1997 F1 pole positions

Polesitters

#	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	DNF	1.754s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	0.590s
3	Argentina	Buenos Aires	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	0.798s
4	San Marino	Imola	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.343s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.019s
6	Spain	Catalunya	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	0.266s
7	Canada	Montreal	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	0.013s
8	France	Magny-Cours	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	0.201s
9	Britain	Silverstone	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	0.134s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1	0.023s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	0.187s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	5	0.309s
13	Italy	Monza	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	2	0.052s
14	Austria	Spielberg	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	0.094s
15	Luxembourg	Nurburgring	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	0.089s
16	Japan	Suzuka	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	DSQ	0.062s
17	Europe	Jerez	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	3	0.000s

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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