Etapa 4 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1997-04-27
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) cravou a pole do San Marino Grand Prix de 1997 com uma volta de 1:23.303.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) completou a primeira fila a 0.343s da pole, com Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Gerhard Berger (Benetton) ficou de fora por 0.294s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.774s — da pole ao P10 — com David Coulthard (McLaren) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:23.303 | — | — | 1:23.303 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:23.646 | — | — | +0.343 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:23.955 | — | — | +0.652 |
| 4 |
| Prost |
| 1:24.075 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.772 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:24.081 | — | — | +0.778 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:24.596 | — | — | +1.293 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:24.723 | — | — | +1.420 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:24.812 | — | — | +1.509 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:24.862 | — | — | +1.559 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:25.077 | — | — | +1.774 |
| 11 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:25.371 | — | — | +2.068 |
| 12 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:25.554 | — | — | +2.251 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:25.579 | — | — | +2.276 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:25.729 | — | — | +2.426 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:25.743 | — | — | +2.440 |
| 16 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:26.192 | — | — | +2.889 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:26.253 | — | — | +2.950 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:26.712 | — | — | +3.409 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:26.852 | — | — | +3.549 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:26.960 | — | — | +3.657 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:27.428 | — | — | +4.125 |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:28.727 | — | — | +5.424 |