Michael Schumacher celebrated in Monaco for the third time on this day in 1997 and took the championship lead from Jacques Villeneuve while his future teammate Rubens Barrichello in Stewart and his current team-mate Eddie Irvine completed the podium.

On this day in 1997, Heinz Harald Frentzen won his first race in Formula 1 after beating his former sportscar team mate Michael Schumacher in Ferrari.

European Grand Prix 1997. was the last of 17 races of the championship held at Jerez and was deciding race of the F1 world championship