Pit Lane F1
Etapa 2 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1997-03-30
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 1997 com uma volta de 1:16.004.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.590s da pole, com Gerhard Berger (Benetton) em terceiro no grid. Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) ficou de fora por 0.084s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.171s — da pole ao P10 — com Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:16.004 | — | — | 1:16.004 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:16.594 | — | — | +0.590 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:16.644 | — | — | +0.640 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen |
| McLaren |
| 1:16.692 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.688 |
| 5 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:16.756 | — | — | +0.752 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:16.757 | — | — | +0.753 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:16.912 | — | — | +0.908 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:16.971 | — | — | +0.967 |
| 9 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:17.090 | — | — | +1.086 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:17.175 | — | — | +1.171 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:17.259 | — | — | +1.255 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:17.262 | — | — | +1.258 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:17.409 | — | — | +1.405 |
| 14 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:17.527 | — | — | +1.523 |
| 15 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:17.999 | — | — | +1.995 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:18.095 | — | — | +2.091 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:18.336 | — | — | +2.332 |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:18.557 | — | — | +2.553 |
| 19 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:18.644 | — | — | +2.640 |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:18.773 | — | — | +2.769 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:18.885 | — | — | +2.881 |
| 22 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:19.274 | — | — | +3.270 |