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Qantas Australian Grand Prix

09 Mar 1997Melbourne307.516 km (5302 m x 58 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve, Williams FW19-Renault, 1:29.369 (213.577 km/h) Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Williams FW19-Renault, 1:30.585 (210.710 km/h lap 36) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:30:28.718 203.926 km/h 2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:30:48.764 203.176 km/h 3 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:30:50.895 203.096 km/h 4 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:30:51.559 203.072 km/h 5 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:31:29.026 201.686 km/h 6 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:32:04.758 200.381 km/h 7 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda -2 Laps 8 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 55 Brakes 9 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart -3 Laps 10 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha -4 Laps Did Not Finish: 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 49 Engine 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 42 Engine 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 36 Suspension 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 34 Out of fuel 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 32 Electrical 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 14 Spun off 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 2 Spun off 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1 Gearbox 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 0 Collision with Irvine and Herbert 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 0 Collision with Herbert and Villeneuve 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 0 Collision with Irvine and Villeneuve Did Not Start: 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 0 Throttle on formation lap Did Not Qualify: 24 Vincenzo Sospiri Lola T97/30-Ford 25 Ricardo Rosset Lola T97/30-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1-17 24 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 18-32 34 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 33-39 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 40-58 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:30.585 210.710 36 2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:31.067 209.595 54 3 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:31.412 208.804 29 4 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:31.509 208.583 33 5 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:31.624 208.321 54 6 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:31.762 208.008 40 7 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:31.976 207.524 33 8 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:32.784 205.717 27 9 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:33.386 204.390 24 10 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:34.147 202.738 14 11 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:34.171 202.687 52 12 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:34.194 202.637 22 13 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:34.465 202.056 23 14 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:34.918 201.091 14 15 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:35.257 200.376 26 16 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart 1:35.959 198.910 21 17 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:37.038 196.698 2 18 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:48.323 176.206 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:29.369 213.577 Rothmans Williams Renault 2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:31.123 209.466 Rothmans Williams Renault 3 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:31.472 208.667 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 4 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:31.531 208.533 West McLaren Mercedes 5 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:31.881 207.738 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 6 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:31.971 207.535 West McLaren Mercedes 7 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:32.287 206.824 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 8 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:32.593 206.141 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 9 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:32.842 205.588 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 10 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:32.870 205.526 Mild Seven Benetton Renault 11 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:33.075 205.073 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 12 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:33.130 204.952 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 13 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:33.327 204.520 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 14 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:33.552 204.028 Benson&Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot 15 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:33.798 203.493 Minardi Team 16 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:33.989 203.079 Prost Grand Prix Gauloises Blondes 17 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart 1:34.120 202.796 Minardi Team 18 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:34.229 202.562 PIAA Tyrrell 19 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:34.623 201.718 HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford 20 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:34.806 201.329 Danka Arrows Yamaha 21 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:34.943 201.039 PIAA Tyrrell Did Not Qualify: 1:35.624 107% 22 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:35.972 198.883 Danka Arrows Yamaha 23 24 Vincenzo Sospiri Lola T97/30-Ford 1:40.972 189.035 Mastercard Lola F1 Team 24 25 Ricardo Rosset Lola T97/30-Ford 1:42.086 186.972 Mastercard Lola F1 Team Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:32.496 206.357 2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:32.910 205.438 3 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:33.255 204.677 4 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:33.371 204.423 5 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:33.437 204.279 6 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:34.157 202.717 7 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:34.271 202.472 8 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:34.432 202.126 9 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:34.593 201.782 10 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:34.742 201.465 11 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:34.777 201.391 12 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:34.927 201.072 13 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:35.073 200.764 14 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:36.142 198.531 15 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:36.223 198.364 16 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart 1:36.392 198.016 17 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:36.716 197.353 18 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:37.023 196.729 19 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:38.092 194.585 20 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:39.652 191.539 21 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:40.002 190.868 22 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:40.947 189.081 23 24 Ricardo Rosset Lola T97/30-Ford 1:41.166 188.672 24 25 Vincenzo Sospiri Lola T97/30-Ford 1:42.590 186.053 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:28.594 215.446 2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:30.026 212.019 3 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:30.305 211.364 4 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:30.651 210.557 5 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:30.674 210.504 6 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:30.682 210.485 7 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:31.071 209.586 8 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:31.197 209.296 9 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:31.281 209.104 10 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:31.303 209.053 11 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:31.389 208.857 12 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:31.635 208.296 13 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:32.027 207.409 14 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:32.264 206.876 15 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:32.826 205.623 16 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:33.194 204.811 17 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:33.415 204.327 18 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart 1:33.588 203.949 19 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:33.679 203.751 20 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:33.693 203.721 21 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:33.767 203.560 22 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:34.640 201.682 23 24 Ricardo Rosset Lola T97/30-Ford 1:41.416 188.207 24 25 Vincenzo Sospiri Lola T97/30-Ford 1:44.286 183.027 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW19-Renault 1:31.235 209.209 2 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW19-Renault 1:31.353 208.939 3 16 Johnny Herbert Sauber C16-Petronas 1:31.512 208.576 4 14 Olivier Panis Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:31.674 208.207 5 10 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:32.091 207.265 6 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:32.394 206.585 7 9 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes 1:32.537 206.266 8 11 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 197-Peugeot 1:32.586 206.156 9 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F310B 1:32.704 205.894 10 6 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F310B 1:32.908 205.442 11 8 Gerhard Berger Benetton B197-Renault 1:32.939 205.373 12 22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF1-Ford 1:32.989 205.263 13 17 Nicola Larini Sauber C16-Petronas 1:33.109 204.998 14 15 Shinji Nakano Prost JS45-Mugen-Honda 1:33.148 204.913 15 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:33.339 204.493 16 1 Damon Hill Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:33.394 204.373 17 2 Pedro Diniz Arrows A18-Yamaha 1:33.735 203.629 18 18 Jos Verstappen Tyrrell 025-Ford 1:33.832 203.419 19 7 Jean Alési Benetton B197-Renault 1:34.113 202.812 20 23 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF1-Ford 1:34.162 202.706 21 20 Ukyo Katayama Minardi M197-Hart 1:34.902 201.125 22 21 Jarno Trulli Minardi M197-Hart 1:40.623 189.690 Notes:
  • Diniz did not qualified but was allowed to start in the race.
  • Weather: Partially cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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