Austrian Grand Prix
1997 · Round 14 · Spielberg, Austria · Sep 21, 1997Race summary
Victory went to Villeneuve (from 1st on the grid), with a 2.909s margin. Fisichella made the biggest gain, from 14th on the grid to 4th (up 10 places). Barrichello had a difficult race, dropping from 5th to 14th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | 71 | 1:27:35.999 | 10 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 10 | 71 | +2.909 | 6 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 4 | 71 | +3.962 | 4 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 14 | 71 | +12.127 | 3 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 11 | 71 | +31.859 | 2 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 9 | 71 | +33.410 | 1 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 7 | 71 | +37.207 | 0 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | 71 | +49.057 | 0 |
| 9 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 13 | 71 | +1:06.455 | 0 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 18 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 20 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 17 | 67 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 5 | 64 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 3 | 58 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 6 | 58 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 16 | 57 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 21 | 48 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | 38 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 15 | 37 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2 | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Tarso Marques | Minardi | – | 0 | Underweight | 0 |