European Grand Prix
Round 17 · 26 October 1997 ·Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Coulthard
McLaren
2
Häkkinen
McLaren
1
Villeneuve
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 69 | 1:38:57.771 | 10 | |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 69 | +1.654 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 69 | +1.803 | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 69 | +1.919 | 3 | |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 69 | +3.789 | 2 | |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 69 | +4.537 | 1 | |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 69 | +1:07.145 | 0 | |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 69 | +1:12.961 | 0 | |
| 9 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 69 | +1:17.487 | 0 | |
| 10 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 69 | +1:18.215 | 0 | |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | Norberto Fontana | Sauber | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 17 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| R | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 47 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | Damon Hill | Arrows | 47 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 44 | Water leak | 0 | |
| R | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 30 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 11 | Spun off | 0 |
- R
- Retired