Pit Lane F1
Ronda 8 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1997-06-29
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) firmó la pole del French Grand Prix de 1997 con un crono de 1:14.548.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.201s de la pole, con Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) tercero en parrilla. Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) se quedó fuera por 0.114s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 0.791s — de la pole a P10 — con Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:14.548 | — | — | 1:14.548 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:14.749 | — | — | +0.201 |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:14.755 | — | — | +0.207 |
| 4 |
| Williams |
| 1:14.800 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.252 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:14.860 | — | — | +0.312 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:14.957 | — | — | +0.409 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:14.986 | — | — | +0.438 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:15.228 | — | — | +0.680 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:15.270 | — | — | +0.722 |
| 10 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:15.339 | — | — | +0.791 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:15.453 | — | — | +0.905 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:15.876 | — | — | +1.328 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:15.876 | — | — | +1.328 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:16.018 | — | — | +1.470 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:16.149 | — | — | +1.601 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:16.536 | — | — | +1.988 |
| 17 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:16.729 | — | — | +2.181 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:16.941 | — | — | +2.393 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:17.256 | — | — | +2.708 |
| 20 | Norberto Fontana | Sauber | 1:17.538 | — | — | +2.990 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:17.563 | — | — | +3.015 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 1:18.280 | — | — | +3.732 |