Pit Lane F1
Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1997-07-27
Gerhard Berger (Benetton) took pole for the 1997 German Grand Prix with a 1:41.873 lap.
Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) joined the front row, 0.023s shy of pole, with Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) third on the grid. Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jarno Trulli (Prost) missed the cut by 0.017s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.336s — pole to P10 — with Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:41.873 | — | — | 1:41.873 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:41.896 | — | — | +0.023 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:42.034 | — | — | +0.161 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:42.181 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.308 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:42.421 | — | — | +0.548 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:42.493 | — | — | +0.620 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:42.498 | — | — | +0.625 |
| 8 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:42.687 | — | — | +0.814 |
| 9 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:42.967 | — | — | +1.094 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:43.209 | — | — | +1.336 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:43.226 | — | — | +1.353 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:43.272 | — | — | +1.399 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:43.361 | — | — | +1.488 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:43.660 | — | — | +1.787 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:43.927 | — | — | +2.054 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:44.069 | — | — | +2.196 |
| 17 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:44.112 | — | — | +2.239 |
| 18 | Norberto Fontana | Sauber | 1:44.552 | — | — | +2.679 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:45.372 | — | — | +3.499 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:45.811 | — | — | +3.938 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 1:45.942 | — | — | +4.069 |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:46.499 | — | — | +4.626 |