| Type: | F1 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Grand Prix: | Italian |
| Date: | 7 September |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Race No: | 13 |
| Season No: | 17 |
| Location: | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 3.585 |
| Course Km: | 5.770 |
| Distance Laps: | 53 |
| Distance Mi: | 190.022 |
| Distance Km: | 305.810 |
| Weather: | Dry with temperatures reaching up to 29C[1] |
| Pole Driver: |  Jean Alesi |
| Pole Team: | Benetton-Renault |
| Pole Time: | 1:22.990 |
| Fast Driver: |  Mika Häkkinen |
| Fast Team: | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Fast Time: | 1:24.808 |
| Fast Lap: | 49 |
| First Driver: | David Coulthard |
| First Team: | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Second Driver: | Jean Alesi |
| Second Team: | Benetton-Renault |
| Third Driver: |  Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
| Third Team: | Williams-Renault |
| Previous Round: | 1997 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Next Round: | 1997 Austrian Grand Prix |
The 1997 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza on 7 September 1997. It was the thirteenth round of the 1997 Formula One season. The 53-lap race was won by David Coulthard driving for McLaren after starting from sixth position on the grid. Jean Alesi finished second for Benetton after starting from pole position, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished third for Williams.
Fisichella set the early pace in qualifying. Alesi got pole position on his second set of tyres. Frentzen moved into second late in the session. The rest of the top six was Fisichella third, Villeneuve fourth, Häkkinen fifth and Coulthard sixth. The Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine qualified ninth and tenth respectively.
At the start Alesi led with Frentzen in second and Coulthard moving from sixth on the grid into third place. The top three stayed this way until lap 28 when Frentzen pitted. On lap 32 Alesi and Coulthard pitted together, when Coulthard moved ahead of Alesi courtesy of a faster pit-stop. This left Mika Häkkinen in the lead until he pitted a couple of laps later. Coulthard took the lead on lap 34 when Michael Schumacher pitted. The top three after Michael Schumacher pitted was Coulthard first, Alesi second and Frentzen third. Häkkinen was fourth until he got a puncture on lap 36. The top six after Häkkinen's puncture was Coulthard first, Alesi second, Frentzen third, Fisichella fourth, Villeneuve fifth and Michael Schumacher in sixth. The top six stayed in that order for the rest of the race and was won by Coulthard by just under two seconds. This was the only race of the season where neither Jacques Villeneuve nor Michael Schumacher was on the podium.
David Coulthard dedicated his win in this race to Princess Diana, who had been killed in a road accident the week before.[2]
| Pos | Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | 67 | ||
| 2 |  Jacques Villeneuve | 57 | ||
| 3 | Jean Alesi | 28 | ||
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 27 | ||
| 5 | David Coulthard | 24 | ||
| Source: [4] | ||||
| Pos | Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ferrari | 85 | ||
| 2 | Williams-Renault | 84 | ||
| 3 | Benetton-Renault | 53 | ||
| 4 | McLaren-Mercedes | 38 | ||
| 5 |  Jordan-Peugeot | 28 | ||
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