<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngesizini ka-1997, uFrentzen wathatha isikhundla sikaDamon Hill eqenjini leWilliams-Renault, elalizuze isicoco sabashayeli kathathu kusukela ngo-1992. Emjahweni wokuqala walesi sizini, i-Australian Grand Prix  <response>: UFrentzen wahola ekhoneni lokuqala futhi wahlala lapho kwaze kwaba sekumeni kwakhe kokuqala. Wayegijima endaweni yesibili sekwephuzile emncintiswaneni lapho i-brake disc iqhuma, imphonsa ngaphandle kwesifunda futhi wayeka. Wathatha ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala eSan Marino kodwa isizini yayidumaza kuye; ngemuva komkhathi womndeni eSauber, uFrentzen wathola impilo kuWilliams inzima, ikakhulukazi enobudlelwano obunzima noPatrick Head. Naphezu kokufanelekela imincintiswano eminingi emgqeni wokuqala wayenokuthambekela kokudlulela emuva emncintiswaneni, evame ukuqeda ngemuva komlingani wakhe uJacques Villeneuve. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokukhishwa kukaMichael Schumacher emqhudelwaneni wabashayeli, uFrentzen wagcina endaweni yesibili emqhudelwaneni ngamaphuzu angama-42 kumlingani wakhe uVilleneuves 81, ngemuva kokuthola ukunqoba okukodwa kuVilleneuves ayisikhombisa. 