Argentine Grand Prix
Round 3 · 13 April 1997 ·Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Irvine
Ferrari
2
Villeneuve
Williams
1
Schumacher
Jordan
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve |  Canadian | Williams | 72 | 1:52:01.715 | 10 |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine |  British | Ferrari | 72 | +0.979 | 6 |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher |  German | Jordan | 72 | +12.089 | 4 |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert | British | Sauber | 72 | +29.919 | 3 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen |  Finnish | McLaren | 72 | +30.351 | 2 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 72 | +31.393 | 1 |
| 7 | Jean Alesi |  French | Benetton | 72 | +46.359 | 0 |
| 8 | Mika Salo | Finnish | Tyrrell | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli |  Italian | Minardi | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jan Magnussen |  Danish | Stewart | 66 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nicola Larini | Italian | Sauber | 63 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Pedro Diniz |  Brazilian | Arrows | 50 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Shinji Nakano |  Japanese | Prost | 49 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jos Verstappen |  Dutch | Tyrrell | 43 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Ukyo Katayama | Japanese | Minardi | 37 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Damon Hill | British | Arrows | 33 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italian | Jordan | 24 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Rubens Barrichello | Brazilian | Stewart | 24 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| R | Olivier Panis | French | Prost | 18 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | German | Williams | 5 | Clutch | 0 |
| R | Michael Schumacher | German | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | David Coulthard | British | McLaren | 0 | Collision | 0 |
- R
- Retired