1997 French Grand Prix
🇫🇷 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny Cours, France Round 8 of 17
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 5 | 1 | 72 | 1:38:50.492 | Finished | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 4 | 2 | 72 | +23.537s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 6 | 5 | 72 | +1:14.801 | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 4 | 72 | +1:21.784 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 7 | 8 | 72 | +1:22.735 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 11 | 3 | 72 | +1:29.871 | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 10 | 9 | 71 | +1 Lap | Collision | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | 14 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 12 | 11 | 71 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | 6 | 70 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | 21 | 70 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1 | 17 | 69 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 19 | 19 | 61 | +11 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 8 | 7 | 60 | +12 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 2 | 16 | 58 | +14 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Norberto Fontana | Sauber | 17 | 20 | 40 | +32 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 22 | 13 | 36 | +36 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 23 | 15 | 33 | +39 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 9 | 10 | 18 | +54 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 18 | 18 | 15 | +57 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 15 | 12 | 7 | +65 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 21 | 22 | 5 | +67 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.