Round 8 of the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on 23 August 1997. Tom Kristensen started on pole position and Jason Watt was the race winner.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:19.036 | - | - | 2:14.419 | 185.608 |
| 2 | 12 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:19.322 | +0.286 | +0.286 | 2:13.711 | 185.594 |
| 3 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 29 | 1:05:39.915 | +20.879 | +20.593 | 2:14.500 | 184.624 |
| 4 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | International Draco Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:40.995 | +21.959 | +1.080 | 2:14.240 | 184.573 |
| 5 | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Brazil | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:49.462 | +30.426 | +8.467 | 2:14.414 | 184.178 |
| 6 | 18 | Stephen Watson | South Africa | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 29 | 1:05:51.693 | +32.657 | +2.231 | 2:14.775 | 184.074 |
| 7 | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Angola | International Draco Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:51.882 | +32.846 | +0.189 | 2:14.867 | 184.065 |
| 8 | 17 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 29 | 1:05:52.097 | +33.061 | +0.215 | 2:14.557 | 184.055 |
| 9 | 23 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Nordic Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:05:59.062 | +40.026 | +6.965 | 2:13.517 | 183.731 |
| 10 | 25 | Thomas Schie | Norway | Bob Salisbury Engineering | Avon | 29 | 1:06:02.405 | +43.369 | +3.343 | 2:14.990 | 183.576 |
| 11 | 20 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 29 | 1:06:03.721 | +44.685 | +1.316 | 2:15.023 | 183.515 |
| 12 | 24 | James Taylor | Great Britain | Bob Salisbury Engineering | Avon | 29 | 1:06:34.479 | +1:15.443 | +30.758 | 2:17.308 | 182.102 |
| 13 | 11 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 28 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:14.116 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Laurent Redon | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 27 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:13.661 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Pacific Racing | Avon | 19 | 2:14.121 | ||||
| DSQ | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | RSM Marko | Avon | 12 | 2:14.407 | ||||
| DNF | 19 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 10 | 2:15.061 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Grégoire de Galzain | France | DAMS | Avon | 9 | 2:15.927 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Soheil Ayari | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 8 | 2:14.297 | ||||
| DNF | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Australia | RSM Marko | Avon | 1 | 2:29.676 | 2:29.676 | 167.233 | ||
| DNF | 29 | Markus Friesacher | Austria | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 1 | 2:28.917 | 2:28.917 | 168.085 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Emiliano Spataro | Argentina | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 33 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | GP Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 36 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | David Cook | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 21 | Tom Kristensen | Denmark | Auto Sport Racing | Avon |