F1 1997 season review
Jacques Villeneuve won the title with Williams: 81 points, 7 wins. Runner-up: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 42 points.
Constructors' champion: Williams, 123 points, 8 wins.
17 races, 6 different winners, 4 winning teams.
Winners by round
First career wins
Teammate battles
- Williams: Jacques Villeneuve vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen, qualifying 13-4, races 9-8
- Ferrari: Michael Schumacher vs Eddie Irvine, qualifying 16-1, races 13-4
- Benetton: Jean Alesi vs Gerhard Berger, qualifying 7-7, races 5-9
- McLaren: David Coulthard vs Mika Häkkinen, qualifying 6-11, races 10-7
- Jordan: Giancarlo Fisichella vs Ralf Schumacher, qualifying 10-7, races 11-6
- Prost: Olivier Panis vs Shinji Nakano, qualifying 10-0, races 8-2
- Sauber: Johnny Herbert vs Gianni Morbidelli, qualifying 8-0, races 6-1
- Arrows: Damon Hill vs Pedro Diniz, qualifying 14-3, races 10-6
- Stewart: Rubens Barrichello vs Jan Magnussen, qualifying 15-2, races 11-5
- Tyrrell: Mika Salo vs Jos Verstappen, qualifying 10-7, races 12-5