1997 Australian Grand Prix
Qualifying

1997 Australian Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap

1	3	Canada Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:29.369	—

2	4	Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	1:31.123	+1.754

3	5	Germany Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.472	+2.103

4	10	United Kingdom David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.531	+2.162

5	6	United Kingdom Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:31.881	+2.512

6	9	Finland Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.971	+2.602

7	16	United Kingdom Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:32.287	+2.918

8	7	France Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:32.593	+3.224

9	14	France Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:32.842	+3.473

10	8	Austria Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:32.870	+3.501

11	22	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:33.075	+3.706

12	11	Germany Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	1:33.130	+3.761

13	17	Italy Nicola Larini	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.327	+3.958

14	12	Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	1:33.552	+4.183

15	20	Japan Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	1:33.798	+4.429

16	15	Japan Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	1:33.989	+4.620

17	21	Italy Jarno Trulli	Minardi-Hart	1:34.120	+4.751

18	19	Finland Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.229	+4.860

19	23	Denmark Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1:34.623	+5.254

20	1	United Kingdom Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	1:34.806	+5.437

21	18	Netherlands Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.943	+5.574

107% time: 1:35.625

22	2	Brazil Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	1:35.972	+6.603

DNQ	24	Italy Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola-Ford	1:40.972	+11.603

DNQ	25	Brazil Ricardo Rosset	Lola-Ford	1:42.086	+12.717

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Canadian Jacques Villeneuve took pole position after a lap of 1:29.369, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen managed a 1:31.121.

final_sentence: Canadian Jacques Villeneuve took pole position after a lap of 1:29.369, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen managed a 1:31.121.