Round 2 of the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held on the streets of Pau on 19 May 1997. Juan Pablo Montoya started on pole position and was the race winner.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | RSM Marko | Avon | 75 | 1:32:44.230 | - | - | 1:12.697 | 133.926 |
| 2 | 21 | Tom Kristensen | Denmark | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 75 | 1:33:19.303 | +35.073 | +35.073 | 1:13.448 | 133.087 |
| 3 | 17 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 75 | 1:33:21.430 | +37.200 | +2.127 | 1:13.587 | 133.037 |
| 4 | 4 | Laurent Redon | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 75 | 1:33:32.085 | +47.855 | +10.655 | 1:13.415 | 132.784 |
| 5 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | International Draco Racing | Avon | 75 | 1:33:32.792 | +48.562 | +0.707 | 1:13.722 | 132.768 |
| 6 | 6 | Soheil Ayari | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 75 | 1:33:53.950 | +1:09.720 | +21.158 | 1:14.302 | 132.269 |
| 7 | 12 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 75 | 1:33:56.122 | +1:11.892 | +2.172 | 1:14.138 | 132.218 |
| 8 | 14 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Pacific Racing | Avon | 75 | 1:33:59.367 | +1:15.137 | +3.245 | 1:13.861 | 132.142 |
| 9 | 23 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Nordic Racing | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:14.232 | ||
| 10 | 36 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1:14.222 | |||
| 11 | 38 | Dino Morelli | Great Britain | Gosselin Competition | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1:14.409 | |||
| 12 | 26 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1:14.467 | |||
| 13 | 32 | Patrick Lemarié | France | Ravarotto Racing | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | ||||
| 14 | 25 | Thomas Schie | Norway | Bob Salisbury Engineering | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1:14.407 | |||
| 15 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 74 | 1 lap | 1:14.278 | |||
| DNF | 19 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 57 | 1:14.110 | ||||
| DNF | 9 | Fabrizio Gollin | Italy | Apomatox | Avon | 45 | 1:14.437 | ||||
| DNF | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Australia | RSM Marko | Avon | 39 | 1:14.008 | ||||
| DNF | 31 | Anthony Beltoise | France | DKS Racing | Avon | 37 | 1:14.553 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Jean Philippe Belloc | France | Apomatox | Avon | 15 | 1:14.388 | ||||
| DNF | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Brazil | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 2 | 1:16.636 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Angola | International Draco Racing | Avon | 2 | 1:16.695 |