Monaco Grand Prix
1997 · Round 5 · Monte Carlo, Monaco · May 11, 1997Race summary
Victory went to Schumacher (from 2nd on the grid), with a 53.3s margin. Verstappen made the biggest gain, from 22nd on the grid to 8th (up 14 places). Fisichella had a difficult race, dropping from 4th to 6th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 62 | 2:00:05.654 | 10 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 10 | 62 | +53.306 | 6 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 15 | 62 | +1:22.108 | 4 |
| 4 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 12 | 62 | +1:44.402 | 3 |
| 5 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 14 | 61 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 4 | 61 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 19 | 61 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 22 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 17 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 20 | 60 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1 | 39 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 21 | 36 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 11 | 24 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 9 | 16 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 16 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 6 | 10 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 7 | 9 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 18 | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | David Coulthard | McLaren | 5 | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 8 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Damon Hill | Arrows | 13 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 16 | 0 | Spun off | 0 |