Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Mo te tau 1997, i whakakapi a Frentzen i a Damon Hill i te roopu Williams-Renault, i toa i te toa taraiwa i te toru o nga wa mai i te 1992. I te whakataetae tuatahi o te tau, ko te Australian Grand Prix
Ka ārahi a Frentzen i te kokonga tuatahi, ā, ka noho tonu ki reira tae noa ki tana tūnga tuatahi. Ko ia te tuarua i te mutunga o te whakataetae i te wa i pupuhi ai te kopae parahi, i maka atu ai ia i te ara, a, ka mutu tana mahi. I riro i a ia tana wikitoria tuatahi i San Marino engari he pouri te wa mo ia; i muri i te taiao whanau i Sauber, i kitea e Frentzen te oranga i Williams he uaua, ina koa he hononga raru ki a Patrick Head. Ahakoa te tohu mo nga whakataetae maha i runga i te rarangi o mua, he ahua ia ki te hoki ki muri i te whakataetae, i te nuinga o te waa ka mutu i muri i tana hoa o te roopu a Jacques Villeneuve. Heoi, na te whakakore a Michael Schumacher mai i te whakataetae taraiwa, ka mutu a Frentzen i te tuarua o te whakataetae me nga tohu 42 ki te hoa o Villeneuve 81, i te wikitoria kotahi ki te whitu o Villeneuve.