1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

At the start, Häkkinen led away while teammate Coulthard jumped from sixth to second, ahead of Villeneuve. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher moved alongside Fisichella, while Ralf Schumacher made a fast start to be alongside both cars going into the first corner. However, Ralf squeezed his Jordan teammate Fisichella for room, leaving the Italian driver with nowhere to go. The resultant collision saw Ralf's car launch into the air, and come down on top of Michael's Ferrari. Also involved was the Minardi of Ukyo Katayama, who was unsighted by the dust and ploughed into Fisichella's car. Ralf, Fisichella and Katayama all retired immediately, while Michael continued for two laps before pulling into the pits with suspension damage.

With Frentzen dropping back after banging wheels with Villeneuve and knocking off his ignition switch, and Berger cutting the first corner to avoid the aforementioned collision,^[3] Barrichello and Alesi moved into fourth and fifth respectively, followed by Jan Magnussen in the second Stewart. The top six remained unchanged until the first round of pit stops, during which Alesi was leapfrogged by Magnussen and Damon Hill in the Arrows.

At half-distance, Häkkinen led Coulthard by around 12 seconds, with Villeneuve four seconds behind the Scottish driver. Then, at the start of lap 43, Coulthard's engine blew. Häkkinen suffered the same failure moments later, putting Villeneuve in the lead. Both Stewarts also retired at around this time, Magnussen suffering a driveshaft failure and Barrichello's gearbox breaking, while Hill had stalled during his pit stop. This left all four Renault-powered cars in the top four, with Alesi second, Frentzen third and Berger fourth, while Pedro Diniz moved into fifth in the second Arrows, just ahead of the Prost of Olivier Panis, in his first race back after breaking his legs in Canada.

Villeneuve eventually took the chequered flag 11.7 seconds ahead of Alesi, with Frentzen a further 1.7 seconds back. Berger finished three seconds behind Frentzen, but 27 seconds ahead of Diniz. The Brazilian driver held off Panis, who in turn held off Johnny Herbert in the Sauber and Hill for the final point. The win gave Villeneuve a nine-point lead over Michael Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship with two races left to run, while Williams extended their lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship to 26 points, needing just six more for their ninth title.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	G	67	1:31:27.843	2	10
2	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	G	67	+11.770	10	6
3	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Renault	G	67	+13.480	3	4
4	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	G	67	+16.416	7	3
5	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows-Yamaha	B	67	+43.147	15	2
6	14	Olivier Panis	Prost-Mugen-Honda	B	67	+43.750	11	1
7	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	G	67	+44.354	16
8	1	Damon Hill	Arrows-Yamaha	B	67	+44.777	13
9	17	Gianni Morbidelli	Sauber-Petronas	G	66	+1 lap	19
10	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Ford	G	66	+1 lap	20
Ret	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell-Ford	G	50	Spun off	21
Ret	9	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	G	43	Engine	1
Ret	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	B	43	Gearbox	9
Ret	10	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	G	42	Engine	6
Ret	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	B	40	Halfshaft	12
Ret	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	G	22	Engine	14
Ret	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost-Mugen-Honda	B	16	Engine	17
Ret	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	G	2	Suspension/collision damage	5
Ret	21	Tarso Marques	Minardi-Hart	B	1	Engine	18
Ret	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi-Hart	B	1	Collision	22
Ret	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Peugeot	G	0	Collision	4
Ret	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Peugeot	G	0	Collision	8
Source:[5][6]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jacques Villeneuve 77 2 Michael Schumacher 68 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 35 4 Jean Alesi 34 5 David Coulthard 30 Source:[7]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 112 2 Ferrari 86 3 Benetton-Renault 62 4 McLaren-Mercedes 44 5 Jordan-Peugeot 33 Source:[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.