Round 1
Australia
1997-03-09 · Melbourne · Australia
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1COU
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 10 | David Coulthard |  McLaren | 58 | 1:30:28.718 | 10 |
| 02 | 5 | Michael Schumacher |  Ferrari | 58 | 1:30:48.764 | 6 |
| 03 | 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 58 | 1:30:50.895 | 4 |
| 04 | 8 | Gerhard Berger |  Benetton | 58 | 1:30:51.559 | 3 |
| 05 | 14 | Olivier Panis |  Prost | 58 | 1:31:29.026 | 2 |
| 06 | 17 | Nicola Larini |  Sauber | 58 | 1:32:04.758 | 1 |
| 07 | 15 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 56 | +2 laps | — |
| 08 | 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |  Williams | 55 | Brakes | — |
| 09 | 21 | Jarno Trulli |  Minardi | 55 | +3 laps | — |
| 10 | 2 | Pedro Diniz |  Arrows | 54 | +4 laps | — |
| DNF | 22 | Rubens Barrichello |  Stewart | 49 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 19 | Mika Salo |  Tyrrell | 42 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 23 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 36 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | 7 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 34 | Out of fuel | — |
| DNF | 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 32 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella |  Jordan | 14 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 18 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 2 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 16 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 0 | Collision | — |
| DNS | 1 | Damon Hill | Arrows | — | Throttle | — |
| DNQ | 24 | Vincenzo Sospiri |  Lola | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 25 | Ricardo Rosset | Lola | — | — | — |
Circuit
Albert Park Circuit
Clockwise · Street circuit
Circuit Length
5.303km
- First Grand Prix
- 1996
- Number of Laps
- 58
- Turns
- 16
- Race Distance
- 307.574 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:30.585Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1997)