1997 Argentine Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 13 April 1997
Winner	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Pole position	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Fastest lap	Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault
Circuit	Buenos Aires, 72 laps
Round	3 of 17
Race numbers	The 1997 Argentine Grand Prix was the: 600th World Championship race 19th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix 19th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	72	1hr 52m 01.715s	10
2	+5	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	72	+0.979s	6
3	+3	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	72	+12.089s	4
4	+4	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	72	+29.919s	3
5	+12	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+30.351s	2
6	+6	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	72	+31.393s	1
7	+4	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	72	+46.359s
8	+11	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	71	+1 lap
9	+9	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	71	+1 lap
10	+5	(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	66	DNF
R		(ITA) Nicola Larini	Sauber-Petronas	63	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	50	DNF
R		(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	49	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	37	DNF
R		(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	33	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	24	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	24	DNF
R		(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	18	DNF
R		(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	5	DNF
R		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	0	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	0	DNF

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:24.473
2	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:25.271	0.798
3	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:25.491	1.018
4	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:25.773	1.300
5	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:25.942	1.469
6	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:26.218	1.745
7	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:26.327	1.854
8	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:26.564	2.091
9	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:26.619	2.146
10	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.799	2.326
11	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:27.076	2.603
12	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:27.259	2.786
13	(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:27.281	2.808
14	(ITA) Nicola Larini	Sauber-Petronas	1:27.690	3.217
15	(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:28.035	3.562
16	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:28.094	3.621
17	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.135	3.662
18	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	1:28.160	3.687
19	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:28.224	3.751
20	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:28.366	3.893
21	(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:28.413	3.940
22	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:28.969	4.496

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 50th for Eddie Irvine (91st driver to start 50 races, 17th British driver); 400th for Tyrrell (4th constructor to start 400 races); 200th for Arrows (8th constructor to start 200 races); 100th for Jordan (21st constructor to start 100 races)
Wins: 6th for Jacques Villeneuve; 97th for Williams
Podiums: 13th for Jacques Villeneuve; 3rd for Eddie Irvine; 1st for Ralf Schumacher (176th different podium finisher, 9th German driver); 389th for Ferrari; 229 for Williams; 4th for Jordan
Poles: 6th for Jacques Villeneuve; 100th for Williams (3rd constructor to take 100 pole positions)
1-2 start: 52nd for Williams
Fastest laps: 20th for Gerhard Berger (8th driver to set 20 fastest laps, 2nd Austrian driver); 34th for Benetton
Front row starts: 12th for Jacques Villeneuve; 2nd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Points finishes: 1st for Ralf Schumacher (272nd different point scorer, 14th German driver)
Pole & win: 2nd for Jacques Villeneuve