The 1997 Formula 1 season consisted of 17 races, it started Mar. 9th with the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Melbourne Street Circuit. The season ended October 26th with the European Grand Prix at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, in Jerez Spain. Jacques Villeneuve won his only championship. He is the most recent North American driver to win an F1 championship, he is from Canada. Michael Schumacher would have finished second in the Championship just 3 points back, but because he intentionally tried to wreck Villeneuve in the last race, he was disqualified for the season. This is the last time that the Williams team won a drivers, and Constructors championship.


Here are the season results:

#	Date	Site	Cars	Winner(s)	St	Chassis / Engine	Pole	Speed	LC
1	3/9/1997	Melbourne	22	David Coulthard	4	McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F	89.369	203.926	4
2	3/30/1997	Interlagos	22	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	76.004	192.906	2
3	4/13/1997	Oscar Galvez	22	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	84.473	164.234	2
4	4/27/1997	Imola	22	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	83.303	201.509	3
5	5/11/1997	Monte Carlo	22	Michael Schumacher	2	Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2	78.216	104.264	0
6	5/25/1997	Catalunya	22	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	76.525	200.396	4
7	6/15/1997	Montreal	22	Michael Schumacher	1	Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2	78.095	184.404	4
8	6/29/1997	Magny-Cours	22	Michael Schumacher	1	Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2	74.548	185.752	4
9	7/13/1997	Silverstone	22	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	81.598	206.703	4
10	7/27/1997	Hockenheimring	22	Gerhard Berger	1	Benetton B197 / Renault RS9	101.873	227.478	2
11	8/10/1997	Hungaroring	22	Jacques Villeneuve	2	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	74.672	173.295	4
12	8/24/1997	Spa Francorchamps	22	Michael Schumacher	3	Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2	109.45	196.159	1
13	9/7/1997	Monza	22	David Coulthard	6	McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F	82.99	238.056	3
14	9/21/1997	Spielberg	21	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	70.304	210.228	5
15	9/28/1997	Nurburgring	22	Jacques Villeneuve	2	Williams FW19 / Renault RS9	76.602	200.244	3
16	10/12/1997	Suzuka	22	Michael Schumacher	2	Ferrari F310B / Ferrari Type 046/2	96.071	207.639	7
17	10/26/1997	Jerez	22	Mika Hakkinen	5	McLaren MP4-12 / Mercedes-Benz FO110F	81.072	185.24	8

Here are the drivers standings:

	Driver	Races	Win	Podium	Pole	Laps	Led	Points	Diff
1	Jacques Villeneuve	17	7	8	10	863	348	81
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	1	7	1	810	76	42	-39
3	David Coulthard	17	2	4	0	788	77	36	-45
4	Jean Alesi	17	0	5	1	947	32	36	-45
5	Gerhard Berger	14	1	2	1	808	41	27	-54
6	Mika Hakkinen	17	1	3	1	718	51	27	-54
7	Eddie Irvine	17	0	5	0	800	23	24	-57
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	17	0	2	0	851	7	20	-61
9	Olivier Panis	10	0	2	0	558	0	16	-65
10	Johnny Herbert	17	0	1	0	830	0	15	-66
11	Ralf Schumacher	17	0	1	0	696	0	13	-68
12	Damon Hill	16	0	1	0	757	62	7	-74
13	Rubens Barrichello	17	0	1	0	591	0	6	-75
14	Alexander Wurz	3	0	1	0	154	0	4	-77
15	Jarno Trulli	13	0	0	0	701	37	3	-78
16	Pedro Diniz	17	0	0	0	671	0	2	-79
16	Mika Salo	17	0	0	0	903	0	2	-79
18	Shinji Nakano	17	0	0	0	719	0	2	-79
19	Nicola Larini	5	0	0	0	277	0	1	-80

Here are the Constructors standings:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	123
2	Ferrari	102
3	Benetton-Renault	67
4	McLaren-Mercedes	63
5	Jordan-Peugeot	33
6	Prost-Mugen-Honda	21
7	Sauber-Petronas	16
8	Arrows-Yamaha	9
9	Stewart-Ford	6
10	Tyrrell-Ford	2

Wins by team:
Rothmans Williams Renault 8 wins (Jacques Villeneuve #3 7 wins, Heinz-Harald Frentzen #4 1 win.)


Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 5 wins (Michael Schumacher #5)


West McLaren Mercedes 3 wins (David Couthard #10 2 wins, Mika Hakkinen #9 1 win.)


Mild Seven Benetton Renault 1 win (Gerhard Berger #8).