Round 17 · 26 October 1997
European Grand Prix
Circuito de Jerez · Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
26 drivers
After Round 16
1
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams
77
pts
2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Williams
41
pts
3
Jean Alesi
Benetton
36
pts
4
David Coulthard
McLaren
30
pts
5
Gerhard Berger
Benetton
24
pts
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6
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
22
pts
7
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan
20
pts
8
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
17
pts
9
Olivier Panis
Prost
16
pts
10
Johnny Herbert
Sauber
15
pts
11
Ralf Schumacher
Jordan
13
pts
12
Damon Hill
Arrows
7
pts
13
Rubens Barrichello
Stewart
6
pts
14
Alexander Wurz
Benetton
4
pts
15
Jarno Trulli
Prost
3
pts
16
Pedro Diniz
Arrows
2
pts
17
Mika Salo
Tyrrell
2
pts
18
Shinji Nakano
Prost
2
pts
19
Nicola Larini
Sauber
1
pts
D
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
78
pts
-
Jan Magnussen
Stewart
0
pts
-
Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Gianni Morbidelli
Sauber
0
pts
-
Norberto Fontana
Sauber
0
pts
-
Ukyo Katayama
Minardi
0
pts
-
Tarso Marques
Minardi
0
pts
After the race
26 drivers
After Round 17
1
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams
—
81
+4
2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Williams
—
42
+1
3
David Coulthard
McLaren
↑1
36
+6
4
Jean Alesi
Benetton
↓1
36
+0
5
Gerhard Berger
Benetton
—
27
+3
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6
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
↑2
27
+10
7
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
↓1
24
+2
8
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jordan
↓1
20
+0
9
Olivier Panis
Prost
—
16
+0
10
Johnny Herbert
Sauber
—
15
+0
11
Ralf Schumacher
Jordan
—
13
+0
12
Damon Hill
Arrows
—
7
+0
13
Rubens Barrichello
Stewart
—
6
+0
14
Alexander Wurz
Benetton
—
4
+0
15
Jarno Trulli
Prost
—
3
+0
16
Pedro Diniz
Arrows
—
2
+0
17
Mika Salo
Tyrrell
—
2
+0
18
Shinji Nakano
Prost
—
2
+0
19
Nicola Larini
Sauber
—
1
+0
D
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
—
78
+0
-
Jan Magnussen
Stewart
—
0
+0
-
Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Gianni Morbidelli
Sauber
—
0
+0
-
Norberto Fontana
Sauber
—
0
+0
-
Ukyo Katayama
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Tarso Marques
Minardi
—
0
+0
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Race classification
22 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HÄK Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 5 | 1:38:57.771 | 10 |
| 2 | COU David Coulthard | McLaren | 6 | +1.654 | 6 |
| 3 | VIL Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | +1.803 | 4 |
| 4 | BER Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | +1.919 | 3 |
| 5 | IRV Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 7 | +3.789 | 2 |
| 6 | FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 3 | +4.537 | 1 |
| 7 | PAN Olivier Panis | Prost | 9 | +1:07.145 | 0 |
| 8 | HER Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 14 | +1:12.961 | 0 |
| 9 | MAG Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 11 | +1:17.487 | 0 |
| 10 | NAK Shinji Nakano | Prost | 15 | +1:18.215 | 0 |
| 11 | FIS Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | SAL Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 21 | 1L | 0 |
| 13 | ALE Jean Alesi | Benetton | 10 | 1L | 0 |
| 14 | FON Norberto Fontana | Sauber | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 15 | MAR Tarso Marques | Minardi | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 16 | VER Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 22 | 1L | 0 |
| 17 | KAT Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| R | MSC Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | HIL Damon Hill | Arrows | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | BAR Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | DIN Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 13 | — | 0 |