Race result

Race results
PosDriverTeamGridLapsTime / StatusPts
1CanadianJacques VilleneuveWilliams1721:36:06.99010
2AustrianGerhard BergerBenetton372+4.1906
3FrenchOlivier PanisProst572+15.8704
4FinnishMika HäkkinenMcLaren472+33.0333
5GermanMichael SchumacherFerrari272+33.7312
6FrenchJean AlesiBenetton672+34.0201
7BritishJohnny HerbertSauber1372+50.9120
8ItalianGiancarlo FisichellaJordan772+1:00.6390
9GermanHeinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams872+1:15.4020
10BritishDavid CoulthardMcLaren1271+1 Lap0
11ItalianNicola LariniSauber1971+1 Lap0
12ItalianJarno TrulliMinardi1771+1 Lap0
13FinnishMika SaloTyrrell2271+1 Lap0
14JapaneseShinji NakanoProst1571+1 Lap0
15DutchJos VerstappenTyrrell2170+2 Laps0
16BritishEddie IrvineFerrari1470+2 Laps0
17BritishDamon HillArrows968Engine0
18JapaneseUkyo KatayamaMinardi1867+5 Laps0
RGermanRalf SchumacherJordan1052Electrical0
RBrazilianRubens BarrichelloStewart1116Suspension0
RBrazilianPedro DinizArrows1615Suspension0
RDanishJan MagnussenStewart200Accident0

Qualifying

Qualifying results
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
1CanadianJacques VilleneuveWilliams1:16.004––
2GermanMichael SchumacherFerrari1:16.594––
3AustrianGerhard BergerBenetton1:16.644––
4FinnishMika HäkkinenMcLaren1:16.692––
5FrenchOlivier PanisProst1:16.756––
6FrenchJean AlesiBenetton1:16.757––
7ItalianGiancarlo FisichellaJordan1:16.912––
8GermanHeinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams1:16.971––
9BritishDamon HillArrows1:17.090––
10GermanRalf SchumacherJordan1:17.175––
11BrazilianRubens BarrichelloStewart1:17.259––
12BritishDavid CoulthardMcLaren1:17.262––
13BritishJohnny HerbertSauber1:17.409––
14BritishEddie IrvineFerrari1:17.527––
15JapaneseShinji NakanoProst1:17.999––
16BrazilianPedro DinizArrows1:18.095––
17ItalianJarno TrulliMinardi1:18.336––
18JapaneseUkyo KatayamaMinardi1:18.557––
19ItalianNicola LariniSauber1:18.644––
20DanishJan MagnussenStewart1:18.773––
21DutchJos VerstappenTyrrell1:18.885––
22FinnishMika SaloTyrrell1:19.274––

About the Grand Prix

The 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace near Interlagos, Brazil on 30 March 1997. It was the second race of the 1997 Formula One season. The 72-lap race was won by Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve after he started from pole position. Gerhard Berger finished second for the Benetton team and Prost driver Olivier Panis was third.

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