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Seasons · 1997 · Round 1

Australian Grand Prix.

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. 9 March 1997.

Classification

Pos Driver Team Grid Laps Time / Gap Status Pts
1 COU David Coulthard McLaren 4 58 1:30:28.718 Finished 10
2 MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 58 +20.046 Finished 6
3 HAK Mika Häkkinen McLaren 6 58 - Finished 4
4 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 10 58 - Finished 3
5 PAN Olivier Panis Prost 9 58 - Finished 2
6 LAR Nicola Larini Sauber 13 58 - Finished 1
7 NAK Shinji Nakano Prost 16 56 - +2 Laps
9 TRU Jarno Trulli Minardi 17 55 +3 Laps +3 Laps
10 DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 22 54 - +4 Laps
8 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2 55 - DNF
11 BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 11 49 - DNF
12 SAL Mika Salo Tyrrell 18 42 - DNF
13 MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 19 36 - DNF
14 ALE Jean Alesi Benetton 8 34 - DNF
15 KAT Ukyo Katayama Minardi 15 32 - DNF
16 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 14 14 - DNF
17 VER Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 21 2 - DNF
18 SCH Ralf Schumacher Jordan 12 1 - DNF
19 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1 0 - DNF
20 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 0 - DNF
21 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 7 0 - DNF
22 HIL Damon Hill Arrows 20 0 - DNF

Qualifying

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:29.369 - -
2 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:31.123 - -
3 MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.472 - -
4 COU David Coulthard McLaren 1:31.531 - -
5 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:31.881 - -
6 HAK Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:31.971 - -
7 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:32.287 - -
8 ALE Jean Alesi Benetton 1:32.593 - -
9 PAN Olivier Panis Prost 1:32.842 - -
10 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:32.870 - -
11 BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:33.075 - -
12 SCH Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:33.130 - -
13 LAR Nicola Larini Sauber 1:33.327 - -
14 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 1:33.552 - -
15 KAT Ukyo Katayama Minardi 1:33.798 - -
16 NAK Shinji Nakano Prost 1:33.989 - -
17 TRU Jarno Trulli Minardi 1:34.120 - -
18 SAL Mika Salo Tyrrell 1:34.229 - -
19 MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 1:34.623 - -
20 HIL Damon Hill Arrows 1:34.806 - -
21 VER Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 1:34.943 - -
22 DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:35.972 - -

After round 1

Drivers

PosDriverTeamPtsGap
1 COU David Coulthard 10 -
2 MSC Michael Schumacher 6 −4
3 HAK Mika Häkkinen 4 −6
4 BER Gerhard Berger 3 −7
5 PAN Olivier Panis 2 −8
6 LAR Nicola Larini 1 −9
7 NAK Shinji Nakano 0 −10
8 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen 0 −10
9 TRU Jarno Trulli 0 −10
10 DIN Pedro Diniz 0 −10
11 BAR Rubens Barrichello 0 −10
12 SAL Mika Salo 0 −10
13 MAG Jan Magnussen 0 −10
14 ALE Jean Alesi 0 −10
15 KAT Ukyo Katayama 0 −10
16 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella 0 −10
17 VER Jos Verstappen 0 −10
18 SCH Ralf Schumacher 0 −10
19 VIL Jacques Villeneuve 0 −10
20 IRV Eddie Irvine 0 −10
21 HER Johnny Herbert 0 −10
22 HIL Damon Hill 0 −10

Constructors

PosTeamPtsGap
1 McLaren 14 -
2 Ferrari 6 −8
3 Benetton 3 −11
4 Prost 2 −12
5 Sauber 1 −13
6 Williams 0 −14
7 Minardi 0 −14
8 Arrows 0 −14
9 Stewart 0 −14
10 Tyrrell 0 −14
11 Jordan 0 −14