1997 Formula One season

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This article recaps the 1997 Formula One season.

Contents

1 Season summary 2 Season review 3 1997 Constructors Championship final standings 4 1997 Drivers Championship final standings

Season summary

Season review

Race	Date	Location	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
Australian Grand Prix	March 9	Melbourne	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
Brazilian Grand Prix	March 30	Interlagos	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
Argentine Grand Prix	April 13	Oscar Galvez	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
San Marino Grand Prix	April 27	Imola	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	Report
Monaco Grand Prix	May 11	Monaco	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
Spanish Grand Prix	May 25	Catalunya	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
Canadian Grand Prix	June 15	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
French Grand Prix	June 29	Magny-Cours	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
British Grand Prix	July 13	Silverstone	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
German Grand Prix	July 27	Hockenheimring	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	Report
Hungarian Grand Prix	August 10	Hungaroring	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
Belgian Grand Prix	August 24	Spa-Francorchamps	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
Austrian Grand Prix	September 21	A1-Ring	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
Luxembourg Grand Prix	September 28	Nürburgring	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Report
Japanese Grand Prix	October 12	Suzuka	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
European Grand Prix	October 26	Jerez	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report

1997 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Renault				123	8	15	11
2	Ferrari				102	5	13	3
3	Benetton-Renault				67	1	8	2
4	McLaren-Mercedes				63	3	7	1
5	Jordan-Peugeot				33		3
6	Prost-Mugen-Honda				21		2
7	Sauber-Petronas				16		1
8	Arrows-Yamaha				9		1
9	Stewart-Ford				6		1
10	Tyrrell-Ford				2
11	Minardi-Hart

1997 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jacques Villeneuve	3	Canada	81	7	8	10
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	Germany	42	1	7	1
3	Jean Alesi	7	France	36		5	1
4	David Coulthard	10	Britain	36	2	4
5	Gerhard Berger	8	Austria	27	1	2	1
6	Mika Hakkinen	9	Finland	27	1	3	1
7	Eddie Irvine	6	Ireland	24		5
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	Italy	20		2
9	Olivier Panis	14	France	16		2
10	Johnny Herbert	16	Britain	15		1
11	Ralf Schumacher	11	Germany	13		1
12	Damon Hill	1	Britain	7		1
13	Rubens Barrichello	22	Brazil	6		1
14	Alexander Wurz	8	Austria	4		1
15	Jarno Trulli	14	Italy	3
16	Pedro Diniz	2	Brazil	2
17	Shinji Nakano	15	Japan	2
18	Mika Salo	19	Finland	2
19	Nicola Larini	17	Italy	1
20	Tarso Marques	21	Brazil
21	Norberto Fontana	17	Argentina
22	Jan Magnussen	23	Denmark
23	Jos Verstappen	18	Netherlands
24	Gianni Morbidelli	17	Italy
25	Ukyo Katayama	20	Japan
DSQ	Michael Schumacher	5	Germany	78	5	8	3