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1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

500cc – Mick Doohan (Honda) 250cc – Max Biaggi (Honda) 125cc – Valentino Rossi (Aprilia)

The 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 49th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

A fourth world championship in a row for Honda's Mick Doohan with another dominating performance. He broke Giacomo Agostini's record for victories in one season with 12 wins. It was also dominating year for Honda with eight of the top ten riders aboard Hondas. The Yamaha and Suzuki teams were in disarray. Kenny Roberts left Yamaha to start his own venture with a lightweight, three-cylinder Modenas. Wayne Rainey's team was left with the inconsistent Norifumi Abe and Sete Gibernau, a rookie. Daryl Beattie wasn't able to come back from head injuries and retired at the end of the year while Anthony Gobert failed a drug test and was dismissed by the Suzuki team. The Elf team soldiered on with their Swiss-Auto V4 but Aprilia decided to pull their V twin from the 500 class at the end of the year.

Max Biaggi had a harder time defending his title from Tetsuya Harada and Ralf Waldmann, not clinching the title until the last race of the year. A new star emerged from the 125 class with Valentino Rossi winning 11 races for a commanding win on an Aprilia.

As of 2025 it was the last season that only one manufacturer won every race in one season in the premier class to date.

1997 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1997:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
13 April	MYS Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam Circuit
20 April	JPN Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
4 May	ESP Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
18 May	ITA Gran Premio d'Italia Polini	Mugello Circuit
1 June	AUT Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	A1-Ring
8 June	FRA Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
28 June ††	NLD Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix	TT Circuit Assen
6 July	Bologna Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
20 July	DEU ADAC Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Nürburgring
3 August	Rio de Janeiro Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
17 August	GBR Sun British Grand Prix	Donington Park
31 August	CZE Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
14 September	CAT Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
28 September	IDN Marlboro Indonesian Grand Prix	Sentul International Circuit
5 October	AUS Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

The Malaysian Grand Prix replaced the Japanese Grand Prix with hosting the opening round Grand Prix.
The Indonesian Grand Prix was moved back from 7 April to 28 September.
The Austrian Grand Prix was moved forward from 4 August to 1 June.
The Australian Grand Prix moved from the Eastern Creek Raceway to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

1997 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner
13 April	MYS Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Shah Alam	ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Max Biaggi	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
20 April	JPN Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	JPN Noboru Ueda	JPN Daijiro Kato	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
4 May	ESP Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	ITA Valentino Rossi	DEU Ralf Waldmann	ESP Àlex Crivillé	[Report](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
18 May	ITA Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Max Biaggi	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
1 June	AUT Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	A1-Ring	JPN Noboru Ueda	FRA Olivier Jacque	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
8 June	FRA French motorcycle Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	ITA Valentino Rossi	JPN Tetsuya Harada	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
28 June ††	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	ITA Valentino Rossi	JPN Tetsuya Harada	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-dutch-tt)
6 July	Bologna City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix	Imola	ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Max Biaggi	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
20 July	DEU German motorcycle Grand Prix	Nürburgring	ITA Valentino Rossi	JPN Tetsuya Harada	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
3 August	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	ITA Valentino Rossi	FRA Olivier Jacque	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 August	GBR British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	ITA Valentino Rossi	DEU Ralf Waldmann	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
31 August	CZE Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	JPN Noboru Ueda	ITA Max Biaggi	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
14 September	CAT Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	ITA Valentino Rossi	DEU Ralf Waldmann	AUS Mick Doohan	[Report](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
28 September	IDN Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sentul	ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Max Biaggi	JPN Tadayuki Okada	[Report](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
5 October	AUS Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	JPN Noboru Ueda	DEU Ralf Waldmann	ESP Àlex Crivillé	[Report](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)

†† = Saturday race

Participants

500 cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No	Rider
JPN Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda NSR500 (NV0X)	1	AUS Mick Doohan	All
2	ESP Àlex Crivillé	1–7, 12–15
7	JPN Tadayuki Okada	All
Honda NSR500V (NVAB)	24	JPN Takuma Aoki	All
ITA Yamaha Promotor Racing	Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0)	3	ITA Luca Cadalora	1–3
11	AUS Troy Corser	1–3
GBR Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0)	3	ITA Luca Cadalora	4–15
11	AUS Troy Corser	4–7
22	AUS Kirk McCarthy	11–15
ROC Yamaha GP1	9–10
ITA Honda Gresini	Honda NSR500V	4	BRA Alex Barros	All
JPN/USA Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0)	5	JPN Norick Abe	All
20	ESP Sete Gibernau	All
JPN Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500 (XR87)	6	AUS Daryl Beattie	All
23	AUS Anthony Gobert	1, 4–12
26	JPN Yukio Kagayama	15
27	AUS Peter Goddard	2–3
14–15
SPA MoviStar Honda Pons	Honda NSR500	8	ESP Carlos Checa	All
9	ESP Alberto Puig	All
MAS/USA Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	All
12	FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	All
FRA Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda NSR500V	13	FRA Bernard Garcia	6–9
55	FRA Regis Laconi	1–5, 10–15
FRA ELF 500 ROC	Elf 500	14	ESP Juan Borja	All
16	DEU Jürgen Fuchs	All
FRA Soverex FP Racing	ROC Yamaha GP1	15	FRA Frédéric Protat	1–3
Honda NSR500V	4–15
ITA Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha GP1	17	ITA Lucio Pedercini	All
JPN Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.R	Honda NSR500	18	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	All
ITA IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia RSW-2 500	19	ITA Doriano Romboni	3–15
39	ITA Alessandro Gramigni	1–2
GBR Team Millar MQP	Honda NSR500V	21	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	All
GBR World Champ Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	22	AUS Kirk McCarthy	1–8
FRA Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha GP1	25	BEL Laurent Naveau	All
JPN Marlboro Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	51	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	2
ITA Team Paton	Paton V70 C10/3	53	ITA Francesco Monaco	4, 8
GBR Padgett's	Honda NSR500V	98	GBR Jason Vincent	11

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Standings

Riders' standings

500cc

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	340	2	197	3	179	4	172	5	134	6	129	7	126	8	119	9	101	10	88	11	63	12	63	13	56	14	52	15	44	16	37	17	37	18	31	19	29	20	28	21	20	22	13	23	11	24	9	25	7	26	7	27	3	28	2	29	2	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
AUS Mick Doohan	Honda	1	1	2	*1*	*1*	*1*	1	*1*	*1*	1	*1*	*1*	*1*	2	*Ret*
JPN Tadayuki Okada	Honda	10	3	3	Ret	2	3	12	5	2	2	2	Ret	6	1	4
JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	3	5	5	3	4	Ret	4	2	4	4	4	3	5	4	Ret
ESP Àlex Crivillé	Honda	2	2	1	4	5	4	DNS					4	3	3	1
JPN Takuma Aoki	Honda	5	4	4	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	3	3	DNS	10	6	7	7	2
ITA Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	4	11	11	2	3	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	2	4	Ret	Ret
JPN Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	8	7	7	7	9	7	10	7	Ret	5	9	5	12	5	3
ESP Carlos Checa	Honda	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	2	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	6	10
BRA Alex Barros	Honda	11	10	8	6	13	6	6	9	6	Ret	3	8	Ret	Ret	8
ITA Doriano Romboni	Aprilia			6	11	10	11	3	Ret	5	7	7	Ret	10	10	11
AUS Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	12	5	11	12	7	13	12	13	6	10	17	12	DNS
ESP Alberto Puig	Honda	7	8	Ret	Ret	8	8	5	12	10	14	Ret	13	15	14	15
ESP Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	9	Ret	9	9	Ret	13	19	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6
FRA Régis Laconi	Honda	12	12	10	10	Ret					9	Ret	7	11	16	5
AUS Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	DNS			13	7	10	13	10	9	10	Ret	12
USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Modenas KR3	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	17	Ret	Ret	11	9	8	9	14
ESP Juan Borja	ELF 500	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	9	15	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret
FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas KR3	Ret	14	13	8	14	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	16
NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Honda	15	15	14	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	11	14	Ret	12
DEU Jürgen Fuchs	ELF 500	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	16	9	14	13	6	15	Ret	16	11	Ret
AUS Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	Ret	16	15	14	17	Ret	DNS	15	15	12
Yamaha											12	Ret	13	15	13
AUS Peter Goddard	Suzuki		13	Ret											13	9
AUS Troy Corser	Yamaha	13	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	14
JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki															7
JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha		9
FRA Bernard Garcia	Honda						17	11	Ret	14
BEL Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	17	Ret	19	16	15	Ret	16	Ret	16	16	18	14	19	18	19
GBR Jason Vincent	Honda											14
ITA Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	16	Ret	17	15	16	19	18	16	Ret	15	16	Ret	18	17	17
FRA Frédéric Protat	ROC Yamaha	Ret	17	Ret
Honda				17		18	17	18	Ret	17	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	18
ITA Francesco Monaco	Paton				Ret				19
ITA Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Ret	DNS

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

250cc

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	250	2	248	3	235	4	201	5	173	6	116	7	109	8	102	9	85	10	73	11	60	12	55	13	47	14	44	15	35	16	32	17	31	18	30	19	25	20	23	21	19	22	18	23	14	24	13	25	12	26	10	27	10	28	6	29	5	30	4	31	3	32	3	33	2	34	2	35	2	36	1	37	1	38	1	Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
ITA Max Biaggi	Honda	*1*	7	3	1	3	2	DSQ	1	4	5	Ret	1	2	*1*	2
DEU Ralf Waldmann	Honda	4	5	*1*	4	2	3	2	4	3	12	1	*4*	*1*	7	1
JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	2	*3*	2	Ret	18	1	1	5	1	2	2	3	4	4	5
FRA Olivier Jacque	Honda	3	DNS	7	5	1	Ret	*Ret*	2	2	*1*	4	2	6	3	3
JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	6	2	Ret	Ret	5	5	4	3	6	3	5	5	3	2	8
ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Ret	11	Ret	3	4	4	3	Ret	5	4	3	Ret	5	14	DNS
JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	T.S. Honda	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	13	8	6	6	7	5	4
JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	5	8	5	14	8	6	Ret	8	9	7	8	Ret	8	6	14
ITA Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	6	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	8	7
GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	9	16	9	9	Ret	11	9	7	8	10		Ret	11	10	10
ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Ret	12	Ret	10	9	7	Ret	Ret	16	9	9	10	18	9	9
JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	14	9	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret
JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	11	Ret	12	15	Ret	10	8	9	18	Ret	Ret	14	10	13	11
ITA Franco Battaini	Yamaha	13	21	14	13	14	12	11	11	11		11	15	15	12	12
ITA Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	8	22	Ret	Ret	16	DNS	13	13	15	11	Ret	9	16	11	13
ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Ret	17	11	11	11	8	10	Ret	17	Ret	Ret		13	Ret	16
ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	7	DNS		Ret	DNS		Ret	10	10	14	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret
ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia				2	Ret			6
JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda		1
FRA William Costes	Honda	Ret	Ret	19	17	13	9	7	12	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret
ESP José Luis Cardoso	Honda	Ret	20	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	15	13	11	14	Ret	Ret
GBR Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Ret	14	16	8	12		Ret	15	Ret	Ret		13	Ret	Ret	Ret
CHE Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	10	18	13	16	15		12	16	19	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	17
ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	15	19	15	12	Ret		Ret	Ret	14	13	Ret	Ret	17	15	15
ITA Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia			Ret				Ret	Ret	12	16	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret
JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki		6
AUS Troy Bayliss	Suzuki															6
JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha		10
ESP Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	12	Ret	17	Ret	19	DNS	15	Ret	21	19	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret
GBR Scott Smart	Honda											12
JPN Naoto Ogura	Yamaha		13
FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Honda						13
ESP Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
NLD Maurice Bolwerk	Honda							14					Ret
GBR John McGuinnes	Aprilia											14
JPN Choujun Kameya	Suzuki		15
CHE Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia						15						17
GBR Callum Ramsay	Honda											15

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

125cc

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	321	2	238	3	190	4	179	5	120	6	119	7	109	8	97	9	83	10	83	11	81	12	77	13	74	14	73	15	66	16	31	17	22	18	21	19	20	20	19	21	17	22	16	23	11	24	8	25	8	26	8	27	3	28	2	29	2	30	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	*1*	Ret	1	1	2	1	1	*1*	1	1	1	3	1	1	6
JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	3	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	5	Ret	2	3	1	3	4	1
JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	7	12	5	5	3	2	2	2	Ret	4	8	2	5	5	3
JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	2	2	7	6	6	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	Ret	9	*2*	2	*2*
JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	5	13	4	7	5	DNS	7	Ret	9	10	2	8	11	6	8
ESP Jorge Martínez	Aprilia	6	5	3	2	Ret	DNS	6	6	6	7	Ret	Ret	12	3	13
AUS Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Ret	7	Ret	3	4	3	Ret	4	Ret	13	4	11	9	9	9
ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	17	11	8	14	8	Ret	8	7	Ret	11	5	4	7	10	4
ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	4	18	12	16	Ret	7	Ret	10	7	6	7	12	4	Ret	10
FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda	9	10	13	9	10	5	9	Ret	4	9	9	15	10	14	Ret
ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	16	9	21	12	9	8	13	11	12	Ret	11	6	8	7	5
JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	22	10	7	4	5	8	Ret	3	Ret	10	18	8	Ret
JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	8	6	10	15	Ret	6	Ret	12	2	16	6	Ret	13	21	14
ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	10	Ret	15	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	10	5	6	13	7
JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	12	4	9	11	11	9	10	9	Ret	17	13	Ret	Ret	11	12
DEU Manfred Geissler	Honda	18	23	17	17			12	16
Aprilia					13	Ret			3	Ret	12	13	DNS	Ret	15
ESP Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Ret	24	19	18	14	11	14	Ret	10	15	15	16	Ret	17	11
ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	13	14	11	13	12	16	15	Ret	13	18	17	Ret
DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	21	18	22	15	13	17	18	Ret	12	16	7	14	15	16
ITA Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	22	15	23	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	14	Ret	Ret	16	12	Ret
CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	11	Ret	14		Ret	Ret	11	13	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	20	Ret
JPN Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda		3
DEU Peter Öttl	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	6	Ret			Ret	15
JPN Kazuhiro Takao	Honda		8
DEU Dirk Raudies	Honda	14	Ret	20	20	Ret	10	Ret	17	Ret	20	Ret	19	17	Ret	Ret
ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Aprilia	19	22	24	23	16	15	16	14	11	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	16	17
ESP Josep Sardá	Honda	15	19	26	19	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	18	DNS	19	18
DEU Alex Hofmann	Yamaha									14
GBR Darren Barton	Honda											14
DEU Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda					Ret	18			15	Ret
ESP Álvaro Molina	Honda			Ret										15
INA Rudi Arianto	Yamaha														Ret
INA Irvan Octavianus	Yamaha														Ret
INA Ahmad Jayadi	Yamaha														Ret
INA Nasrul Arif	Honda														Ret

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Manufacturers' standings

500cc

Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	375	2	188	3	90	4	88	5	68	6	60	7	12	Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
JPN Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JPN Yamaha	4	7	7	2	3	7	10	6	7	3	5	2	4	5	3
JPN Suzuki	Ret	13	12	5	7	10	7	10	9	10	6	10	17	12	7
ITA Aprilia	Ret	DNS	6	11	10	11	3	Ret	5	7	7	Ret	10	10	11
MYS Modenas KR3	Ret	14	13	8	14	Ret	8	8	Ret	8	11	9	8	9	14
FRA ELF 500	14	Ret	16	Ret	12	9	9	14	8	6	8	Ret	9	11	Ret
FRA ROC Yamaha	16	16	15	14	15	19	16	15	15	12	16	14	18	17	17

250cc

Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	360	2	268	3	109	4	81	5	72	Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
JPN Honda	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
ITA Aprilia	2	3	2	2	4	1	1	5	1	2	2	3	4	4	5
JPN T.S. Honda	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	13	8	6	6	7	5	4
JPN Yamaha	11	10	10	11	11	8	8	9	11	15	11	11	10	12	11
JPN Suzuki	14	6	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	15	7	Ret	10	13	9	Ret	6

125cc

Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts	1	351	2	287	3	139	Pos	Manufacturer	[MAL](1997-malaysian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
MYS	[JPN](1997-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[ESP](1997-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[ITA](1997-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[AUT](1997-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[FRA](1997-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[NED](1997-dutch-tt)
NLD	[IMO](1997-city-of-imola-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Bologna	[GER](1997-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[RIO](1997-rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Rio de Janeiro	[GBR](1997-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[CZE](1997-czech-republic-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[CAT](1997-catalan-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[INA](1997-indonesian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
IDN	[AUS](1997-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	Pts
ITA Aprilia	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2
JPN Honda	3	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	1	3	4	1
JPN Yamaha	8	6	10	10	7	4	5	8	2	3	6	10	13	8	11

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
(25 July 2015). "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1997".
"motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1997".
(5 October 1997). "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – World Championship Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1997".
(5 October 1997). "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – World Championship Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(5 October 1997). "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – World Championship Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].

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