Race Result
| GP n. 598 - 09/03/1997 - Grand Prix of Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit |
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| Winner: | David Coulthard / McLaren-Mercedes - 1:30'28.718 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:29.369 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Heinz-Harald Frentzen / Williams-Renault - 1:30.585 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | 1:30'28.718 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | Ferrari | 58 | +20.046 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +22.177 | 6 | 4 | |
| 4 | 8 | Benetton-Renault | 58 | +22.841 | 10 | 3 | |
| 5 | 14 | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 58 | +1'00.308 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | 17 | Sauber-Petronas | 58 | +1'36.040 | 13 | 1 | |
| 7 | 15 | Prost-Mugen-Honda | 56 | +2 laps | 16 | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | Williams-Renault | 55 | brakes | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | 21 | Minardi-Hart | 55 | +3 laps | 17 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | Arrows-Yamaha | 54 | +4 laps | 22 | 0 | |
| Ret | 22 | Stewart-Ford | 49 | engine | 11 | 0 | |
| Ret | 19 | Tyrrell-Ford | 42 | engine | 18 | 0 | |
| Ret | 23 | Stewart-Ford | 36 | suspension | 19 | 0 | |
| Ret | 7 | Benetton-Renault | 34 | out of fuel | 8 | 0 | |
| Ret | 20 | Minardi-Hart | 32 | electrical | 15 | 0 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jordan-Peugeot | 14 | spun off | 14 | 0 | |
| Ret | 18 | Tyrrell-Ford | 2 | spun off | 21 | 0 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jordan-Peugeot | 1 | gearbox | 12 | 0 | |
| Ret | 6 | Ferrari | 0 | collision | 5 | 0 | |
| Ret | 16 | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | collision | 7 | 0 | |
| Ret | 3 | Williams-Renault | 0 | collision | 1 | 0 | |
| Dnq | 24 | Lola-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 25 | Lola-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dns | 1 | Arrows-Yamaha | 0 | throttle | 20 | 0 | |