Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kwa1997, Diniz akanga ane chivimbo achipinda mumwaka uye chisarudzo chake chokubatana neArrows, achiti: "Simba rose repakiti Tom [Walkinshaw] akaisa pamwe chete nokuda kwa1997 akaita kuti chisarudzo chive nyore zvikuru kwandiri". Diniz akatanga mwaka wake nekupedzisa muAustralia uye akazotambura nekurega basa kwakateedzana mumakwikwi mashanu anotevera. Akakwanisa kupedza wechisere muCanada, asati atora mamwe mareti anotevedzana mumakwikwi mana anotevera. Diniz akakwanisa kuwana nzvimbo yechinomwe muBelgium, zvisinei akanga achimhanya ari panzvimbo yechitatu yakanaka kwazvo asati atarisana nedambudziko pakumira kwake kwekutanga kwakamubvisa kunze kwekukwikwidza. Diniz akatambura imwezve yekurega basa muItari, zvisinei akakwanisa kuwana magumo mumakwikwi matatu akateedzana, ayo aisanganisira kupedzisa zvibodzwa paLuxembourg Grand Prix
uye akarega kumhanya mujaho wokupedzisira wemwaka wacho paGrand Prix yokuEurope. Mukurumbira waDiniz wakakura mumwaka wese kubva kungori mutyairi wemubhadharo kuenda kune mutyairi wechokwadi, akakwanisa kukunda mukwikwidzi wake Hill muBelgium neJapan, mbiri dzenzira dzakanyanya kunetsa zvinehunyanzvi pakarenda, zvakare aine huwandu hwekumhanya kwakasimba. Muna Gumiguru, Arrows yakazivisa kuti Diniz akanga asaina chibvumirano chegore rimwe chete kune chibvumirano chake, achigara nechikwata che 1998. Diniz akapedza mwaka ari pachinzvimbo chegumi nenhanhatu muDrivers 'Championship, aine mapoinzi maviri, uye akapedza nzvimbo ina kumashure kwechikwata-shamwari yake Hill.