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1997 British Grand Prix: qualifying

Jacques Villeneuve took pole for the 1997 British Grand Prix with 1:21.598, ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Full Q1, Q2 and Q3 times for every driver, gaps to pole and who was knocked out where.

Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) won the 1997 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone on 13 July 1997, starting from P1. Jean Alesi and Alexander Wurz completed the podium. Jacques Villeneuve took pole position.

Result · Qualifying · Lap chart · Race pace · All 1997 races

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:21.598
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:21.732
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:21.797
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.977
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.277
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:22.279
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.342
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:22.344
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.368
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:22.371
11	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:22.392
12	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:23.271
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:23.366
14	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:23.887
15	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:24.067
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:24.239
17	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:24.478
18	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:24.553
19	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:25.010
20	Tarso Marques	Minardi	1:25.154
21	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:25.525
22	Norberto Fontana	Sauber

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