F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | MCO | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | AUT | LUX | JPN | EUR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) | R | 1 | 1 | R | R | 1 | R | 4 | 1 | R | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 81 |
| DSQ | (DEU) Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) | 2 | 5 | R | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | R | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | R | 1 | R | 78 |
| 2 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) | 8R | 9 | R | 1 | R | 8 | 4 | 2 | R | R | R | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 42 |
| 3 | (GBR) David Coulthard (McLaren) | 1 | 10 | R | R | R | 6 | 7 | 7R | 4 | R | R | R | 1 | 2 | R | 10R | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | (FRA) Jean Alesi (Benetton) | R | 6 | 7 | 5 | R | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | R | 2 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Benetton) | 4 | 2 | 6 | R | 9 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 27 | |||
| 6 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | 7 | R | R | R | 3 | R | DSQ | 9 | R | R | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | (GBR) Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) | R | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | R | 3 | R | R | 9R | 10R | 8 | R | R | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) | R | 8 | R | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11R | R | 2 | 4 | 4 | R | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 9 | (FRA) Olivier Panis (Prost) | 5 | 3 | R | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11R | 6 | R | 7 | 16 | |||||||
| 10 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert (Sauber) | R | 7 | 4 | R | R | 5 | 5 | 8 | R | R | 3 | 4 | R | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) | R | R | 3 | R | R | R | R | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | R | R | 5 | R | 9 | R | 13 |
| 12 | (GBR) Damon Hill (Arrows) | DNS | 17R | R | R | R | R | 9 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13R | R | 7 | 8 | 11 | R | 7 |
| 13 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) | R | R | R | R | 2 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 13 | 14R | R | R | R | 6 |
| 14 | (AUT) Alexander Wurz (Benetton) | R | R | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli (Minardi, Prost) | 9 | 12 | 9 | DNS | R | 15 | R | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 10 | R | 3 | |||
| 16 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz (Arrows) | 10 | R | R | R | R | R | 8 | R | R | R | R | 7 | R | 13R | 5 | 12 | R | 2 |
| 17 | (FIN) Mika Salo (Tyrrell) | R | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | R | R | R | R | R | 13 | 11 | R | R | 10 | R | 12 | 2 |
| 18 | (JPN) Shinji Nakano (Prost) | 7 | 14 | R | R | R | R | 6 | R | 11R | 7 | 6 | R | 11 | R | R | R | 10 | 2 |
| 19 | (ITA) Nicola Larini (Sauber) | 6 | 11 | R | 7 | R | 1 | ||||||||||||
| (DNK) Jan Magnussen (Stewart) | R | R | 10R | R | 7 | 13 | R | R | R | R | R | 12 | R | R | R | R | 9 | ||
| (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Tyrrell) | R | 15 | R | 10 | 8 | 11 | R | R | R | 10 | R | R | R | 12 | R | 13 | 16 | ||
| (ITA) Gianni Morbidelli (Sauber) | 14 | 10 | R | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | DNS | |||||||||||
| (ARG) Norberto Fontana (Sauber) | R | 9 | 9 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| (JPN) Ukyo Katayama (Minardi) | R | 18 | R | 11 | 10 | R | R | 11 | R | R | 10 | 14R | R | 11 | R | R | 17 | ||
| (BRA) Tarso Marques (Minardi) | R | 10 | R | 12 | R | 14 | R | R | 15 | ||||||||||
| (ITA) Vincenzo Sospiri (Lola) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| (BRA) Ricardo Rosset (Lola) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | MCO | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | AUT | LUX | JPN | EUR | Points |
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.