1997 Japanese Grand Prix
Qualifying

1997 Japanese Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap

1	3	Canada Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:36.071

2	5	Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.133	+0.062

3	6	United Kingdom Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:36.466	+0.395

4	9	Finland Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.469	+0.398

5	8	Austria Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:36.561	+0.490

6	4	Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:36.628	+0.557

7	7	France Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:36.682	+0.611

8	16	United Kingdom Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:36.906	+0.835

9	12	Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:36.917	+0.846

10	14	France Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:37.073	+1.002

11	10	United Kingdom David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.095	+1.024

12	22	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:37.343	+1.272

13	11	Germany Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:37.443	+1.372

14	23	Denmark Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1:37.480	+1.409

15	15	Japan Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:37.588	+1.517

16	2	Brazil Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:37.853	+1.782

17	1	United Kingdom Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:38.022	+1.951

18	17	Italy Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	1:38.556	+2.485

19	20	Japan Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:38.983	+2.912

20	21	Brazil Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	1:39.678	+3.607

21	18	Netherlands Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1:40.259	+4.188

22	19	Finland Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1:40.529	+4.458

107% time: 1:42.796

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Villeneuve set pole position with a time of 1:36.071 and Schumacher was second, while driving a Ferrari and setting a time of 1:36.133.

final_sentence: Villeneuve set pole position with a time of 1:36.071 and Schumacher was second, while driving a Ferrari and setting a time of 1:36.133.