Season
1997
Race
16. Japanese Grand Prix
1997 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 613
Race winner
Winning driver
10.0 pts
- Race
- 10.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 77 | 7 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 35 | 1 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 30 | 2 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 24 | 1 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | — | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | — | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Nicola Larini | — | 1 | 0 |
| — | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 68 | 4 |
| — | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 0 | 0 |
| — | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 0 | 0 |
| — | Norberto Fontana | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 0 | 0 |