

Sauber, a Swiss constructor, competed in the 1997 Formula 1 season with Johnny Herbert and Gianni Morbidelli. Nicola Larini and Norberto Fontana also raced for the team.
Sauber finished 7th in the 1997 constructors' championship with 16 points, 1 podium but no wins – 107 points behind champions Williams. Sauber's best result was 3rd, by Johnny Herbert at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Final 1997 results after 17 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Share of the team's points (race and sprint).
Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Herbert, Larini, Morbidelli, Fontana: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
8 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
| Rd | Grand Prix | Herbert | Larini | Morbidelli |
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Short answers about Sauber in 1997.
Johnny Herbert and Gianni Morbidelli drove for Sauber in the 1997 Formula 1 season. Nicola Larini and Norberto Fontana also raced for the team.
Sauber scored 16 points in 1997 and finished 7th in the constructors' championship, 107 points behind champions Williams.
Sauber did not win a Grand Prix in 1997; its best result was 3rd.
5 shared GPs
4 shared GPs
| Fontana |
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| Pts |
|---|
| 1 | DNF | P6 | – | – | 1 | |
| 2 | P7 | P11 | – | |||
| 3 | P4 | DNF | – | |||
| 4 | DNF | P7 | – | |||
| 5 | DNF | DNF | – | |||
| 6 | P5 | – | P14 | |||
| 7 | P5 | – | P10 | |||
| 8 | P8 | – | – | DNF | ||
| 9 | DNF | – | – | P9 | ||
| 10 | DNF | – | – | P9 | ||
| 11 | P3 | – | DNF | |||
| 12 | P4 | – | P9 | |||
| 13 | DNF | – | P12 | |||
| 14 | P8 | – | P9 | |||
| 15 | P7 | – | P9 | |||
| 16 | P6 | – | DNS | |||
| 17 | P8 | – | – | P14 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |