Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1997-04-13
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) took pole for the 1997 Argentine Grand Prix with a 1:24.473 lap.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) joined the front row, 0.798s shy of pole, with Olivier Panis (Prost) third on the grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jean Alesi (Benetton) missed the cut by 0.277s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.326s — pole to P10 — with David Coulthard (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:24.473 | — | — | 1:24.473 |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:25.271 | — | — | +0.798 |
| 3 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:25.491 | — | — | +1.018 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:25.773 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.300 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:25.942 | — | — | +1.469 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:26.218 | — | — | +1.745 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:26.327 | — | — | +1.854 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:26.564 | — | — | +2.091 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:26.619 | — | — | +2.146 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:26.799 | — | — | +2.326 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:27.076 | — | — | +2.603 |
| 12 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:27.259 | — | — | +2.786 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:27.281 | — | — | +2.808 |
| 14 | Nicola Larini | Sauber | 1:27.690 | — | — | +3.217 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:28.035 | — | — | +3.562 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:28.094 | — | — | +3.621 |
| 17 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:28.135 | — | — | +3.662 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Minardi | 1:28.160 | — | — | +3.687 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:28.224 | — | — | +3.751 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:28.366 | — | — | +3.893 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:28.413 | — | — | +3.940 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:28.696 | — | — | +4.223 |