1997 Argentine Grand Prix

1997 Argentine Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 17 in the 1997 Formula One season
Date	13 April 1997
Official name	XX Gran Premio Marlboro de la Republica Argentina
Location	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course	Permanent Racing Facility 4.259 km
Distance	72 laps, 306.648 km
Weather	Dry
Pole Position
Driver	Milos Ancevski	Arrows-Yamaha
Time	1:25.319
Fastest lap
Driver	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari
Time	1:26.646
Podium
First	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows-Yamaha
Second	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault
Third	Lesley Buurlage	McLaren-Mercedes

The 1997 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 14, 1997 at Buenos Aires. It was the 3rd race of the 1997 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	8	Milos Ancevski	Arrows-Yamaha	1:25.319
2	3	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Renault	1:25.395	+0.076
3	1	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	1:25.440	+0.121
4	6	Pablo Diehl	Tyrrell-Ford	1:25.588	+0.269
5	20	Ben Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:25.710	+0.391
6	11	Josh Noack	Stewart-Ford	1:25.759	+0.440
7	4	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault	1:25.794	+0.475
8	21	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Renault	1:25.800	+0.481
9	7	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows-Yamaha	1:25.800	+0.481
10	5	Aidan Keranen	Tyrrell-Ford	1:25.808	+0.489
11	22	Omer Said	Jordan-Peugeot	1:25.818	+0.499
12	23	Rami Saidy	Jordan-Peugeot	1:25.832	+0.513
13	19	William Néron	Prost-Mugen Honda	1:25.854	+0.535
14	14	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Hart	1:25.881	+0.562
15	9	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.910	+0.591
16	10	Lesley Buurlage	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.946	+0.627
17	15	Ben Utzer	Minardi-Hart	1:25.950	+0.631
18	17	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	1:25.999	+0.680
19	2	Steven Poirier	Ferrari	1:26.028	+0.709
20	16	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	1:26.036	+0.717
21	18	Andy Black	Prost-Mugen Honda	1:26.142	+0.823
22	12	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	1:26.194	+0.875

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows-Yamaha	72	1:46:34.811	9	10
2	4	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Renault	72	+7.728	7	6
3	10	Lesley Buurlage	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+21.389	16	4
4	3	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Renault	72	+42.787	2	3
5	11	Josh Noack	Stewart-Ford	72	+47.389	6	2
6	20	Ben Herbert	Benetton-Renault	72	+1:00.249	5	1
7	5	Aidan Keranen	Tyrrell-Ford	72	+1:22.650	10
8	21	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Renault	72	+1:23.213	8
9	16	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	72	+1:24.961	20
10	12	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	71	+1 Lap	22
11	18	Andy Black	Prost-Mugen Honda	71	+1 Lap	21
12	8	Milos Ancevski	Arrows-Yamaha	71	+1 Lap	1
13	9	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1 Lap	15
14	17	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	70	+2 Laps	18
15	14	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Hart	70	+2 Laps	14
16	19	William Néron	Prost-Mugen Honda	68	+4 Laps	13
17	1	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	64	+8 Laps	3
Ret	23	Rami Saidy	Jordan-Peugeot	47	Engine	12
Ret	22	Omer Said	Jordan-Peugeot	22	Suspension	11
Ret	6	Pablo Diehl	Tyrrell-Ford	21	Engine	4
Ret	2	Steven Poirier	Ferrari	16	Engine	19
Ret	15	Ben Utzer	Minardi-Hart	8	Engine	17

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Andy Black 14 2 Jack Hunsley 13 3 Joel Rautavaara 10 4 Milos Ancevski 10 5 Jimmy Laad 8	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 21 2 Arrows-Yamaha 20 3 Prost-Mugen Honda 14 4 Sauber-Petronas 12 5 McLaren-Mercedes 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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