| 1997 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 21 September 1997 | ||||
| Official name | Grosser Preis von Österreich 1997 | ||||
| Location |
A1-Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.323 km (2.697 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 71 laps, 306.933 km (191.474 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:10.304 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:11.814 on lap 36 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 1997 Austrian Grand Prix (formally the Grosser Preis von Österreich 1997)[1] was a Formula One motor race held at the A1-Ring on 21 September 1997. It was the fourteenth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship, and the first Austrian Grand Prix since 1987.
The 71-lap race was won by Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Italian Jarno Trulli led the first half of the race in his Prost-Mugen-Honda, but later retired with an engine failure. Briton David Coulthard finished second in a McLaren-Mercedes, with Villeneuve's German teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen third.
Villeneuve's rival for the Drivers' Championship, German Michael Schumacher, could only manage sixth in his Ferrari, allowing Villeneuve to close to within one point of him with three races remaining.