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Team | Engine | Tyres | # | Driver 1 | # | Driver 2 |
Arrows | - Yamaha | Bridgestone | 1 | ![]() |
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Williams | - Renault | GoodYear | 3 | ![]() |
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Ferrari | - Ferrari | GoodYear | 5 | ![]() |
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Benetton | - Renault | GoodYear | 7 | ![]() |
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McLaren | - Mercedes | GoodYear | 9 | ![]() |
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Jordan | - Peugeot | GoodYear | 11 | ![]() |
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Prost | - Mugen-Honda | Bridgestone | 14 | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Sauber | - Petronas | GoodYear | 16 | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
Tyrrell | - Ford | GoodYear | 18 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
Minardi | - Hart | Bridgestone | 20 | ![]() |
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Stewart | - Ford | Bridgestone | 22 | ![]() |
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Lola | - Ford | Bridgestone | 24 | ![]() |
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Former world champion Alain Prost has bought Formula One team Ligier after agreeing a contract with Peugeot to use its engines from 1998. The new team will be called after Prost. The deal was struck after Eddie Jordan, whose team have a contract with Peugeot, gave his agreement. The team will bear the name Prost-Mugen Honda for the 1997 season until the Peugeot agreement begins at in 1998.
Contracts in Formula 1 could end at any time.
Some impressive show was deliverd by Gerhard Berger (Benetton) and Jacques Villeneuve (Williams). They both broke the Estoril lap record in two days. It's possible that the GoodYear tyres are changed dramatic to hold on their first position in motorracing. There were some rumours about Michelin and Pirelli. Michelin will probably enter Formula One next season with the French team of Alain Prost. And if we may believe, Pirelli with Ferrari.
1997 FIA Formula One World Championship
In accordance with Article 68* of the 1997 FIA Formula One Championship Sporting Regulations (which came into force on 1st January 1997), the teams entered in the Championship have designated their respective testing circuits as follows:
TEAM | TEST CIRCUIT |
MildSeven Benetton Renault | Silverstone |
Scuderia Ferrari-Marlboro | Monza |
Minardi Team | Monza |
Stewart Grand Prix | Nevers Magny Cours |
Danka Arrows Yamaha | Silverstone |
Benson & Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot | Silverstone |
Stewart Ford | Silverstone |
Rothmans Williams Renault | Catalunya (Barcelona) |
West McLaren Mercedes | Silverstone |
Tyrrell | Silverstone |
MasterCard Lola Formula One Team | Silverstone |
Red Bull-Sauber-Petronas | Monza |
Paris, 16 December 1996
* Article 68: With the expection of private testing, which may be arranged by the FIA on the day preceding practice at an Event being held on a circuit for the first time, no testing is permitted:
a) on any circuit outside Europe except general testing organised by the Commercial Rights Holder;
b) on any circuit during the seven days preceding race day at each Event except for a shakedown test not exceeding 50km which must be supervised by the relevant ASN;
c) on any circuit between the last Event of the Championship and 1 December
d) on any circuit which has hosted, or will host, an Event during the Championship year unless an entrant has designated it as the circuit on which it wishes to test during the following year no later than seven days after the acceptance of its entry;
e) at sites which are not currently approved for Formula 1.