Drivers Standings
| 1997 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 | Williams-Renault | 81 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2 | Williams-Renault | 42 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | McLaren-Mercedes | 36 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Benetton-Renault | 36 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | Benetton-Renault | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | McLaren-Mercedes | 27 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ferrari | 24 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Jordan-Peugeot | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sauber-Petronas | 15 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Jordan-Peugeot | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Arrows-Yamaha | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Stewart-Ford | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Benetton-Renault | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Minardi-Hart & Prost-Mugen-Honda | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Arrows-Yamaha | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Tyrrell-Ford | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Sauber-Petronas | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Stewart-Ford | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Minardi-Hart | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Minardi-Hart | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Ferrari | 78 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | |
| Points for top six finishers (10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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