Drivers' championship 1997Final standings

1997Drivers’ championship

Jacques Villeneuve took the 1997 title by 39 points from Frentzen, with 7 wins.

1997 World Champion

JacquesVilleneuve

Williams

81Points

7Wins

Champion: 81; points · Villeneuve
Margin: 39; points to Frentzen
Rounds: 17; in the season
Winners: 6; different race winners

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Villeneuve	Frentzen	Coulthard	Alesi	Berger
R1 · Australian Grand Prix	0	0	10	0	3
R2 · Brazilian Grand Prix	10	0	10	1	9
R3 · Argentine Grand Prix	20	0	10	1	10
R4 · San Marino Grand Prix	20	10	10	3	10
R5 · Monaco Grand Prix	20	10	10	3	10
R6 · Spanish Grand Prix	30	10	11	7	10
R7 · Canadian Grand Prix	30	13	11	13	10
R8 · French Grand Prix	33	19	11	15	10
R9 · British Grand Prix	43	19	14	21	10
R10 · German Grand Prix	43	19	14	22	20
R11 · Hungarian Grand Prix	53	19	14	22	20
R12 · Belgian Grand Prix	55	23	14	22	21
R13 · Italian Grand Prix	57	27	24	28	21
R14 · Austrian Grand Prix	67	31	30	28	21
R15 · Luxembourg Grand Prix	77	35	30	34	24
R16 · Japanese Grand Prix	77	41	30	36	24
R17 · European Grand Prix	81	42	36	36	27

After round17 · European Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1997 drivers’ championship table, after round 17 (European Grand Prix).

1997 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1up 1 since the previous round (champion)	Jacques Villeneuve Williams	Williams	7	Champion	81Champion
2up 1 since the previous round	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams	Williams	1	+39	42+39
3up 2 since the previous round	David Coulthard McLaren	McLaren	2	+45	36+45
4	Jean Alesi Benetton	Benetton	0	+45	36+45
5up 1 since the previous round	Gerhard Berger Benetton	Benetton	1	+54	27+54
6up 3 since the previous round	Mika Häkkinen McLaren	McLaren	1	+54	27+54
7	Eddie Irvine Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+57	24+57
8	Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan	Jordan	0	+61	20+61
9up 1 since the previous round	Olivier Panis Prost	Prost	0	+65	16+65
10up 1 since the previous round	Johnny Herbert Sauber	Sauber	0	+66	15+66
11up 1 since the previous round	Ralf Schumacher Jordan	Jordan	0	+68	13+68
12up 1 since the previous round	Damon Hill Arrows	Arrows	0	+74	7+74
13up 1 since the previous round	Rubens Barrichello Stewart	Stewart	0	+75	6+75
14up 1 since the previous round	Alexander Wurz Benetton	Benetton	0	+77	4+77
15up 1 since the previous round	Jarno TrulliMinardi / Prost	Minardi / Prost	0	+78	3+78
16up 1 since the previous round	Pedro Diniz Arrows	Arrows	0	+79	2+79
17up 1 since the previous round	Mika Salo Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+79	2+79
18up 1 since the previous round	Shinji Nakano Prost	Prost	0	+79	2+79
19up 1 since the previous round	Nicola Larini Sauber	Sauber	0	+80	1+80
D	Michael Schumacher Ferrari	Ferrari	5	+3	78+3
–	Jan Magnussen Stewart	Stewart	0	+81	0+81
–	Jos Verstappen Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+81	0+81
–	Gianni Morbidelli Sauber	Sauber	0	+81	0+81
–	Norberto Fontana Sauber	Sauber	0	+81	0+81
–	Ukyo Katayama Minardi	Minardi	0	+81	0+81
–	Tarso Marques Minardi	Minardi	0	+81	0+81

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1997 championship.

Standings after round 17