1997 Australian Grand Prix

Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: David CoulthardMcLaren
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Entries: 2410 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	4	58	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	3	58	Finished	6
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	6	58	Finished	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	10	58	Finished	3
5	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	9	58	Finished	2
6	Nicola Larini	Sauber	C16	13	58	Finished	1
7	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	56	Finished	0
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	2	55	Brakes	0	fastest lap
9	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	M197	17	55	Finished	0
10	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	22	54	Finished	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	11	49	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	18	42	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	19	36	Suspension	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	8	34	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	15	32	Electrical	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	14	14	Spun off	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	21	2	Spun off	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	12	1	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	0	Collision	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	5	0	Collision	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	7	0	Collision	0
DNS	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	20	—	Throttle	0
DNQ	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	T97/30	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	T97/30	—	—	DNQ	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
David Coulthard	4	1	58
Michael Schumacher	3	2	58
Mika Hakkinen	6	3	58
Gerhard Berger	10	4	58
Olivier Panis	9	5	58
Nicola Larini	13	6	58
Shinji Nakano	16	7	56
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	8	55
Jarno Trulli	17	9	55
Pedro Diniz	22	10	54
Rubens Barrichello	11	DNF	49
Mika Salo	18	DNF	42
Jan Magnussen	19	DNF	36
Jean Alesi	8	DNF	34
Ukyo Katayama	15	DNF	32
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	DNF	14
Jos Verstappen	21	DNF	2
Ralf Schumacher	12	DNF	1
Jacques Villeneuve	1	DNF	0
Eddie Irvine	5	DNF	0
Johnny Herbert	7	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:29.369	—	—
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:31.123	+1.754	+1.754
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:31.472	+2.103	+0.349
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:31.531	+2.162	+0.059
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:31.881	+2.512	+0.350
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:31.971	+2.602	+0.090
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:32.287	+2.918	+0.316
8	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:32.593	+3.224	+0.306
9	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:32.842	+3.473	+0.249
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:32.870	+3.501	+0.028
11	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:33.075	+3.706	+0.205
12	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:33.130	+3.761	+0.055
13	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:33.327	+3.958	+0.197
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:33.552	+4.183	+0.225
15	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:33.798	+4.429	+0.246
16	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:33.989	+4.620	+0.191
17	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:34.120	+4.751	+0.131
18	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:34.229	+4.860	+0.109
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:34.623	+5.254	+0.394
20	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:34.806	+5.437	+0.183
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:34.943	+5.574	+0.137
22	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:35.972	+6.603	+1.029
23	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	24	1:40.972	+11.603	+5.000
24	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	25	1:42.086	+12.717	+1.114

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
David Coulthard	1	58	1	33
Michael Schumacher	2	58	2	31, 51
Mika Hakkinen	3	58	1	34
Gerhard Berger	4	58	1	30
Olivier Panis	5	58	2	18, 38
Nicola Larini	6	58	1	28
Shinji Nakano	7	56	1	28
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	55	2	18, 40
Jarno Trulli	9	55	2	19, 40
Pedro Diniz	10	54	2	16, 29
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	49	2	22, 40
Mika Salo	DNF	42	2	19, 24
Jan Magnussen	DNF	36	2	18, 36
Jean Alesi	DNF	34	0	None recorded
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	32	1	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	14	0	None recorded
Jos Verstappen	DNF	2	0	None recorded
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Eddie Irvine	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Johnny Herbert	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	3 · 4	2 · 1	31 · 33	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	8 · 2	18 · 31	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	3 · 6	2 · 3	31 · 34	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Gerhard Berger	6 · 10	3 · 4	34 · 30	Gerhard Berger	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Gerhard Berger	9 · 10	5 · 4	18 · 30	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Nicola Larini	9 · 13	5 · 6	18 · 28	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Nicola Larini · Shinji Nakano	13 · 16	6 · 7	28 · 28	Same lap	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Shinji Nakano	2 · 16	8 · 7	18 · 28	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Shinji Nakano · Jarno Trulli	16 · 17	7 · 9	28 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jarno Trulli	2 · 17	8 · 9	18 · 19	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Pedro Diniz	17 · 22	9 · 10	19 · 16	Pedro Diniz	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:32.496	—	—	27
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:32.910	+0.414	+0.414	27
3	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:33.255	+0.759	+0.345	27
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:33.371	+0.875	+0.116	26
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:33.437	+0.941	+0.066	28
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:34.157	+1.661	+0.720	21
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:34.271	+1.775	+0.114	17
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:34.432	+1.936	+0.161	21
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:34.593	+2.097	+0.161	29
10	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:34.742	+2.246	+0.149	19
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:34.777	+2.281	+0.035	27
12	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:34.927	+2.431	+0.150	16
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:35.073	+2.577	+0.146	26
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:36.142	+3.646	+1.069	30
15	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:36.223	+3.727	+0.081	21
16	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:36.392	+3.896	+0.169	16
17	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:36.716	+4.220	+0.324	24
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:37.023	+4.527	+0.307	14
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:38.092	+5.596	+1.069	9
20	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:39.652	+7.156	+1.560	12
21	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:40.002	+7.506	+0.350	6
22	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:40.947	+8.451	+0.945	7
23	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	25	1:41.166	+8.670	+0.219	14
24	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	24	1:42.590	+10.094	+1.424	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:28.594	—	—	26
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:30.026	+1.432	+1.432	23
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:30.305	+1.711	+0.279	26
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:30.651	+2.057	+0.346	26
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:30.674	+2.080	+0.023	23
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:30.682	+2.088	+0.008	30
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:31.071	+2.477	+0.389	22
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:31.197	+2.603	+0.126	30
9	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:31.281	+2.687	+0.084	21
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:31.303	+2.709	+0.022	26
11	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:31.389	+2.795	+0.086	21
12	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:31.635	+3.041	+0.246	27
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:32.027	+3.433	+0.392	16
14	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:32.264	+3.670	+0.237	24
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:32.826	+4.232	+0.562	16
16	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:33.194	+4.600	+0.368	30
17	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:33.415	+4.821	+0.221	27
18	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:33.588	+4.994	+0.173	29
19	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:33.679	+5.085	+0.091	30
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:33.693	+5.099	+0.014	18
21	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:33.767	+5.173	+0.074	21
22	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:34.640	+6.046	+0.873	9
23	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	25	1:41.416	+12.822	+6.776	5
24	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	24	1:44.286	+15.692	+2.870	8

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:31.235	—	—	14
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:31.353	+0.118	+0.118	13
3	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:31.512	+0.277	+0.159	12
4	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:31.674	+0.439	+0.162	15
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:32.091	+0.856	+0.417	14
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:32.394	+1.159	+0.303	13
7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:32.537	+1.302	+0.143	13
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:32.586	+1.351	+0.049	17
9	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:32.704	+1.469	+0.118	13
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:32.908	+1.673	+0.204	13
11	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:32.939	+1.704	+0.031	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:32.989	+1.754	+0.050	13
13	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:33.109	+1.874	+0.120	11
14	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:33.148	+1.913	+0.039	12
15	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:33.339	+2.104	+0.191	13
16	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:33.394	+2.159	+0.055	12
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:33.735	+2.500	+0.341	15
18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:33.832	+2.597	+0.097	11
19	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:34.113	+2.878	+0.281	11
20	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:34.162	+2.927	+0.049	11
21	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:34.902	+3.667	+0.740	13
22	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:40.623	+9.388	+5.721	6

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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At the 1997 Australian Grand Prix — F1Lola1997 · Mathijs Diepraam · Public domain

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The cars in this race

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Minardi M197
Minardi M197 · Andrea borsari · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lola T97/30
F1Lola1997 · Mathijs Diepraam · Public domain · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 1997
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 9 Mar 1997
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.