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


Test-times at: Barcelona / Jerez / Maranello / 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: H.H. Frentzen 1:19.30 (set 01-29)

Friday January 31, 1997
  Panis         1:19.91 (44) (Ligier JS 45)
  Nakano        1:20.65 (58) (Ligier JS 43)
  Salo          1:23.30

Thursday January 30, 1997
  Frentzen      1:20.40 
  Panis         1:20.44 (Ligier JS 43)
  Panis         1:20.68 (Ligier JS 45)
  Nakano        1:22.00 (Ligier JS 43)
  Verstappen    1:22.60
  Takagi        1:25.15 (Tyrrell)

Wednesday January 29, 1997
  Frentzen      1:19.30
  Verstappen    1:25.40 (55)

Jerez, Spain Top of Page
  • 2.751 Miles
  • 4.428 Kilometers
  • 1994 Pole GP of Europe: Michael Schumacher 1:22.762
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1996: Damon Hill 1:23.61
  • Fastest Test-Time in 1997: Gerhard Berger 1:21.245 (set 01-17)

Wednesday January 22, 1997
  Frentzen      1:22.03
  Hakkinen      1:22.75
  Fisichella    1:22.72
  Schumacher    1:22.86
  Barrichello   1:23.19
  Magnussen     1:26.29
  Hill          1:26.99

Tuesday January 21, 1997
  Frentzen      1:21.93 (57)
  Coulthard     1:22.22 (51)
  R. Schumacher 1:23.69 (41)
  Fisichella    1:23.77 (37)
  Schumacher    1:24.16 (67)
  Barrichello   1:26.66 (14)
  Hill          no time

Monday January 20, 1997 wet weather conditions
  Barrichello   1:38.11 (03)
  Mugnussen     1:38.66 (21) (Stewart SF-1)
  Schumacher    1:38.77 (47)
  Frentzen      1:39.48 (30)
  R. Schumacher 1:43.93 (20)
  Hill          1:47.36 (12)

Sunday January 19, 1997 changeble weather conditions
  Schumacher    1:27.27 (17)
  Barrichello   1:32.32 (10) (Stewart SF-1)
  Coulthard     1:45.79 (06)

Saturday January 18, 1997
  Coulthard     1:23.99 (50)
  Schumacher    1:24.34 (54)
  Fisichella    1:24.56 (39)

Friday January 17, 1997
  Berger        1:21.25 (91) (B197)
  Hakkinen      1:22.26 (43)
  Schumacher    1:23.45 (45)
  R. Schumacher 1:24.34 (45)
  Fisichella    1:26.59 (15)

Thursday January 16, 1997
  R. Schumacher 1:23.84 (37)
  Schumacher    1:24.16 (35)
  Berger        1:25.41 (41) (B197)
  Nakano        1:25.74 (21)
  Hakkinen      1:26.32 (28)
  Fisichella    1:45.61 (25) wet conditions

Wednesday January 15, 1997
  Berger        1:22.25 (27) (B196)
  Panis         1:23.31 (40)
  R. Schumacher 1:24.47 (28)
  Alesi         1:24.68 (B197)
  Nakano        1:24.83

Tuesday January 14, 1997
  Alesi         1:22.69 (48) (B197)
  Berger        1:22.98 (49) (B196)
  Panis         1:23.48 (31) 
  Nakano        1:23.54 (47) (Ligier)
  R. Schumacher 1:24.15 (28)

Saturday January 11, 1997
  Panis         1:22.96 (90)
  Berger        1:23.91 (64) (1997 Benetton)
  Alesi         1:24.26 (63) (1996 Benetton)

Friday January 10, 1997
  Panis         1:24.13 (65)
  Alesi         1:24.23 (53) (1996 Benetton)
  Berger        1:24.40 (60) (1997 Benetton)

Thursday January 9, 1997    wet
  Panis         1:36.82 (45)
  Berger        1:42.90 (1996 Benetton)
  Alesi         1:43.50 (1997 Benetton)

Wednesday January 8, 1997
  Panis         1:24.97 (45) (1996 Ligier-Bridgestone)
  Alesi         1:26.10 (29) (1997 Benetton)
  Berger        1:26.74 (31) (1996 Benetton)

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: Eddie Irvine 0:59.776 (set 01-30)

Thursday January 30, 1997
  Irvine        0:59.78 (69)

Wednesday January 29, 1997
  Irvine        1:00.16 (62)

Tuesday January 28, 1997
  Irvine        1:00.30 (31)

Wednesday January 8, 1997
  Schumacher    1:09.48 (12)

Silverstone, England Top of Page
  • 5.057 km
  • 1995 Pole: Damon Hill 1:28.124
  • Fastest time in 1996: Boullion 1:26.75 (Williams)
  • Fastest time in 1997: -

Thursday January 30, 1997  wet
  Hill          1:38.41 (21)

Wednesday January 29, 1997  wet
  Hill          1:42.40 (12)