| Flag: | FRA |
| 1997 Pau Grand Prix | |
| Round No: | 2 |
| Season No: | 10 |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Series: | International Formula 3000 Championship |
| Track Map: | Carte circuit de Pau.png |
| Date: | 18–19 May |
| Location: | Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France |
| Circuit: | Circuit de Pau-Ville |
| Race1 Laps: | 75 |
| Race1 Dist: | 207.765 |
| Pole1 Team: | RSM Marko |
| Pole1 Time: | 1:12.607 |
| Winner1: |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
| Winner1 Team: | RSM Marko |
| Winner1 Time: | 1:32:44.230 |
The 1997 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race for International Formula 3000 held on the weekend of 18–19 May 1997. The event was held at the Circuit de Pau-Ville in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, and consisted of one 207km race. It was the second round of ten in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship, and the 56th running of the Pau Grand Prix.[1]
Drivers below the red line did not qualify for the race.
| Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | RSM Marko | 75 | 1:32:44.230 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 21 |  Tom Kristensen | Auto Sport Racing | 75 | +35.073 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 17 |  Jamie Davies | DAMS | 75 | +37.200 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Laurent Redon | Super Nova Racing | 75 | +47.855 | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | Draco Racing | 75 | +48.562 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Soheil Ayari | Team Astromega | 75 | +1:09.720 | 5 | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 |  Max Wilson | Edenbridge Racing | 75 | +1:11.892 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 14 |  Oliver Tichy | Pacific Racing | 75 | +1:15.137 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 23 | Rui Águas | Nordic Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 12 | ||
| 10 | 36 |  Kurt Mollekens | 74 | +1 lap | 13 | |||
| 11 | 38 | Dino Morelli | DKS Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
| 12 | 26 | Jason Watt | Den Blå Avis | 74 | +1 lap | 15 | ||
| 13 | 32 | Patrick Lemarié | Ravarotto Racing | 74 | +1 lap | 17 | ||
| 14 | 25 |  Thomas Schie | Bob Salisbury Engineering | 74 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | Team Astromega | 74 | +1 lap | 21 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Gareth Rees | Durango Formula | 57 | 14 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Fabrizio Gollin | Apomatox | 45 | 10 | |||
| DNF | 1 |  Craig Lowndes | RSM Marko | 39 | 16 | |||
| DNF | 31 | Anthony Beltoise | Ravarotto Racing | 37 | 18 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Jean-Philippe Belloc | Apomatox | 15 | 22 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Super Nova Racing | 2 | Crash | 8 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Draco Racing | 2 | Crash | 7 | ||
| Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya (RSM Marko), 1:12.697 | ||||||||
| Source:[3] | ||||||||
| Driver | Points | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kristensen | 12 | |
| 2 | 10 | -2 | |
| 3 | Jamie Davies | 8 | -8 |
| 4 | Pedro Couceiro | 6 | -10 |
| 5 | Jason Watt | 3 | -13 |
| Laurent Redon |
| Team | Points | Gap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Auto Sport Racing | 16 | ||
| 2 | RSM Marko | 10 | -6 | |
| 3 | DAMS | 8 | -8 | |
| Draco Racing | ||||
| 5 | 6 | -10 |
