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Home / Seasons / 1997 F1 World Championship Season / Driver Standings

1997 F1 driver standings

Standings

Constructor standings
#DriverAUSBRAARGSMRMCOESPCANFRAGBRDEUHUNBELITAAUTLUXJPNEURPoints
1(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams)R11RR1R41R15511DSQ381
DSQ(DEU) Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)25R21411R24166R1R78
2(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams)8R9R1R842RRR33332642
3(GBR) David Coulthard (McLaren)110RRR677R4RRR12R10R236
4(FRA) Jean Alesi (Benetton)R675R325261182R251336
5(AUT) Gerhard Berger (Benetton)426R910   18671048427
6(FIN) Mika Hakkinen (McLaren)3456R7RRR3RDSQ9RR4127
7(GBR) Eddie Irvine (Ferrari)R1623312R3RR9R10R8RR3524
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan)R8R46939711RR244R71120
9(FRA) Olivier Panis (Prost)53R84211R       6R716
10(GBR) Johnny Herbert (Sauber)R74RR558RR34R876815
11(DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan)RR3RRRR6555RR5R9R13
12(GBR) Damon Hill (Arrows)DNS17RRRRR91268213RR7811R7
13(BRA) Rubens Barrichello (Stewart)RRRR2RRRRRRR1314RRRR6
14(AUT) Alexander Wurz (Benetton)      RR3        4
15(ITA) Jarno Trulli (Minardi, Prost)9129DNSR15R108471510R   3
16(BRA) Pedro Diniz (Arrows)10RRRRR8RRRR7R13R512R2
17(FIN) Mika Salo (Tyrrell)R13895RRRRR1311RR10R122
18(JPN) Shinji Nakano (Prost)714RRRR6R11R76R11RRR102
19(ITA) Nicola Larini (Sauber)611R7R            1
 (DNK) Jan Magnussen (Stewart)RR10RR713RRRRR12RRRR9 
 (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Tyrrell)R15R10811RRR10RRR12R1316 
 (ITA) Gianni Morbidelli (Sauber)     1410   R91299DNS  
 (ARG) Norberto Fontana (Sauber)       R99      14 
 (JPN) Ukyo Katayama (Minardi)R18R1110RR11RR1014RR11RR17 
 (BRA) Tarso Marques (Minardi)       R10R12R14 RR15 
 (ITA) Vincenzo Sospiri (Lola)DNQ                 
 (BRA) Ricardo Rosset (Lola)DNQ                 
#DriverAUSBRAARGSMRMCOESPCANFRAGBRDEUHUNBELITAAUTLUXJPNEURPoints
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Table key and points system
  • Highlight: Rookie
  • Bold: pole position
  • Underline: fastest lap
  • Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
  • DNQ: Did not qualify
  • DSQ: Disqualified
  • DNS: Did not start

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

  • 1st (10)
  • 2nd (6)
  • 3rd (4)
  • 4th (3)
  • 5th (2)
  • 6th (1)

Notes

  • Michael Schumacher was excluded from the results of the Drivers’ Championship due to an incident with Jacques Villeneuve during the title decider at the European Grand Prix. Schumacher was stripped of his second-place finish in the championship and the 78 points he had scored during the season.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1997. Reigning world champion Damon Hill, who finished 12th, is also shown.

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