Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1997-07-13
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) took pole for the 1997 British Grand Prix with a 1:21.598 lap.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) joined the front row, 0.134s shy of pole, with Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) third on the grid. Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jean Alesi (Benetton) missed the cut by 0.021s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.773s — pole to P10 — with Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:21.598 | — | — | 1:21.598 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:21.732 | — | — | +0.134 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:21.797 | — | — | +0.199 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:21.977 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.379 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:22.277 | — | — | +0.679 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:22.279 | — | — | +0.681 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22.342 | — | — | +0.744 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:22.344 | — | — | +0.746 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:22.368 | — | — | +0.770 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:22.371 | — | — | +0.773 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:22.392 | — | — | +0.794 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:23.271 | — | — | +1.673 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:23.366 | — | — | +1.768 |
| 14 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:23.887 | — | — | +2.289 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:24.067 | — | — | +2.469 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:24.239 | — | — | +2.641 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:24.478 | — | — | +2.880 |
| 18 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:24.553 | — | — | +2.955 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:25.010 | — | — | +3.412 |
| 20 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 1:25.154 | — | — | +3.556 |
| 21 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:25.525 | — | — | +3.927 |
| 22 | Norberto Fontana | Sauber | — | — | — | — |