1997 was an exciting season in F1 and with it, a whole HOST of changes, from teams to drivers.
How could the new boys cope, could Heinz Harald Frentzen be a title challenger in his first year with Williams? Could Ferrari finally build a reliable car for Schumacher to challenge? Or was this a new year where other teams could try and take some wins?
*Note*
F1 Coverage moved from BBC to ITV so unfortunately, there were Adverts during the race which is why you may here some skipped footage.
If anything did happen, Murray would always remind you and let you know so you never truly miss anything.
New Teams:-
Stewart Grand Prix
Lola-Ford (They failed to qualify and never returned)
Prost GP (Changed from Ligier)
Arrows (Reverted Name change from Footwork)
Drivers:-
Arrows - D. Hill & P. Diniz
Williams - J. Villeneuve & H.H Frentzen (Who replaced Damon Hill)
Ferrari - Schumacher & Irvine
Benetton - Alesi & Berger
Mclaren - Hakkinen & Coulthard
Jordan - Ralf Schumacher (Rookie) & Fisichella
Prost - Panis & Shinji Nakano (Rookie)
Sauber - Herbert & Larini
Tyrrell - J. Verstappen & M.Salo
Minardi - Katayama & Jarno Trulli (Rookie)
Stewart - Barrichello & Jan Magnuessen
Race Results:-
1 | David Coulthard | McLaren
2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari
3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren
4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton
5 | Olivier Panis | Prost
6 | Nicola Larini | Sauber
7 | Shinji Nakano | Prost| +2 laps |
8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams DNF |
9 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | +3 laps |
10 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows +4 laps
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