Ronda 6 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1997-05-25
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) firmó la pole del Spanish Grand Prix de 1997 con un crono de 1:16.525.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.266s de la pole, con David Coulthard (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Johnny Herbert (Sauber) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) se quedó fuera por 0.379s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.969s — de la pole a P10 — con Johnny Herbert (Sauber) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:16.525 | — | — | 1:16.525 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:16.791 | — | — | +0.266 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:17.521 | — | — | +0.996 |
| 4 |
| Benetton |
| 1:17.717 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.192 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:17.737 | — | — | +1.212 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:18.041 | — | — | +1.516 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.313 | — | — | +1.788 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:18.385 | — | — | +1.860 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.423 | — | — | +1.898 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:18.494 | — | — | +1.969 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:18.873 | — | — | +2.348 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:19.157 | — | — | +2.632 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 1:19.323 | — | — | +2.798 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:20.079 | — | — | +3.554 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:20.089 | — | — | +3.564 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:20.103 | — | — | +3.578 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:20.255 | — | — | +3.730 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:20.452 | — | — | +3.927 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:20.582 | — | — | +4.057 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:20.672 | — | — | +4.147 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:21.029 | — | — | +4.504 |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:21.060 | — | — | +4.535 |