Race Result
| GP n. 600 - 13/04/1997 - Grand Prix of Argentina Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez |
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| Winner: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:52'01.715 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Jacques Villeneuve / Williams-Renault - 1:24.473 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Gerhard Berger / Benetton-Renault - 1:27.981 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault | 72 | 1:52'01.715 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 |  Eddie Irvine |
Ferrari | 72 | +0.979 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 |  Ralf Schumacher |
Jordan-Peugeot | 72 | +12.089 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | Johnny Herbert |
Sauber-Petronas | 72 | +29.919 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 |  Mika Hakkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 72 | +30.351 | 17 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 |  Gerhard Berger |
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +31.393 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 |  Jean Alesi |
Benetton-Renault | 72 | +46.359 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | Mika Salo |
Tyrrell-Ford | 71 | +1 lap | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 |  Jarno Trulli |
Minardi-Hart | 71 | +1 lap | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 |  Jan Magnussen |
Stewart-Ford | 66 | engine | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Nicola Larini |
Sauber-Petronas | 63 | spun off | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Pedro Diniz |
Arrows-Yamaha | 50 | engine | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 |  Shinji Nakano |
Prost-Mugen-Honda | 49 | engine | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 |  Jos Verstappen |
Tyrrell-Ford | 43 | engine | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | Ukyo Katayama |
Minardi-Hart | 37 | spun off | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 | Damon Hill |
Arrows-Yamaha | 33 | engine | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella |
Jordan-Peugeot | 24 | collision | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Rubens Barrichello |
Stewart-Ford | 24 | hydraulics | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Olivier Panis |
Prost-Mugen-Honda | 18 | electrical | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
Williams-Renault | 5 | clutch | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari | 0 | collision | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | David Coulthard |
McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | collision | 10 | 0 |