Pit Lane F1
Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1997-03-09
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 1997 con un crono de 1:29.369.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) completó la primera fila a 1.754s de la pole, con Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Gerhard Berger (Benetton) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) se quedó fuera por 0.205s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.501s — de la pole a P10 — con Gerhard Berger (Benetton) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:29.369 | — | — | 1:29.369 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:31.123 | — | — | +1.754 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.472 | — | — | +2.103 |
| 4 |
| McLaren |
| 1:31.531 |
| — |
| — |
| +2.162 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31.881 | — | — | +2.512 |
| 6 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:31.971 | — | — | +2.602 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:32.287 | — | — | +2.918 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:32.593 | — | — | +3.224 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:32.842 | — | — | +3.473 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:32.870 | — | — | +3.501 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:33.075 | — | — | +3.706 |
| 12 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:33.130 | — | — | +3.761 |
| 13 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:33.327 | — | — | +3.958 |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:33.552 | — | — | +4.183 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:33.798 | — | — | +4.429 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:33.989 | — | — | +4.620 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:34.120 | — | — | +4.751 |
| 18 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:34.229 | — | — | +4.860 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:34.623 | — | — | +5.254 |
| 20 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:34.806 | — | — | +5.437 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:34.943 | — | — | +5.574 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:35.972 | — | — | +6.603 |