Barcelona, Circuit de Catalunya
25 May 1997
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Spain | Gran Premio de Espaņa Barcelona, Circuit de Catalunya 25 May 1997 |
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| Results | A bed of desertsand on the circuit due to rainfall that morning. |
| driver | tyres | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault | Goodyear | 1:30:35.896 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Olivier Panis Prost Mugen-Honda | Bridgestone | + 5.804 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Jean Alesi Benetton Renault | Goodyear | + 12.534 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Michael Schumacher Ferrari Ferrari | Goodyear | + 17.979 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 27.986 | 2 |
| 6 |  | David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes | Goodyear | + 29.744 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes | Goodyear | + 48.785 | |
| 8 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Renault | Goodyear | + 1:04.139 | |
| 9 |  | Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Peugeot | Goodyear | + 1:04.767 | |
| 10 |  | Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault | Goodyear | + 1:05.670 | |
| 11 |  | Jos Verstappen Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | + 1 lap | |
| 12 |  | Eddie Irvine Ferrari Ferrari | Goodyear | + 1 lap | |
| 13 |  | Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford | Bridgestone | + 1 lap | |
| 14 |  | Gianni Morbidelli Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 2 laps | |
| 15 |  | Jarno Trulli Minardi Hart | Bridgestone | + 2 laps |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Yamaha | 53 | engine |
| Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Peugeot | 50 | engine |
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 37 | engine |
| Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Ford | 35 | puncture |
| Shinji Nakano | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 34 | gearbox |
| Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 18 | engine |
| Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 11 | gearbox |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:16.525 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Renault | 1:16.791 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:17.521 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:17.717 |
| 5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:17.737 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:18.041 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:18.313 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:18.385 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:18.423 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 1:18.494 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:18.873 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:19.157 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | Petronas | 1:19.323 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:20.079 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:20.089 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | Mugen-Honda | 1:20.103 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:20.255 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | Hart | 1:20.452 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:20.582 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | Hart | 1:20.672 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Yamaha | 1:21.029 |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 1:21.060 |
