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Argentine Grand Prix 1997

Round 3 of 17  · 13 April 1997  · Juan y Oscar Gálvez  · 72 laps

Fastest Lap Gerhard Berger 1:27.981 (lap 63)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1 1:52:01.715 10
2 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 7 +0.979 6
3 RSC Ralf Schumacher Jordan 6 +12.089 4
4 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 8 +29.919 3
5 HAK Mika Häkkinen McLaren 17 +30.351 2
6 BER Gerhard Berger FL Benetton 12 +31.393 1
7 ALE Jean Alesi Benetton 11 +46.359 —
8 SAL Mika Salo Tyrrell 19 +1 lap —
9 TRU Jarno Trulli Minardi 18 +1 lap —
10 MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 15 Engine —
DNF LAR Nicola Larini Sauber 14 Spun off —
DNF DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 22 Engine —
DNF NAK Shinji Nakano Prost 20 Engine —
DNF VER Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 16 Engine —
DNF KAT Ukyo Katayama Minardi 21 Spun off —
DNF HIL Damon Hill Arrows 13 Engine —
DNF FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 9 Collision —
DNF BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 5 Hydraulics —
DNF PAN Olivier Panis Prost 3 Electrical —
DNF FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2 Clutch —
DNF MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 Collision —
DNF COU David Coulthard McLaren 10 Collision —

Qualifying — One-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:24.473
2 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:25.271
3 PAN Olivier Panis Prost 1:25.491
4 MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.773
5 BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:25.942
6 RSC Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:26.218
7 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:26.327
8 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:26.564
9 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 1:26.619
10 COU David Coulthard McLaren 1:26.799
11 ALE Jean Alesi Benetton 1:27.076
12 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:27.259
13 HIL Damon Hill Arrows 1:27.281
14 LAR Nicola Larini Sauber 1:27.690
15 MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 1:28.035
16 VER Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 1:28.094
17 HAK Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:28.135
18 TRU Jarno Trulli Minardi 1:28.160
19 SAL Mika Salo Tyrrell 1:28.224
20 NAK Shinji Nakano Prost 1:28.366
21 KAT Ukyo Katayama Minardi 1:28.413
22 DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:28.969