Etapa 5 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1997-05-11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) cravou a pole do Monaco Grand Prix de 1997 com uma volta de 1:18.216.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.019s da pole, com Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) em terceiro no grid. Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nicola Larini (Sauber) ficou de fora por 0.173s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.079s — da pole ao P10 — com Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:18.216 | — | — | 1:18.216 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.235 | — | — | +0.019 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:18.583 | — | — | +0.367 |
| 4 |
| Jordan |
| 1:18.665 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.449 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:18.779 | — | — | +0.563 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.943 | — | — | +0.727 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:19.105 | — | — | +0.889 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:19.119 | — | — | +0.903 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:19.263 | — | — | +1.047 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:19.295 | — | — | +1.079 |
| 11 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:19.468 | — | — | +1.252 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:19.626 | — | — | +1.410 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:19.674 | — | — | +1.458 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:19.694 | — | — | +1.478 |
| 15 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:19.723 | — | — | +1.507 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:19.860 | — | — | +1.644 |
| 17 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:20.199 | — | — | +1.983 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:20.349 | — | — | +2.133 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:20.516 | — | — | +2.300 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:20.606 | — | — | +2.390 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:20.961 | — | — | +2.745 |
| 22 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:21.290 | — | — | +3.074 |