1997 Brazilian Grand Prix (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Autdromo Jos Carlos Pace near Interlagos, Brazil on March 30, 1997. It was the second race of the 1997 Formula One Season. Between the Australian and Brazilian grands prix, Mastercard withdrew their sponsorship from the Lola team. This meant that sponsorless cars were shipped to Brazil. However, they were forced to stay in the garage for the weekend as there was no longer any money for the team. After the race the team officially resigned from the championship. Jacques Villeneuve took his second consecutive, and his career fifth, pole position after a 1:16.004, over half a second faster than Michael Schumacher in second. Gerhard Berger and Mika Hkkinen completed the second row. The race was red-flagged after several incidents at the original start. As in Australia, Jacques Villeneuve went off the track at the first corner. Behind this, an incident involved several drivers including Damon Hill, Eddie Irvine, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jan Magnussen. Irvine took some blame for the incident.