Japan Grand Prix 1997: results

Round 16 of the 1997 season, 12 October 1997, at Suzuka Circuit. Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from P2 on the grid. Jacques Villeneuve took pole position. Fastest lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 1:38.942 (lap 48).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:29:48.446	10
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	+1.378	6
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+26.384	4
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	+27.129	3
5	Jean Alesi	Benetton	+40.403	2
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+41.630	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	+56.825	0
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	+1:00.429	0
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	+1:22.036	0
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	Engine	0
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	+1 lap	0
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	+1 lap	0
14	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	+1 lap	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Engine	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Prost	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	Spun off	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	Spun off	0
DSQ	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	Ignored yellow flags in practice	0
DNS	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber	Injury	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams
7	Jean Alesi	Benetton
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan
10	Olivier Panis	Prost
11	David Coulthard	McLaren
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart
13	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart
15	Shinji Nakano	Prost
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows
17	Damon Hill	Arrows
18	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber
19	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi
21	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell
22	Mika Salo	Tyrrell