French Grand Prix
Round 8 · 29 June 1997 ·Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny Cours, France
Frentzen
Williams
2
Schumacher
Ferrari
1
Irvine
Ferrari
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher |  German | Ferrari | 72 | 1:38:50.492 | 10 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | German | Williams | 72 | +23.537 | 6 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine |  British | Ferrari | 72 | +1:14.801 | 4 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve |  Canadian | Williams | 72 | +1:21.784 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi |  French | Benetton | 72 | +1:22.735 | 2 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | German | Jordan | 72 | +1:29.871 | 1 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | British | McLaren | 71 | Collision | 0 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | British | Sauber | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella |  Italian | Jordan | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Italian | Prost | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama |  Japanese | Minardi | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | British | Arrows | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| R | Mika Salo |  Finnish | Tyrrell | 61 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Alexander Wurz |  Austrian | Benetton | 60 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Pedro Diniz |  Brazilian | Arrows | 58 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Norberto Fontana |  Argentine | Sauber | 40 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Rubens Barrichello | Brazilian | Stewart | 36 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jan Magnussen |  Danish | Stewart | 33 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Mika Häkkinen | Finnish | McLaren | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jos Verstappen |  Dutch | Tyrrell | 15 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Shinji Nakano | Japanese | Prost | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Tarso Marques | Brazilian | Minardi | 5 | Engine | 0 |
- R
- Retired