Race · Round 3 of 17 · 13 April 1997

1997 Argentine Grand Prix

Jacques Villeneuve won for Williams from pole at Autodromo Oscar Galvez. 12 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Ralf Schumacher.

Circuit: Autodromo Oscar GalvezBuenos Aires, Argentina
Winner: Jacques VilleneuveWilliams
Pole: Jacques Villeneuve
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2210 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW19	1	72	Finished	10
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F310B	7	72	Finished	6
3	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	197	6	72	Finished	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C16	8	72	Finished	3
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/12	17	72	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B197	12	72	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	B197	11	72	Finished	0
8	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	21	19	71	Finished	0
9	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	M197	18	71	Finished	0
10	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	15	66	Engine	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Sauber	C16	14	63	Spun off	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A18	22	50	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	20	49	Engine	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	21	16	43	Engine	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	M197	21	37	Spun off	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Arrows	A18	13	33	Engine	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	197	9	24	Collision	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF01	5	24	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	3	18	Electrical	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW19	2	5	Clutch	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F310B	4	0	Collision	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/12	10	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout buenos-aires-4 · 4.259 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

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
Jacques Villeneuve	1	1	72
Eddie Irvine	7	2	72
Ralf Schumacher	6	3	72
Johnny Herbert	8	4	72
Mika Hakkinen	17	5	72
Gerhard Berger	12	6	72
Jean Alesi	11	7	72
Mika Salo	19	8	71
Jarno Trulli	18	9	71
Jan Magnussen	15	10	66
Nicola Larini	14	DNF	63
Pedro Diniz	22	DNF	50
Shinji Nakano	20	DNF	49
Jos Verstappen	16	DNF	43
Ukyo Katayama	21	DNF	37
Damon Hill	13	DNF	33
Giancarlo Fisichella	9	DNF	24
Rubens Barrichello	5	DNF	24
Olivier Panis	3	DNF	18
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	DNF	5
Michael Schumacher	4	DNF	0
David Coulthard	10	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:24.473	—	—
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:25.271	+0.798	+0.798
3	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:25.491	+1.018	+0.220
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:25.773	+1.300	+0.282
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:25.942	+1.469	+0.169
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:26.218	+1.745	+0.276
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:26.327	+1.854	+0.109
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:26.564	+2.091	+0.237
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:26.619	+2.146	+0.055
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:26.799	+2.326	+0.180
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:27.076	+2.603	+0.277
12	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:27.259	+2.786	+0.183
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:27.281	+2.808	+0.022
14	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:27.690	+3.217	+0.409
15	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:28.035	+3.562	+0.345
16	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:28.094	+3.621	+0.059
17	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:28.135	+3.662	+0.041
18	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:28.160	+3.687	+0.025
19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:28.224	+3.751	+0.064
20	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:28.366	+3.893	+0.142
21	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:28.413	+3.940	+0.047
22	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:28.969	+4.496	+0.556

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
Jacques Villeneuve	1	72	3	21, 38, 56
Eddie Irvine	2	72	2	23, 44
Ralf Schumacher	3	72	1	34
Johnny Herbert	4	72	2	21, 39
Mika Hakkinen	5	72	1	40
Gerhard Berger	6	72	1	36
Jean Alesi	7	72	1	35
Mika Salo	8	71	2	27, 44
Jarno Trulli	9	71	1	38
Jan Magnussen	10	66	3	2, 24, 46
Nicola Larini	DNF	63	2	25, 47
Pedro Diniz	DNF	50	1	33
Shinji Nakano	DNF	49	2	26, 48
Jos Verstappen	DNF	43	1	23
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	37	0	None recorded
Damon Hill	DNF	33	0	None recorded
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	24	0	None recorded
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	24	2	1, 21
Olivier Panis	DNF	18	0	None recorded
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	5	0	None recorded
Michael Schumacher	DNF	0	0	None recorded
David Coulthard	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
Jacques Villeneuve · Eddie Irvine	1 · 7	1 · 2	21 · 23	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	6 · 7	3 · 2	34 · 23	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Johnny Herbert	7 · 8	2 · 4	23 · 21	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Johnny Herbert	6 · 8	3 · 4	34 · 21	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Mika Hakkinen	8 · 17	4 · 5	21 · 40	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Gerhard Berger · Mika Hakkinen	12 · 17	6 · 5	36 · 40	Gerhard Berger	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Jarno Trulli	17 · 18	5 · 9	40 · 38	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Gerhard Berger	11 · 12	7 · 6	35 · 36	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Mika Salo	11 · 19	7 · 8	35 · 27	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Mika Salo	18 · 19	9 · 8	38 · 27	Mika Salo	Swapped places
Jan Magnussen · Jarno Trulli	15 · 18	10 · 9	2 · 38	Jan Magnussen	Swapped places

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	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:25.755	—	—	29
2	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:26.693	+0.938	+0.938	24
3	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:26.983	+1.228	+0.290	23
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:27.017	+1.262	+0.034	30
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:27.052	+1.297	+0.035	30
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:27.129	+1.374	+0.077	29
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:27.169	+1.414	+0.040	30
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:27.702	+1.947	+0.533	24
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:27.823	+2.068	+0.121	30
10	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:27.979	+2.224	+0.156	22
11	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:28.137	+2.382	+0.158	28
12	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:28.163	+2.408	+0.026	27
13	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:28.932	+3.177	+0.769	26
14	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:29.153	+3.398	+0.221	29
15	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:29.302	+3.547	+0.149	29
16	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:29.426	+3.671	+0.124	27
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:29.893	+4.138	+0.467	20
18	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:30.069	+4.314	+0.176	30
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:30.376	+4.621	+0.307	30
20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:30.546	+4.791	+0.170	10
21	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:30.727	+4.972	+0.181	22
22	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:31.269	+5.514	+0.542	14

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	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:24.874	—	—	27
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	1:25.704	+0.830	+0.830	30
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:26.359	+1.485	+0.655	30
4	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:26.455	+1.581	+0.096	29
5	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:26.494	+1.620	+0.039	28
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:26.703	+1.829	+0.209	25
7	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:26.772	+1.898	+0.069	30
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:26.789	+1.915	+0.017	29
9	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:26.835	+1.961	+0.046	22
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:27.229	+2.355	+0.394	23
11	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:27.423	+2.549	+0.194	27
12	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:27.468	+2.594	+0.045	25
13	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:27.496	+2.622	+0.028	30
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:27.768	+2.894	+0.272	28
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:27.885	+3.011	+0.117	27
16	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:28.086	+3.212	+0.201	25
17	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:28.600	+3.726	+0.514	29
18	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:28.654	+3.780	+0.054	21
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:28.710	+3.836	+0.056	10
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:28.853	+3.979	+0.143	16
21	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:29.118	+4.244	+0.265	11
22	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:29.140	+4.266	+0.022	29

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	1:27.425	—	—	11
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	4	1:27.438	+0.013	+0.013	9
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	22	1:27.605	+0.180	+0.167	14
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	12	1:27.748	+0.323	+0.143	15
5	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	14	1:27.824	+0.399	+0.076	18
6	Jean Alesi	Benetton	7	1:27.941	+0.516	+0.117	14
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1:27.957	+0.532	+0.016	13
8	Nicola Larini	Sauber	17	1:28.052	+0.627	+0.095	11
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	1:28.252	+0.827	+0.200	16
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	10	1:28.451	+1.026	+0.199	14
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	16	1:28.459	+1.034	+0.008	16
12	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	9	1:28.464	+1.039	+0.005	14
13	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	1:28.601	+1.176	+0.137	10
14	Damon Hill	Arrows	1	1:28.737	+1.312	+0.136	14
15	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	21	1:28.842	+1.417	+0.105	15
16	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	8	1:29.083	+1.658	+0.241	11
17	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	18	1:29.269	+1.844	+0.186	15
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	1:29.341	+1.916	+0.072	15
19	Shinji Nakano	Prost Grand Prix	15	1:29.490	+2.065	+0.149	14
20	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	23	1:29.508	+2.083	+0.018	11
21	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	20	1:29.920	+2.495	+0.412	14
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	19	1:30.045	+2.620	+0.125	12

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

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs

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

Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 1997
Grand Prix: Argentine Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Apr 1997
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.