1997 Japanese Grand Prix
🇯🇵 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan Suzuka Circuit 🇯🇵 Suzuka, Japan Round 16 of 17
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 5 | 2 | 53 | 1:29:48.446 | Finished | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 4 | 6 | 53 | +1.378s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 6 | 3 | 53 | +26.384s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 9 | 4 | 53 | +27.129s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 7 | 7 | 53 | +40.403s | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 16 | 8 | 53 | +41.630s | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 12 | 9 | 53 | +56.825s | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | 5 | 53 | +1:00.429 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 11 | 13 | 53 | +1:22.036 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 10 | 11 | 52 | +1 Lap | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1 | 17 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 2 | 16 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 18 | 21 | 52 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 1 | 53 | — | Disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 21 | 20 | 46 | +7 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 19 | 22 | 46 | +7 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 14 | 10 | 36 | +17 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 15 | 15 | 22 | +31 Laps | Wheel bearing | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | 19 | 8 | +45 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 22 | 12 | 6 | +47 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 23 | 14 | 3 | +50 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 17 | 0 | 0 | +53 Laps | Injury | 0 | 0 |