Jacques Villeneuve's final Formula One victory, also the last win for a Canadian driver as of 2026 and the last for Williams until 2001.
Key Facts
- Race distance
- 67 laps
- Race winner
- Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault)
- Second place
- Jean Alesi (Benetton-Renault)
- Third place
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams-Renault)
- Championship round
- 15th of 1997 F1 World Championship
- Villeneuve's career win number
- 11th and final Formula One victory
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1997 Formula One World Championship season brought Jacques Villeneuve and Williams-Renault to the Nürburgring for the fifteenth round, with Villeneuve competitive in the title fight. The race, branded as the Luxembourg Grand Prix despite being held in Germany, attracted leading Renault-powered teams including Williams and Benetton.
On 28 September 1997, Villeneuve won the 67-lap race at the Nürburgring, leading a Williams-Renault one-two with teammate Frentzen third behind Jean Alesi's Benetton-Renault. The podium was an all-Renault-engine sweep, marking the last such occurrence until the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix.
The victory proved to be Villeneuve's 11th and last Formula One win. Williams would not win again until the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix, and a Renault engine would not reach victory lane until Fernando Alonso's triumph at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. No Canadian driver has won an F1 race since, as of 2026.