The 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1997 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1997 Formula One World Champion
Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2010) won his first and only championship in his second year of F1 participation.
Villeneuve's teammate, Heinz-Harald Frentzen (pictured in 2006), was promoted to runner-up with 42 points following Michael Schumacher's disqualification from the standings at the end of the year.
David Coulthard (pictured in 1999), finished the season ranked third for McLaren.
Lola-Ford failed to qualify for their only Grand Prix appearance.
Michael Schumacher
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Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship t
1997 Formula One World Championship
…the Constructors' Championship, the Drivers' Championship however was won by Jacques Villeneuve under controversial circumstances: championship leader Michael Schumacher deliberately rammed him whilst trying to defend his race lead in the final race. Schumacher came to a halt in the gravel while Villeneuve finished…
Schumacher in 2005
Schumacher's title-winning German Formula Three car from 1990
Schumacher (left) in 1991, the year he joined Formula One
Schumacher driving for Benetton at the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1992, he achieved the first of his 91 wins.