1997 Hungarian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | August 10, 1997 | ||
| Official name | XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij | ||
| Location | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.968 km (2.466 mi) | ||
| Distance | 77 laps, 305.536 km (189,851 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, Dry Track, 27°C | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:14.672 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:18.372 on lap 25 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | Arrows-Yamaha | ||
| Third | Sauber-Petronas | ||
The 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XIII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij) was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary on 10 August 1997. The race, contested over 77 laps, was the eleventh race of the 1997 Formula One season and was won by Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, with Damon Hill second in an Arrows-Yamaha and Johnny Herbert third in a Sauber-Petronas.
Defending World Champion Hill, who had been having a poor year in the uncompetitive and unreliable Arrows, had led comfortably for most of the race, after qualifying third behind championship challengers Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve. However, a hydraulic failure resulted in Villeneuve passing him on the final lap. It was to be the closest the Arrows team ever came to a Grand Prix victory.
The win was Villeneuve's fifth of the season and moved him to within three points of Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, the Ferrari driver having only managed fourth in the race.
Heading into the eleventh round of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 53 points; ahead of Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve on 43 points, and the two Benetton drivers, Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger, on 22 and 20 points respectively. The Constructors' Championship was closer at the front, with Ferrari on 71 points leading Williams on 62 points.
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