

Wednesday August 27, 1997
  R. Schumacher 1:23.89 (32)
  Frentzen      1:24.57 (68)
  Berger        1:24.60 (56)
  Fisichella    1:24.87 (74)
  Alesi         1:24.96 (47)
  M. Schumacher 1:25.10 (60)
  Coulthard     1:25.35 (64)
  Herbert       1:25.65 (69)
  Irvine        1:26.01 (67)
  Trulli        1:26.31 (78)
  Katayama      1:27.22 (31)
  Verstappen    1:27.73 (31)
  Morbidelli    1:28.43 (08)
  Marques       1:28.87 (05)
  1998 spec:
  Heidfeld      1:29.91 
  Boullion      1:30.19
  Takagi        1:30.41 
  Verstappen    1:31.84
  Marques       1:33.48

Tuesday August 26, 1997
  Alesi         1:24.58 (14)
  R. Schumacher 1:24.88 (33)
  Frentzen      1:24.92 (04)
  Trulli        1:25.36 (28)
  M. Schumacher 1:25.40 (22)
  Herbert       1:25.49 (09)
  Coulthard     1:25.61 (72)
  Berger        1:25.70 (22)
  Irvine        1:26.33 (12)
  Hakkinen      1:26.52 (02)
  Boullion      1:28.81 (30) (1998 spec)
  Heidfeld      1:31.25 (10) (1998 spec)

Thursday August 14, 1997
  Villeneuve    1:23.95 (81)
  M. Schumacher 1:25.45 (68)

Wednesday August 13, 1997
  Frentzen      1:24.77 (49)
  M. Schumacher 1:24.90 (42)
  Barrichello   1:25.20 (51)
  Boullion      1:25.30 (45) 

Tuesday August 12, 1997
  Frentzen      1:25.05 (70)
  M. Schumacher 1:25.60 (70)
  Magnussen     1:25.79 (64)
  Boullion      1:26.54 (81)

Mugello, Italy Top of Page
  • 5.245 kilometers
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1:26.8
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Jarno Trulli 1:23.41 (set 14-08)

Thursday August 14, 1997
  Trulli        1:23.41 (33)
  Herbert       1:25.11 (58)
  Morbidelli    1:26.17 (48)

Wednesday August 13, 1997
  Trulli        1:25.12 (88)
  Herbert       1:25.44 (43)
  Morbidelli    1:25.65 (58)

Tuesday August 12, 1997
  Herbert       1:26.55 (50)
  Trulli        1:26.74 (58)

Silverstone, England Top of Page
  • 5.057 km
  • 1997 Pole: Villeneuve 1:21.598s
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Boullion 1:26.75s (Williams)
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Ralf Schumacher 1:21.44s (set 03-17)

Thursday August 14, 1997
  Alesi         1:23.57 (52)
  R. Schumacher 1:24.15 (52)
  Hill          1:24.21 (35)
  Wurz          1:24.22 (29)
  Heidfeld      1:25.13 (35)
  Hakkinen      1:27.34 (50)
  Verstappen    1:28.74 (35)
  Zonta         1:31.08 (66)

Wednesday August 13, 1997
  Wurz          1:24.19 (25)
  Hakkinen      1:24.60 (27)
  Alesi         1:24.73 (17)
  Diniz         1:25.02 (19)
  Heidfeld      1:25.28 (47)
  Zonta         1:33.61 (15) (1998 spec Jordan)

Tuesday August 12, 1997
  Alesi         1:24.55 (21)
  Wurz          1:25.21 (21)
  Hakkinen      1:25.35 (31)
  R. Schumacher 1:26.05 (35)
  Muller        1:27.56 (31)
  Heidfeld      1:31.68 (60) (1998 spec McLaren)

Friday August 1, 1997
  Diniz         1:24.52 (57)
  Brundle       1:27.26 (40) (Benetton)
  Coulthard     1:32.98 (51) (1998 spec)


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