Austrian GP Thursday practice

SPIELBERG, Austria., September 18, 1997 - Results of today's unofficial practice session for the September 21th Austrian Grand Prix on the 4.323-kilometre A1-Ring:

Pos  Driver                  Nat  Constructor            Time     Gap  To 1st
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 1.  Damon Hill              GB   TWR-Yamaha         1:12.553
 2.  Rubens Barrichello      BR   Stewart-Ford ZV10  1:12.589   0.036   0.036
 3.  Jan Magnussen           DK   Stewart-Ford ZV10  1:12.823   0.234   0.270
 4.  Jean Alesi              F    Benetton-Renault   1:12.956   0.133   0.403
 5.  Jarno Trulli            I    Prost-Mugen        1:13.025   0.069   0.472
 6.  Mika Hakkinen           FIN  McLaren-Mercedes   1:13.034   0.009   0.481
 7.  David Coulthard         GB   McLaren-Mercedes   1:13.095   0.061   0.542
 8.  Heinz-Harald Frentzen   D    Williams-Renault   1:13.108   0.013   0.555
 9.  Johnny Herbert          GB   Sauber-Petronas    1:13.251   0.143   0.698
10.  Giancarlo Fisichella    I    Jordan-Peugeot     1:13.261   0.010   0.708
11.  Gerhard Berger          A    Benetton-Renault   1:13.368   0.107   0.815
12.  Jacques Villeneuve      CDN  Williams-Renault   1:13.524   0.156   0.971
13.  Eddie Irvine            GB   Ferrari            1:13.632   0.108   1.079
14.  Pedro Diniz             BR   TWR-Yamaha         1:13.762   0.130   1.209
15.  Michael Schumacher      D    Ferrari            1:13.827   0.065   1.274
16.  Ralf Schumacher         D    Jordan-Peugeot     1:14.060   0.233   1.507
17.  Shinji Nakano           J    Prost-Mugen        1:14.176   0.116   1.623
18.  Jos Verstappen          NL   Tyrrell-Ford EDV8  1:14.266   0.090   1.713
19.  Ukyo Katayama           J    Minardi-Hart       1:14.590   0.324   2.037
20.  Gianni Morbidelli       I    Sauber-Petronas    1:14.591   0.001   2.038
21.  Mika Salo               FIN  Tyrrell-Ford EDV8  1:14.887   0.296   2.334
22.  Tarso Marques           BR   Minardi-Hart       1:16.502   1.615   3.949

107% of fastest time: 1:17.632