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The 1997 Formula 1 Rejects Grand Prix 2 Championship season is the fourth season of the F1RGP2C. The season is based upon the 1997 F1 season. Daniel Moreno and Williams started the year as reigning champions, and he would be aided by the retirement of his leading contender in 1996 Pippa Mann. However, the return to form of Ferrari, a fast McLaren and a rejuvinated James Davies would make things harder than ever for the Canadian, who sought to be the first person to retain their title in the F1RGP2C. The team who Moreno had driven for for the entirety of his career, Williams, also sought to be the first team to secure back-to-back constructor's titles in the F1RGP2C

Drivers and teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Seat holder	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams	FW19	Renault RS9 3.0 V10	Prince Walik Herrmann Mann	1	Daniel Moreno	1-	Clivio Durand
					2	Pieter Kickert	1-14
						Clivio Durand	15
						Jorg Scrattenheim	16
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton	B197	Renault RS9 3.0 V10	John Zimmer	3	Andrew Spokes	1-	None
					4	John Zimmer	1-
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F310B	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	Andreas Stefano	5	Tom Douglas	1-	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín
					6	Kazuhiko Takagi	1-
West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/12	Mercedes FO 110/3 3.0 V10	Don Rennis	7	James Davies	1-	None
					8	Rory McAllister	1-
Benson & Hedges Jordan Peugeot	Jordan	197	Peugeot A14 EV5 3.0 V10	Leonhard von Gottorp	9	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-	None
					10	Damon Cannon	1-
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C16	Petronas SPE-01 3.0 V10	Chris Forbes	11	Pablo da Silva	1-	Giovanni Roda
					12	Bernhard Pech	1-
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier	JS45	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HA 3.0 V10	Dennis Mignolet	14	Masta Valsattis	1-	Martin McFry
					15	Reiko Megumi	1-
Minardi Team	Minardi	M197	Hart 830 AV7 3.0 V8	Masta Valsattis	16	Gio van Dycke	1-	Ivan Lopez
					17	Miko Fäkkinen	1-
PIAA Gauthier Team Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell	025	Ford EDM4 3.0 V8	Guillaume Gauthier	18	Lawrence Tucker	1-5	None
					Martin McFry	6-14
					Johan Gustafsson	15-16
					19	Samael Meerwick	1-5
					Robert Anderson	6-13
					Plinio Vida	14
					Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	15
					Tracey Wyndham	16
Danka von Hegel Arrows Yamaha	Arrows	A18	Yamaha OX11A 3.0 V10	Max von Hegel	20	Jorg Scrattenheim	1-16	Alejandrina Rodriguez
					21	Stephano Baroncelli	1-10, 12-16
					Alejandrina Rodriguez	11
TF1 DAMS Peugeot	DAMS	DA-03	Peugeot A14 EV5 3.0 V10	Thomas Kretzhaagel	22	Niko Nurminen	1-	Robert Anderson
					23	James Allen	1-8, 10-
						Max von Hegel	9
Volga Grand Prix	Volga	CHAD-03	Volga VG1 3.0 V8	Petr Chaddeev	24	Anton Kaliniczenko	1-14	None
					Yuuri Jougaseski	15-16
					25	Siergiej Rozvadoskij	1-
HBSC Malaysia Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF01	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Eddie Stewart	26	Ben Fleet	1-	None
					27	Jan van der Maeyede	1-
MasterCard Lola F1 Team	Lola	T97/30	Melling Lola-1 V10	Clint Mort	28	Poppy Whitechapel	1-	None
					29	Massimiliano Patrese	1-

Team Changes

• Forti bowed out of the sport at the end of 1996 after the team went into administration following the 1996 German Grand Prix. They were replaced by Clint Mort's MasterCard Lola team.
• Stewart also entered the sport in 1997 which mean that two cars would not qualify for every race.
• After Keith Wiggins parted ways with Petr Chaddeev following a legal battle during the off-season, Wiggins revoked Chaddev's licence to use the Pacific Grand Prix name and so the team became Volga Grand Prix.
• DAMS signed a deal for Peugeot engines.
• Hermann Mann became joint seat-holder at Williams, the first time that joint seat-holders had been implemented since the incarnation of the rule. He would have control over the second Williams seat, while Prince Walik kept control of the first seat, with both seat-holders having input into the test/reserve driver position.
• Guillame Gauthier took over Tyrrell after Eadbhard O'Caiohmin left at the last minute. Gauthier renamed the team to Gauthier, but it was done only partially following Comission's considerations despite unsuccessful protest from Ferrari.

Driver changes

Pre-season

• Tyrrell refugee Poppy Whitechapel signed for Lola along with Italian Massimiliano Patrese who was backed by Italian football club Empoli FC.
• Jan van der Maeyede, no longer using the psuedonym Martin (coincidentally the name of his son, Martin van der Maeyede), was signed by the new Stewart team. Ben Fleet signed with Stewart after two disheartening years at DAMS.
• Pay driver James Allen replaced the outgoing Ben Fleet at DAMS.
• The Mann siblings of Douglas and Pippa retired from the sport. This meant that Pieter Kickert, who impressed new Williams seat-holder Hermann Mann enough to be offered a drive, replaced Pippa at Williams, while Ligier drivers Masta Valsattis and Reiko Megumi drove full-time after Douglas Mann's retirement.
• Clivio Durand was ousted from Tyrrell/Gauthier to become Williams' reserve driver. Samael Meerwick and Lawrence Tucker took the seats from Durand and Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín, the latter having left Tyrrell at the last minute and too signed as Ferrari's test driver.

Mid-season

• After the Monaco GP, Gauthier/Tyrrell sacked both drivers and replaced them with Martin McFry and Robert Anderson.
• Stephano Baroncelli broke his finger after the British Grand Prix. He was replaced at Arrows by reserve driver Alejandrina Rodriguez.
• Robert Anderson was fired from Gauthier/Tyrrell after taking out Tom Douglas at the 1997 F1RGP2C Belgian Grand Prix. Anderson set fire to his car after the race when it was announced that he had been replaced in favor of Plinio Vida, an announcement that Guillaume Gauthier personally delivered during a post-race interview. Anderson was banned from racing in Europe for one year after the incident. He was evantually banned permanently from F1RGP2C for doping charges.
• Pieter Kickert was fired from Williams after colliding with Daniel Moreno at Monza, ruining Morneo's chance to extend his championship lead. Williams test and reserve driver Clivio Durand stepped in to replace him.
• Jorg Scrattenheim was handed a second Williams chance by Prince Walik, menaing that the German would be in the #2 Williams for the Japan finale.
• To aid new drivers looking to enter the series, and aid the team's bank balance, Gauthier/Tyrrell offered their second seat to anyone interested. After entering negotiations with Johan Gustafsson, Martin McFry offered to leave the team to allow the Swede his F1RGP2C debut, which was followed up on, while the second seat was filled by free agents Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler and Tracey Wyndham.
• Volga Grand Prix signed Japanese pay-driver Yuuri Jougaseki for the last two races of the season, replacing Anton Kaliniczenko.

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park	9 March	Pieter Kickert	Tom Douglas	Rory McAllister	McLaren-Mercedes	Daniel Moreno/ Jorg Scrattenheim
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	30 March	Daniel Moreno	Pieter Kickert	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Galves	13 April	Pieter Kickert	Tom Douglas	James Davies	McLaren-Mercedes	Poppy Whitechapel
4	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	27 April	Daniel Moreno	Pieter Kickert	Masta Valsattis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	Bernhard Pech
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	11 May	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	/ Gauthier/Tyrrell-Ford
6	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez	18 May	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	/ Benetton-Renault/Martin McFry
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	8 June	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	Ferrari	McLaren's transmissions
8	United States Grand Prix	Road America	15 June	Tom Douglas	James Davies	Tom Douglas	Ferrari	Andrew Spokes
9	French Grand Prix	Dijon-Prenois	29 June	Tom Douglas	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	Gio van Dycke
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	13 July	Daniel Moreno	Tom Douglas	Pieter Kickert	Williams-Renault	McLaren-Mercedes
11	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	27 July	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	Tom Douglas
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	10 August	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Tom Douglas	Ferrari	Arrows-Yamaha
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 August	Tom Douglas	Daniel Moreno	Andrew Spokes	Benetton-Renault	Robert Anderson
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 September	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	Damon Cannon	Jordan-Peugeot	Pieter Kickert
15	Austrian Grand Prix	A1 Ring	21 September	Clivio Durand	Tom Douglas	Clivio Durand	Williams-Renault	Reiko Megumi
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	12 October	Tom Douglas	Kazuhiko Takagi	Andrew Spokes	Benetton-Renault	Tom Douglas/ Jorg Scrattenheim
NC	Duel in the Desert	Phoenix Street Circuit	2 November

Standings

Drivers'

Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUS	JPN	Pts
1	Daniel Moreno	DNQ	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	65
2	Tom Douglas	8*	3	2	Ret	2	3	1	1	Ret	2	12*	1	Ret	11	5	Ret	58
3	Pieter Kickert	Ret	2	8	3	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	Ret	2			46
4	Damon Cannon	5*	5	6	13	6	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	2	Ret	1	3	Ret	35
5	Andrew Spokes	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	DNQ	3	Ret	9	Ret	9	Ret	1	Ret	8	1	34
6	James Davies	Ret	Ret	1	2	5	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	18*	3	30
7	Kazuhiko Takagi	Ret	4	4	4	4	8	5	4	13*	4	5	7	2	Ret	Ret	10	28
8	Pablo da Silva	3	6	10*	11	Ret	10	4	Ret	6	7	Ret	5	4	3	Ret	2	24
9	Rory McAllister	1	13*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	Ret	8	2	14*	5	Ret	7	Ret	19
10	Masta Valsattis	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	16*	16*	5	19
11	John Zimmer	4	Ret	5	10	Ret	7	8	7	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	4	Ret	16
12	Leonhard von Gottorp	Ret	Ret	12*	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	5	5	5	Ret	6	6	4	6	7	12
13	Clivio Durand															1		10
14	Bernhard Pech	Ret	7	3	Ret	9	13	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	9	4	7
15	Niko Nurminen	Ret	8	Ret	5	Ret	11	10	Ret	7	Ret	7	11	3	7	13	12	6
16	James Allen	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	9		9	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	12	6	4
17	Miko Fäkkinen	7	10	9	7	Ret	Ret	12	10	Ret	Ret	6	16*	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	1
18	Stephano Baroncelli	6	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10		Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	1
19	Jorg Scrattenheim	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
20	Reiko Megumi	Ret	Ret	7	14	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	10	11	9	0
21	Gio van Dycke	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	7	15*	14	Ret	0
22	Alejandrina Rodriguez											8					8	0
23	Ben Fleet	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
24	Max von Hegel									8								0
25	Anton Kaliniczenko	Ret	12	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	15	9	DNQ			0
26	Jan van der Maeyede	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	0
27	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Siergiej Rozvadoskij	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	12	Ret	11	Ret	11*	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
28	Poppy Whitechapel	Ret	DNQ	Ret	15	DNQ	Ret	13	14*	DNQ	Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	17*	11	0
29	Massimiliano Patrese	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0

Constructors'

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUS	JPN	Points
1	Williams-Renault	1	DNQ	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	121
		2	Ret	2	8	3	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	Ret