Kammala wannan jumla: Sabbin kungiyoyi biyu sun shiga Formula One a 1997: Stewart, wanda ya isa tare da goyon bayan kamfanin Ford Motor Company; da Lola, wanda kawai ya shiga cikin
1997 Grand Prix na Ostiraliya bayan mummunan wasan da tawagar ta yi a Grand Prix wanda ya ga rashin tallafawa don Grand Prix na gaba a Brazil. An sayar da tsohon Ligier daga Flavio Briatore zuwa Alain Prost kuma ya zama Prost; yayin da Footwork ya koma sunan "Arrows" kuma ya canza daga injunan Hart da aka yi amfani da su zuwa injunan Yamaha. Tyrrell sun canza injunan su kuma, suna musayar injunan Yamaha a cikin fifiko ga injunan Ford. Jordan-Peugeot ya sanya hannu kan babban injiniyan Burtaniya Dr. John Davis. Ya taimaka wa ƙungiyar tare da sabon ginin ramin iska a Brackley, ramin da kansa Ferrari ne ya ba da kuɗin a musayar Eddie Irvine wanda ya koma Ferrari a shekarar da ta gabata. Sauber, a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da sabon mai tallafawa Petronas, ya kafa Sauber Petronas Engineering kuma ta hanyar sabon kamfanin injiniya da aka kafa ya sami haƙƙin lasisi ga abubuwan injin da akwatin gearbox daga Ferrari, yana ba su damar ginawa da gudanar da kusan raka'a iri ɗaya da waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a cikin Ferraris. An sanya injunan a matsayin "Petronas", don girmama rawar da kamfanin ya taka a ci gaban su.