1997 Australian Grand Prix
🇦🇺 Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia Round 1 of 17
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 10 | 4 | 58 | 1:30:28.718 | Finished | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 5 | 3 | 58 | +20.046s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 9 | 6 | 58 | +22.177s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | 10 | 58 | +22.841s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 14 | 9 | 58 | +1:00.308 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 17 | 13 | 58 | +1:36.040 | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 15 | 16 | 56 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 4 | 2 | 55 | +3 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 21 | 17 | 55 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 2 | 22 | 54 | +4 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 22 | 11 | 49 | +9 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 19 | 18 | 42 | +16 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 23 | 19 | 36 | +22 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 7 | 8 | 34 | +24 Laps | Fuel | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | 15 | 32 | +26 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 12 | 14 | 14 | +44 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 18 | 21 | 2 | +56 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 11 | 12 | 1 | +57 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | +58 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 6 | 5 | 0 | +58 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | 7 | 0 | +58 Laps | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1 | 20 | 0 | +58 Laps | Throttle | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.