Pit Lane F1
Round 6 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1997-05-25
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) took pole for the 1997 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:16.525 lap.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) joined the front row, 0.266s shy of pole, with David Coulthard (McLaren) third on the grid. Johnny Herbert (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.379s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.969s — pole to P10 — with Johnny Herbert (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:16.525 | — | — | 1:16.525 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:16.791 | — | — | +0.266 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:17.521 | — | — | +0.996 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi |
| Benetton |
| 1:17.717 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.192 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:17.737 | — | — | +1.212 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:18.041 | — | — | +1.516 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:18.313 | — | — | +1.788 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:18.385 | — | — | +1.860 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.423 | — | — | +1.898 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:18.494 | — | — | +1.969 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:18.873 | — | — | +2.348 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:19.157 | — | — | +2.632 |
| 13 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 1:19.323 | — | — | +2.798 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:20.079 | — | — | +3.554 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:20.089 | — | — | +3.564 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:20.103 | — | — | +3.578 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:20.255 | — | — | +3.730 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:20.452 | — | — | +3.927 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:20.582 | — | — | +4.057 |
| 20 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:20.672 | — | — | +4.147 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:21.029 | — | — | +4.504 |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:21.060 | — | — | +4.535 |