Etapa 3 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1997-04-13
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) cravou a pole do Argentine Grand Prix de 1997 com uma volta de 1:24.473.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) completou a primeira fila a 0.798s da pole, com Olivier Panis (Prost) em terceiro no grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Jean Alesi (Benetton) ficou de fora por 0.277s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.326s — da pole ao P10 — com David Coulthard (McLaren) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:24.473 | — | — | 1:24.473 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:25.271 | — | — | +0.798 |
| 3 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:25.491 | — | — | +1.018 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:25.773 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.300 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:25.942 | — | — | +1.469 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:26.218 | — | — | +1.745 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:26.327 | — | — | +1.854 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:26.564 | — | — | +2.091 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:26.619 | — | — | +2.146 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:26.799 | — | — | +2.326 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:27.076 | — | — | +2.603 |
| 12 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:27.259 | — | — | +2.786 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:27.281 | — | — | +2.808 |
| 14 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:27.690 | — | — | +3.217 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:28.035 | — | — | +3.562 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:28.094 | — | — | +3.621 |
| 17 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:28.135 | — | — | +3.662 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:28.160 | — | — | +3.687 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:28.224 | — | — | +3.751 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:28.366 | — | — | +3.893 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:28.413 | — | — | +3.940 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:28.696 | — | — | +4.223 |