1997 · Round 1 · 9 Mar 1997

Australian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	10	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	58	1:30:28.718	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	58	+20.046s	6
3	9	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	6	58	+22.177s	4
4	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	10	58	+22.841s	3
5	14	Olivier Panis	Prost	9	58	+60.308s	2
6	17	Nicola Larini	Sauber	13	58	+96.040s	1
7	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	16	56	+2 Laps
8	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	55	Brakes
9	21	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	17	55	+3 Laps
10	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	22	54	+4 Laps
R	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	11	49	Engine
R	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	18	42	Engine
R	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	19	36	Suspension
R	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	8	34	Fuel
R	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	15	32	Electrical
R	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	14	14	Spun off
R	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	2	Spun off
R	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	12	1	Gearbox
R	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	0	Collision
R	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	0	Collision
R	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	7	0	Collision
W	1	Damon Hill	Arrows	20	0	Throttle

Pos	Driver	Q1
1	Jacques Villeneuve	1:29.369
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1:31.123
3	Michael Schumacher	1:31.472
4	David Coulthard	1:31.531
5	Eddie Irvine	1:31.881
6	Mika Häkkinen	1:31.971
7	Johnny Herbert	1:32.287
8	Jean Alesi	1:32.593
9	Olivier Panis	1:32.842
10	Gerhard Berger	1:32.870
11	Rubens Barrichello	1:33.075
12	Ralf Schumacher	1:33.130
13	Nicola Larini	1:33.327
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:33.552
15	Ukyo Katayama	1:33.798
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