Pit Lane F1
Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1997-05-11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) took pole for the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix with a 1:18.216 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.019s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nicola Larini (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.173s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.079s — pole to P10 — with Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Giancarlo Fisichella |
| 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 |