1997 Season

17 rounds. Villeneuve won the title by 39 points over Frentzen; Williams won the constructors' championship by 21.

1997 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Australian Grand Prix	9 Mar	David Coulthard	McLaren	58	1:30:28.718
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	30 Mar	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	72	1:36:06.990
3	Argentine Grand Prix	13 Apr	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	72	1:52:01.715
4	San Marino Grand Prix	27 Apr	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	62	1:31:00.673
5	Monaco Grand Prix	11 May	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	62	2:00:05.654
6	Spanish Grand Prix	25 May	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	64	1:30:35.896
7	Canadian Grand Prix	15 Jun	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	54	1:17:40.646
8	French Grand Prix	29 Jun	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	72	1:38:50.492
9	British Grand Prix	13 Jul	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	59	1:28:01.665
10	German Grand Prix	27 Jul	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	45	1:20:59.046
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	10 Aug	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	77	1:45:47.149
12	Belgian Grand Prix	24 Aug	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	44	1:33:46.717
13	Italian Grand Prix	7 Sep	David Coulthard	McLaren	53	1:17:04.609
14	Austrian Grand Prix	21 Sep	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	71	1:27:35.999
15	Luxembourg Grand Prix	28 Sep	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	67	1:31:27.843
16	Japanese Grand Prix	12 Oct	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:29:48.446
17	European Grand Prix	26 Oct	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	69	1:38:57.771

1997 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Williams	81
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	German	Williams	42	−39
3	David Coulthard	British	McLaren	36	−45
4	Jean Alesi	French	Benetton	36	−45
5	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	Benetton	27	−54
6	Mika Häkkinen	Finnish	McLaren	27	−54
7	Eddie Irvine	British	Ferrari	24	−57
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Jordan	20	−61
9	Olivier Panis	French	Prost	16	−65
10	Johnny Herbert	British	Sauber	15	−66
11	Ralf Schumacher	German	Jordan	13	−68
12	Damon Hill	British	Arrows	7	−74
13	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Stewart	6	−75
14	Alexander Wurz	Austrian	Benetton	4	−77
15	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Prost	3	−78
16	Pedro Diniz	Brazilian	Arrows	2	−79
17	Mika Salo	Finnish	Tyrrell	2	−79
18	Shinji Nakano	Japanese	Prost	2	−79
19	Nicola Larini	Italian	Sauber	1	−80
20	Jan Magnussen	Danish	Stewart	0	−81
21	Jos Verstappen	Dutch	Tyrrell	0	−81
22	Gianni Morbidelli	Italian	Sauber	0	−81
23	Norberto Fontana	Argentine	Sauber	0	−81
24	Ukyo Katayama	Japanese	Minardi	0	−81
25	Tarso Marques	Brazilian	Minardi	0	−81
26	Michael Schumacher	German	Ferrari	78	−3