Round 10 of the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held in Jerez, Spain on 25 October 1997. Ricardo Zonta started on pole position and Juan Pablo Montoya 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 | 44 | 1:13:47.224 | - | - | 1:39.419 | 158.427 |
| 2 | 30 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Coloni Motorsport | Avon | 44 | 1:14:13.144 | +25.920 | +25.920 | 1:39.710 | 157.505 |
| 3 | 19 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 44 | 1:14:18.272 | +31.048 | +5.128 | 1:39.858 | 157.324 |
| 4 | 11 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 44 | 1:14:30.585 | +43.361 | +12.313 | 1:40.401 | 156.891 |
| 5 | 23 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Nordic Racing | Avon | 44 | 1:14:36.630 | +49.406 | +6.045 | 1:39.848 | 156.679 |
| 6 | 35 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 44 | 1:14:45.683 | +58.459 | +9.053 | 1:40.623 | 156.363 |
| 7 | 27 | David Cook | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 44 | 1:15:02.843 | +1:15.619 | +17.160 | 1:40.864 | 155.767 |
| 8 | 16 | Grégoire de Galzain | France | DAMS | Avon | 44 | 1:15:07.814 | +1:20.590 | +4.971 | 1:40.778 | 155.595 |
| 9 | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Australia | RSM Marko | Avon | 43 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:40.217 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 43 | 1 lap | 1:39.202 | |||
| 11 | 4 | Laurent Redon | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 43 | 1 lap | 1:39.741 | |||
| 12 | 33 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | GP Racing | Avon | 43 | 1 lap | 1:41.812 | |||
| DSQ | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | International Draco Racing | Avon | 44 | 1:13:52.493 | 1:39.211 | 158.239 | ||
| DNF | 36 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | 39 | 1:40.146 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Soheil Ayari | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 36 | 1:39.587 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 35 | 1:39.482 | ||||
| DNF | 37 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Uruguay | G.S. Team | Avon | 33 | 1:40.186 | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Marc Gené | Spain | Nordic Racing | Avon | 28 | 1:40.374 | ||||
| DNF | 18 | Stephen Watson | South Africa | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 5 | 1:41.227 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 4 | 1:41.091 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | Tom Kristensen | Denmark | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 4 | 1:39.080 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Angola | International Draco Racing | Avon | 4 | 1:41.623 | ||||
| DNF | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Brazil | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 4 | 1:39.010 | ||||
| DNF | 25 | Thomas Schie | Norway | Bob Salisbury Engineering | Avon | 4 | 1:41.443 | ||||
| DNF | 26 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 4 | 1:39.736 | ||||
| DNF | 17 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon |