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12 Oct 1997

1997 Japanese Grand Prix

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:29'48.446	2	10
2	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	53	+1.378	6	6
3	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+26.384	3	4
4	9	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+27.129	4	3
5	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	53	+40.403	7	2
6	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	53	+41.630	8	1
7	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+56.825	9
8	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	53	+1'00.429	5
9	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	53	+1'22.036	13
10	10	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	52	engine	11
11	1	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap	17
12	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	52	+1 lap	16
13	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+1 lap	21
DSQ	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	53	disqualified	1
Ret	21	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	46	gearbox	20
Ret	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	46	engine	22
Ret	14	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	36	engine	10
Ret	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	22	wheel bearing	10
Ret	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	8	engine	19
Ret	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	6	spun off	12
Ret	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	3	spun off	14
DNS	17	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	0	accident	0

Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1m 38.942s

Villeneuve finished fifth but raced under appeal and was disqualified for ignoring a yellow flag in practice.