Autodromo Oscar Galvez
13 April 1997
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Argentina | Buenos Aires Autodromo Oscar Galvez 13 April 1997 |
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| Results | 600th Grand Prix since foundation World Championship in 1950. |
| driver | tyres | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault | Goodyear | 1:52:01.715 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Eddie Irvine Ferrari Ferrari | Goodyear | + 0.979 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Ralf Schumacher Jordan Peugeot | Goodyear | + 12.089 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 29.919 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes | Goodyear | + 30.351 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault | Goodyear | + 31.393 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Jean Alesi Benetton Renault | Goodyear | + 46.359 | |
| 8 |  | Mika Salo Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | + 1 lap | |
| 9 |  | Jarno Trulli Minardi Hart | Bridgestone | + 1 lap | |
| 10 |  | Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford | Bridgestone | + 6 laps |
| Not finished | First lap behind Safety-Car due to collision Michael Schumacher with Rubens Barrichello. |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Nicola Larini | Sauber | Petronas | 63 | spin |
| Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Yamaha | 50 | engine |
| Shinji Nakano | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 49 | engine |
| Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | Ford | 43 | engine |
| Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 37 | spin |
| Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 33 | engine |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | Peugeot | 24 | accident |
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 24 | throttle |
| Olivier Panis | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 18 | radiator |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Renault | 5 | clutch |
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 0 | accident |
| David Coulthard | Jordan | Peugeot | 0 | accident |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:24.473 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Renault | 1:25.271 |
| 3 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:25.491 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:25.773 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:25.942 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:26.218 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:26.327 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 1:26.564 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:26.619 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:26.799 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:27.076 |
| 12 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:27.259 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:27.281 |
| 14 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | Petronas | 1:27.690 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 1:28.035 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:28.094 |
| 17 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:28.135 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | Hart | 1:28.160 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:28.224 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:28.356 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 1:28.413 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:28.969 |
