Season
1997
Race
1. Australian Grand Prix
1997 Australian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -37.8497, 144.968
- Altitude
- 10 m
- Race number
- 598
R
09/03/1997 00:00 · Australia/Melbourne · 58 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 4 | +3 | 58 | 1:30:28.718 | 10 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | +1 | 58 | 1:30:48.764 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 6 | +3 | 58 | 1:30:50.895 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 10 | +6 | 58 | 1:30:51.559 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 9 | +4 | 58 | 1:31:29.026 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 13 | +7 | 58 | 1:32:04.758 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 16 | +9 | 56 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 2 | -6 | 55 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 17 | +8 | 55 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 22 | +12 | 54 | — | 0 | +4 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 11 | = | 49 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 18 | +6 | 42 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 13 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 19 | +6 | 36 | — | 0 | Suspension | — | |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 8 | -6 | 34 | — | 0 | Fuel | — | |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 15 | = | 32 | — | 0 | Electrical | — | |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 14 | -2 | 14 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 21 | +4 | 2 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 18 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 12 | -6 | 1 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | -18 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 20 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 5 | -15 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 21 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 7 | -14 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 22 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 20 | -2 | 0 | — | 0 | Throttle | — |