1997 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	J. Villeneuve	WilliamsWilliams	7		81
2	H. Frentzen	WilliamsWilliams	1	−39	42
3	D. Coulthard	McLarenMcLaren	2	−45	36
4	J. Alesi	BenettonBenetton	0	−45	36
5	G. Berger	BenettonBenetton	1	−54	27
6	M. Häkkinen	McLarenMcLaren	1	−54	27
7	E. Irvine	FerrariFerrari	0	−57	24
8	G. Fisichella	JordanJordan	0	−61	20
9	O. Panis	ProstProst	0	−65	16
10	J. Herbert	SauberSauber	0	−66	15
11	R. Schumacher	JordanJordan	0	−68	13
12	D. Hill	ArrowsArrows	0	−74	7
13	R. Barrichello	StewartStewart	0	−75	6
14	A. Wurz	BenettonBenetton	0	−77	4
15	J. Trulli	ProstProst	0	−78	3
16	P. Diniz	ArrowsArrows	0	−79	2
17	M. Salo	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−79	2
18	S. Nakano	ProstProst	0	−79	2
19	N. Larini	SauberSauber	0	−80	1
DSQ	M. Schumacher	FerrariFerrari	5		78
–	G. Morbidelli	SauberSauber	0		0
–	J. Magnussen	StewartStewart	0		0
–	J. Verstappen	TyrrellTyrrell	0		0
–	N. Fontana	SauberSauber	0		0
–	R. Rosset	-	0		0
–	T. Marques	MinardiMinardi	0		0
–	U. Katayama	MinardiMinardi	0		0
–	V. Sospiri	-	0		0

Constructor Standings

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Williams	8		123
2	Ferrari	5	−21	102
3	Benetton	1	−56	67
4	McLaren	3	−60	63
5	Jordan	0	−90	33
6	Prost	0	−102	21
7	Sauber	0	−107	16
8	Arrows	0	−114	9
9	Stewart	0	−117	6
102 places lower than in 1996	Tyrrell	0	−121	2
–	Lola	0		0
–	Minardi	0		0

▲/▼ places gained or lost against the team’s final position in 1996.

Races

#	Race	Circuit	WinnerWinner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	Australian Grand Prix 1997-03-09	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	McLarenD. Coulthard	McLaren	1997-03-09
2	Brazilian Grand Prix 1997-03-30	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-03-30
3	Argentine Grand Prix 1997-04-13	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-04-13
4	San Marino Grand Prix 1997-04-27	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	WilliamsH. Frentzen	Williams	1997-04-27
5	Monaco Grand Prix 1997-05-11	Circuit de Monaco	FerrariM. Schumacher	Ferrari	1997-05-11
6	Spanish Grand Prix 1997-05-25	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-05-25
7	Canadian Grand Prix 1997-06-15	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	FerrariM. Schumacher	Ferrari	1997-06-15
8	French Grand Prix 1997-06-29	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	FerrariM. Schumacher	Ferrari	1997-06-29
9	British Grand Prix 1997-07-13	Silverstone Circuit	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-07-13
10	German Grand Prix 1997-07-27	Hockenheimring	BenettonG. Berger	Benetton	1997-07-27
11	Hungarian Grand Prix 1997-08-10	Hungaroring	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-08-10
12	Belgian Grand Prix 1997-08-24	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	FerrariM. Schumacher	Ferrari	1997-08-24
13	Italian Grand Prix 1997-09-07	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	McLarenD. Coulthard	McLaren	1997-09-07
14	Austrian Grand Prix 1997-09-21	Red Bull Ring	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-09-21
15	Luxembourg Grand Prix 1997-09-28	Nürburgring	WilliamsJ. Villeneuve	Williams	1997-09-28
16	Japanese Grand Prix 1997-10-12	Suzuka Circuit	FerrariM. Schumacher	Ferrari	1997-10-12
17	European Grand Prix 1997-10-26	Circuito de Jerez	McLarenM. Häkkinen	McLaren	1997-10-26

Teammate battles of 1997

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1997 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
McLaren McLaren	Coulthard vs HäkkinenDavid Coulthard vs Mika Häkkinen	6–11	8–8	36–27
Williams Williams	Frentzen vs VilleneuveHeinz-Harald Frentzen vs Jacques Villeneuve	4–13	8–9	42–81
Ferrari Ferrari	Irvine vs SchumacherEddie Irvine vs Michael Schumacher	1–16	4–13	24–78
Jordan Jordan	Fisichella vs SchumacherGiancarlo Fisichella vs Ralf Schumacher	10–7	11–5	20–13
Stewart Stewart	Barrichello vs MagnussenRubens Barrichello vs Jan Magnussen	15–2	12–5	6–0
Tyrrell Tyrrell	Salo vs VerstappenMika Salo vs Jos Verstappen	10–7	12–5	2–0
Arrows Arrows	Hill vs DinizDamon Hill vs Pedro Diniz	13–3	10–6	7–2
Benetton Benetton	Alesi vs BergerJean Alesi vs Gerhard Berger	7–7	5–9	22–27
Prost Prost	Nakano vs PanisShinji Nakano vs Olivier Panis	0–10	2–8	1–16
Minardi Minardi	Katayama vs MarquesUkyo Katayama vs Tarso Marques	7–2	4–4	0–0
Sauber Sauber	Herbert vs MorbidelliJohnny Herbert vs Gianni Morbidelli	7–0	6–1	11–0
Prost Prost	Nakano vs TrulliShinji Nakano vs Jarno Trulli	1–6	1–6	1–3
Minardi Minardi	Katayama vs TrulliUkyo Katayama vs Jarno Trulli	1–5	1–5	0–0
Sauber Sauber	Herbert vs LariniJohnny Herbert vs Nicola Larini	5–0	2–3	3–1
Sauber Sauber	Fontana vs HerbertNorberto Fontana vs Johnny Herbert	0–4	2–2	0–0
Benetton Benetton	Alesi vs WurzJean Alesi vs Alexander Wurz	1–2	3–0	14–4