Australian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 9th March 1997 (UTC)
Sun 9th March 1997 (Local)

Timestamp
1997-03-09T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
1

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The 1997 Australian Grand Prix (formally the Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 9 March 1997. It was the first race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship, and the second Australian Grand Prix to be held in Melbourne.

The 58-lap race was won by David Coulthard, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from fourth position. It was Coulthard's second F1 victory, and the first for the McLaren team since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. German Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, with Coulthard's Finnish teammate Mika Häkkinen third. Canadian Jacques Villeneuve took pole position in his Williams-Renault but retired after a first-lap collision, while reigning World Champion Damon Hill, in his first race for the Arrows team, suffered a throttle failure on the formation lap and did not start.

This race marked the debuts of Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli and Shinji Nakano.

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Result List

01	David Coulthard	1:30:28.718
02	Michael Schumacher	+0:20.046
03	Mika Häkkinen	+0:22.177
04	Gerhard Berger	+0:22.841
05	Olivier Panis	+1:00.308
06	Nicola Larini	+1:36.040
07	Nakano Shinji	+2 Laps
08	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF
09	Jarno Trulli	+3 Laps
10	Pedro Diniz	+4 Laps
11	Rubens Barrichello	DNF
12	Mika Salo	DNF
13	Jan Magnussen	DNF
14	Jean Alesi	DNF
15	Ukyo Katayama	DNF
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF
17	Jos Verstappen	DNF
18	Ralf Schumacher	DNF
19	Jacques Villeneuve	DNF
20	Eddie Irvine	DNF
21	Johnny Herbert	DNF
22	Damon Hill	DNF
23	Vincenzo Sospiri	Did not qualify
24	Ricardo Rosset	Did not qualify