1997 Italian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 7 September 1997
Winner	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault
Fastest lap	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Monza, 53 laps
Round	13 of 17
Race numbers	The 1997 Italian Grand Prix was the: 610th World Championship race 48th World Championship Italian Grand Prix 47th World Championship race at Monza
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+5	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1hr 17m 04.609s	10
2	-1	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	53	+1.937s	6
3	-1	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	53	+4.343s	4
4	-1	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+5.871s	3
5	-1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	53	+6.416s	2
6	+3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+11.481s	1
7		(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	53	+12.471s
8	+2	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+17.639s
9	-4	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+49.373s
10	+6	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Mugen-Honda	53	+1m 02.706s
11	+4	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	53	+1m 03.327s
12	+6	(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 lap
13	-2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
14	+8	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	50	+3 laps
R		(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	46	DNF
R		(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	39	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	38	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	33	DNF
R		(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	12	DNF
R		(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	8	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	4	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:22.990
2	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:23.042	0.052
3	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:23.066	0.076
4	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:23.231	0.241
5	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.340	0.350
6	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.347	0.357
7	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:23.443	0.453
8	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:23.603	0.613
9	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:23.624	0.634
10	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:23.891	0.901
11	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:24.177	1.187
12	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:24.242	1.252
13	(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:24.394	1.404
14	(GBR) Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:24.482	1.492
15	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:24.553	1.563
16	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:24.567	1.577
17	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:24.639	1.649
18	(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:24.735	1.745
19	(FIN) Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:25.693	2.703
20	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:25.845	2.855
21	(JPN) Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:26.655	3.665
22	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1:27.677	4.687

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 3rd for David Coulthard; 106th for McLaren
Podiums: 30th for Jean Alesi (20th driver to score 30 podiums, 3rd French driver); 13th for David Coulthard; 5th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 266th for McLaren; 236th for Williams; 94th for Benetton
Poles: 2nd and last for Jean Alesi (first since 1994; first French polesitter since 1994; only pole for Benetton); 14th for Benetton
Fastest laps: 1st for Mika Hakkinen (98th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Finnish driver; first Finnish driver to set a fastest lap since 1985); 71st for McLaren
Front row starts: 8th for Jean Alesi (last for Benetton) & Heinz-Harald Frentzen (last until 1999; last for Williams)