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Australian Grand Prix

1997 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 17Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 9 199758 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

COUMcLaren

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerCOU1:30:28.718 from P4

PoleVIL1:29.369

Fastest lapFRE1:30.585 on lap 36

Pit stops22recorded stops

Finishers10 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4	▲3	58	1:30:28.718	10	1:31.412	1
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲1	58	+20.046s	6	1:31.067	2
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	6	▲3	58	+22.177s	4	1:31.509	1
4	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	10	▲6	58	+22.841s	3	1:31.624	1
5	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	9	▲4	58	+60.308s	2	1:31.762	2
6	LARNicola Larini	Sauber	13	▲7	58	+96.040s	1	1:32.784	1
7	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	16	▲9	56	+2 laps		1:34.171	1
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	▼6	55	+3 laps		1:30.585	2
9	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	17	▲8	55	+3 laps		1:35.959	2
10	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	22	▲12	54	+4 laps		1:34.465	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	11		49	Engine		1:33.386	2
DNF	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	18		42	Engine		1:34.194	2
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	19		36	Suspension		1:35.257	2
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	8		34	Out of fuel		1:31.976
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	15		32	Electrical		1:34.918	1
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	14		14	Spun off		1:34.147
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21		2	Spun off		1:37.038
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	12		1	Gearbox		1:48.323
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5		0	Collision		–
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1		0	Collision		–
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	7		0	Collision		–
DNS	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	20		0	Throttle		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	51	20.5s
2	SAL	19	22.4s
3	PAN	18	22.4s
4	COU	33	24.2s
5	HAK	34	24.2s
6	PAN	38	24.5s
7	FRE	18	24.5s
8	MSC	31	25.6s
9	BAR	22	25.9s
10	MAG	18	26.4s
11	TRU	19	26.5s
12	BAR	40	26.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 22 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:29.369
2	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:31.123	+1.754s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.472	+2.103s
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:31.531	+2.162s
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:31.881	+2.512s
6	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:31.971	+2.602s
7	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:32.287	+2.918s
8	ALEJean Alesi	Benetton	1:32.593	+3.224s
9	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:32.842	+3.473s
10	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	1:32.870	+3.501s
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:33.075	+3.706s
12	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:33.130	+3.761s
13	LARNicola Larini	Sauber	1:33.327	+3.958s
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:33.552	+4.183s
15	KATUkyo Katayama	Minardi	1:33.798	+4.429s
16	NAKShinji Nakano	Prost	1:33.989	+4.620s
17	TRUJarno Trulli	Minardi	1:34.120	+4.751s
18	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:34.229	+4.860s
19	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:34.623	+5.254s
20	HILDamon Hill	Arrows	1:34.806	+5.437s
21	VERJos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:34.943	+5.574s
22	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:35.972	+6.603s
23	VINVIN	lola	1:40.972	+11.603s
24	RICRIC	lola	1:42.086	+12.717s

Albert Park Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1997. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1996

Damon Hill

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