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1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Argentina Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 3 of 17 Sunday, April 13, 1997 at Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 72 laps on a 4.259 kilometer road course (306.648 kilometers) Time of race: 1:52:01.715 Average speed: 164.234 kph Pole time: 84.473 seconds Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: .979 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1997 Formula One results   /   1997 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 3   Jacques Villeneuve Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 72 1:52:01.715 66 10 2 7 6   Eddie Irvine Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 72 +0.979 6 6 3 6 11   Ralf Schumacher B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 72 +12.089 0 4 4 8 16   Johnny Herbert Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 72 +29.919 0 3 5 17 9   Mika Hakkinen West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 72 +30.351 0 2 6 12 8   Gerhard Berger Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 72 +31.393 0 1 7 11 7   Jean Alesi Mild Seven Benetton Renault Benetton B197 / Renault RS9 72 +46.359 0 0 8 19 19   Mika Salo Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED4 71 +1 lap 0 0 9 18 21   Jarno Trulli Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 71 +1 lap 0 0 10 15 23   Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 66 engine 0 0 ret 14 17   Nicola Larini Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 / Petronas SPE-01 63 spun off 0 0 ret 22 2   Pedro Diniz Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 50 engine 0 0 ret 20 15   Shinji Nakano Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 49 engine 0 0 ret 16 18   Jos Verstappen Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 025 / Ford ED4 43 engine 0 0 ret 21 20   Ukyo Katayama Minardi Team SpA Minardi M197 / Hart 830 AV7 37 spun off 0 0 ret 13 1   Damon Hill Danka Arrows Yamaha Arrows A18 / Yamaha OX11A 33 engine 0 0 ret 9 12   Giancarlo Fisichella B&H Total Jordan Peugeot Jordan 197 / Peugeot A14 24 crash 0 0 ret 5 22   Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford Stewart SF01 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 24 hydraulics 0 0 ret 3 14   Olivier Panis Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost JS45 / Mugen-Honda MF-301HB 18 electrical 0 0 ret 2 4   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 / Renault RS9 5 clutch 0 0 ret 4 5   Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2 0 crash 0 0 ret 10 10   David Coulthard West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F 0 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 174.269 kph by Gerhard Berger Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4   #5,10,11,22 accident turn 1   5 72 68       Percent of race run under caution: 5.6%             Average green flag run: 68.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jacques Villeneuve 1 38 38   Eddie Irvine 39 44 6   Jacques Villeneuve 45 72 28 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jacques Villeneuve 20     2   David Coulthard 10   -10   2   Gerhard Berger 10   -10   4   Mika Hakkinen 9   -11   5   Michael Schumacher 8   -12   6   Olivier Panis 6   -14   6   Eddie Irvine 6   -14   8   Ralf Schumacher 4   -16   9   Johnny Herbert 3   -17   10   Nicola Larini 1   -19   10   Jean Alesi 1   -19