Buuxi weedhan soo socota: 1997 waxaa Formula One soo galay laba kooxood oo cusub: Stewart, oo la yimid taageerada shirkadda Ford Motor Company; iyo Lola, oo kaliya soo gashay tartanka
1997 Australian Grand Prix ka dib bandhigga xun ee kooxda ee Grand Prix kaas oo arkay la'aanta kafaala-qaadista Grand Prix-ka xiga ee Brazil. Ligier-kii hore waxaa laga iibiyay Flavio Briatore ilaa Alain Prost oo noqday Prost; halka Footwork ay ku soo noqotay magaca "Arrows" waxayna ka beddeshay matoorrada Hart ee loo adeegsaday matoorrada Yamaha. Tyrrell waxay sidoo kale bedeshay matoorradoodii, iyagoo ku beddelay matoorrada Yamaha iyagoo doorbidaya matoorrada Ford. Shirkada Jordan-Peugeot waxay u saxiixday injineer caan ah oo ingiriis ah Dr. John Davis Wuxuu ka caawiyay kooxda dhismaha tunnel-ka dabaysha ee cusub ee Brackley, tunnel-ka laftiisa waxaa maalgeliyey Ferrari si uu u beddelo Eddie Irvine oo u soo guuray Ferrari sanadkii hore. Sauber, iyadoo lala kaashanayo kafaala-qaade cusub Petronas, waxay sameysteen Sauber Petronas Engineering oo ay ku martay shirkadda injineernimada ee dhowaan la aasaasay waxay heshay xuquuqda shatiyeynta mashiinka iyo qaybaha gearbox-ka ee Ferrari, taasoo u oggolaaneysa inay dhisaan oo ay ku shaqeeyaan unugyo ku dhow kuwa loo adeegsado Ferrari. Mashiinnada waxaa loo calaamadeeyay "Petronas", iyadoo la tixgelinayo doorka ay shirkaddu ka ciyaartay horumarintooda.