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Home / Seasons / 1997 F1 World Championship Season / Pole Positions

1997 F1 pole positions

Polesitters

#Grand PrixCircuitDriverConstructorRacePole margin
1AustraliaMelbourne(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-RenaultDNF1.754s
2BrazilInterlagos(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault10.590s
3ArgentinaBuenos Aires(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault10.798s
4San MarinoImola(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-RenaultDNF0.343s
5MonacoMonte Carlo(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-RenaultDNF0.019s
6SpainCatalunya(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault10.266s
7CanadaMontreal(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari10.013s
8FranceMagny-Cours(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari10.201s
9BritainSilverstone(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault10.134s
10GermanyHockenheim(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-Renault10.023s
11HungaryHungaroring(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari40.187s
12BelgiumSpa-Francorchamps(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault50.309s
13ItalyMonza(FRA) Jean AlesiBenetton-Renault20.052s
14AustriaSpielberg(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault10.094s
15LuxembourgNurburgring(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-MercedesDNF0.089s
16JapanSuzuka(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-RenaultDSQ0.062s
17EuropeJerez(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault30.000s
← 1996 1998 →
First pole position (drivers)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Mika Hakkinen
Last pole position (drivers)
Jean Alesi
Gerhard Berger
Jacques Villeneuve
First pole position (constructors)
No constructor took their first pole position in 1997
Last pole position (constructors)
No constructor took their last pole position in 1997
First pole position since…
1993 for McLaren
1994 for Jean Alesi
1995 for Gerhard Berger and Benetton
Last pole position until…
1999 for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
2001 for Williams
First pole position by a…
Finnish driver since 1986
French driver since 1994
Austrian driver since 1995
Last pole position by a…
Canadian driver until 2020

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