Melbourne, Albert Park
9 March 1997
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Australia | Australian Grand Prix Melbourne, Albert Park 9 March 1997 |
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| Results |
| driver | tyres | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes | Goodyear | 1:30:28.718 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Michael Schumacher Ferrari Ferrari | Goodyear | + 20.046 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes | Goodyear | + 22.177 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault | Goodyear | + 22.841 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Olivier Panis Prost Mugen-Honda | Bridgestone | + 1:00.308 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Nicola Larini Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 1:36.040 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Shinji Nakano Prost Mugen-Honda | Bridgestone | + 2 laps | |
| 8 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Renault | Goodyear | + 3 laps | crash |
| 9 |  | Jarno Trulli Minardi Hart | Bridgestone | + 3 laps | |
| 10 |  | Pedro Diniz Arrows Yamaha | Bridgestone | + 4 laps |
| Not finished | Damon Hill didn't start due to an electric problem in the warm-up lap. |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 49 | engine |
| Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Ford | 42 | electronics |
| Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 36 | suspension |
| Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 34 | fuel |
| Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 32 | fuel pump |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | Peugeot | 14 | accident |
| Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | Ford | 2 | accident |
| Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Peugeot | 1 | driveshaft |
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 0 | accident |
| Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 0 | accident |
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 0 | accident |
| Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 0 | dns / throttle |
| Saturday's qualifying session | Pedro Diniz will start with permission. |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:29.369 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Renault | 1:31.123 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:31.472 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:31.531 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:31.881 |
| 6 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:31.971 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 1:32.287 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:32.593 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:32.842 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:32.870 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:33.075 |
| 12 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:33.130 |
| 13 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | Petronas | 1:33.327 |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:33.552 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 1:33.798 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:33.989 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | Hart | 1:34.120 |
| 18 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:34.229 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 1:34.623 |
| 20 | Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:34.806 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:34.943 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:36.352 |
| Did not qualify (107%) | ||||
| ** | Vincenso Sosperi | Lola | Ford | 1:40.972 |
| ** | Ricardo Rosset | Lola | Ford | 1:42.086 |
