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 LXII  Qantas Australian Grand Prix

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 9 March 1997
Start time14:00
Event Australian GP
Circuit Melbourne
Event FormatRace of 58 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#1 of 17 in 1997
#598 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps58
Circuit Perimeter5302 m
Race Distance5302 × 58 = 307.516 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherPartially cloudy, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries24
Qualifiers22
Finishers10
Debutants
Jarno Trulli (Driver),
Ralf Schumacher (Driver),
Shinji Nakano (Driver),
Vincenzo Sospiri (Driver),
Prost (Car Manufacturer),
Stewart (Car Manufacturer),
Petronas (Engine Manufacturer),
Arrows A18 (Car Model),
Benetton B197 (Car Model),
Ferrari F310B (Car Model),
Jordan 197 (Car Model),
Lola T97/30 (Car Model),
McLaren MP4/12 (Car Model),
Minardi M197 (Car Model),
   Prost JS45 (Car Model),
Sauber C16 (Car Model),
Stewart SF1 (Car Model),
Tyrrell 025 (Car Model),
Williams FW19 (Car Model),
Danka Arrows Yamaha (Entrant),
HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford (Entrant),
Mastercard Lola F1 Team (Entrant),
PIAA Tyrrell (Entrant),
Prost Gauloises Blondes (Entrant),
Red Bull Sauber Petronas (Entrant),
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (Entrant),
West McLaren Mercedes (Entrant)
MilestonesCar 22 – 500th Race Entry (Car Number)
Peugeot – 100th Race Entry (Engine Manufacturer)
West McLaren Mercedes – 1st Win (Entrant)
 Olivier Panis – 50th Race Entry (Driver)
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
 Heinz-Harald Frentzen – 50th Race Entry (Driver)
 Johnny Herbert – 100th Race Entry (Driver)
Records Broken 1. Highest 5th Place Finish Ratio Prost (50.00%)
Records Extended 1. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (633),
2. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (400),
3. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (501),
4. Most 2nd Place Finishes Ferrari (156),
5. Most 4th Place Finishes Gerhard Berger (24),
6. Most Race Entries Ferrari (1362),
7. Most 3rd Place Qualifications Ferrari (146),
8. Most 5th Place Qualifications Ferrari (141)

World Championship standings
1  David Coulthard 10 
DSQ  Michael Schumacher 6 
2  Mika Häkkinen 4 
3  Gerhard Berger 3 
4  Olivier Panis 2 
5  Nicola Larini 1 
1  McLaren / Mercedes 14 
2  Ferrari / Ferrari 6 
3  Benetton / Renault 3 
4  Prost / Mugen-Honda 2 
5  Sauber / Petronas 1 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 10Car 3Car 4
EntrantWest McLaren MercedesRothmans Williams RenaultRothmans Williams Renault
Driver David Coulthard Jacques Villeneuve Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Car McLaren MP4/12 Williams FW19 Williams FW19
EngineMercedes 3.0 V10Renault 3.0 V10Renault 3.0 V10
Time1:30'28.7181'29.3691'30.585
Speed203.926 km/h213.577 km/h210.710 km/h