Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ìgwè ọhụrụ abụọ batara na Formula One na 1997: Stewart, bụ onye bịarutere na nkwado nke Ford Motor Company; na Lola, bụ onye naanị banyere n'ọgbọ
1997 Australian Grand Prix mgbe egwu egwu nke otu ahụ na Grand Prix nke hụrụ enweghị nkwado maka Grand Prix na-esote na Brazil. E rere Ligier gara aga site n'aka Flavio Briatore nye Alain Prost wee bụrụ Prost; ebe Footwork laghachiri na aha "Arrows" wee gbanwee site na injin Hart eji na injin Yamaha. Tyrrell gbanwekwara injin ha, na-agbanwe injin Yamaha ka ọ bụrụ injin Ford. Jordan-Peugeot bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ maka onye injinia Britain a ma ama bụ́ Dr. John Davis. O nyeere ndị otu ahụ aka n'ụlọ ọrụ ikuku ikuku ọhụrụ ha na Brackley, ọwara ahụ n'onwe ya ka Ferrari nyere ego iji gbanwere Eddie Irvine onye kwagara Ferrari n'afọ gara aga. Sauber, na mmekorita ya na onye nkwado ọhụrụ Petronas, guzobere Sauber Petronas Engineering ma site na ụlọ ọrụ injinịa guzobere ọhụrụ nwetara ikike ikikere nke engine na ngwa ngwa sitere na Ferrari, na-enye ha ohere iwulite ma na-agba ọsọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ụdị ndị ahụ eji na Ferraris. A na-akpọ igwe ndị ahụ "Petronas", na-asọpụrụ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ rụrụ na mmepe ha.