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Australian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 9th March 1997 12:00am Local
Sun 9th March 1997 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1997

Round
Round 1

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Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

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

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