Race Result
| GP n. 599 - 30/03/1997 - Grand Prix of Brazil Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace |
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| Winner: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:36'06.990 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:16.004 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:18.397 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault | 72 | 1:36'06.990 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 |  Gerhard Berger |
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +4.190 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 14 |  Olivier Panis |
Prost-Mugen-Honda | 72 | +15.870 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 |  Mika Hakkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 72 | +33.033 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari | 72 | +33.731 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Jean Alesi |
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +34.020 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 |  Johnny Herbert |
Sauber-Petronas | 72 | +50.912 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 |  Giancarlo Fisichella |
Jordan-Peugeot | 72 | +1'00.639 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
Williams-Renault | 72 | +1'15.402 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | David Coulthard |
McLaren-Mercedes | 71 | +1 lap | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | Nicola Larini |
Sauber-Petronas | 71 | +1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 12 | 21 | Jarno Trulli |
Minardi-Hart | 71 | +1 lap | 17 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | Mika Salo |
Tyrrell-Ford | 71 | +1 lap | 22 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 |  Shinji Nakano |
Prost-Mugen-Honda | 71 | +1 lap | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 |  Jos Verstappen |
Tyrrell-Ford | 70 | +2 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | Eddie Irvine |
Ferrari | 70 | +2 laps | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | 1 | Damon Hill |
Arrows-Yamaha | 68 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Ukyo Katayama |
Minardi-Hart | 67 | +5 laps | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Ralf Schumacher |
Jordan-Peugeot | 52 | electrical | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Rubens Barrichello |
Stewart-Ford | 16 | suspension | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Pedro Diniz |
Arrows-Yamaha | 15 | suspension | 16 | 0 |
| Dns | 23 |  Jan Magnussen |
Stewart-Ford | 0 | accident | 20 | 0 |