1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 October 1997 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

  1997 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date5 October 1997
Official nameAustralian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationPhillip Island
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:33.135
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:34.113
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé
Second Takuma Aoki
Third Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.789
Fastest lap
Rider Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:35.409
Podium
First Ralf Waldmann
Second Max Biaggi
Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:40.680
Fastest lap
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:40.348
Podium
First Noboru Ueda
Second Kazuto Sakata
Third Tomomi Manako

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:53.362 25
2 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +2.268 20
3 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +28.119 16
4 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +35.230 13
5 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +35.540 11
6 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +35.678 10
7 Yukio Kagayama Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +35.770 9
8 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +36.260 8
9 Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +36.795 7
10 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +37.546 6
11 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +37.761 5
12 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +56.989 4
13 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports Yamaha +1:01.191 3
14 Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas +1:02.256 2
15 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:02.500 1
16 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas +1:24.816
17 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap
19 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement
Ret Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement
Ret Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Ralf Waldmann Honda 40:09.735 25
2 Max Biaggi Honda +5.829 20
3 Olivier Jacque Honda +27.251 16
4 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +27.639 13
5 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +27.926 11
6 Troy Bayliss Suzuki +28.118 10
7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +29.038 9
8 Tohru Ukawa Honda +43.594 8
9 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +58.422 7
10 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +1:05.476 6
11 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:05.563 5
12 Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:12.379 4
13 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:19.550 3
14 Haruchika Aoki Honda +1:19.683 2
15 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:19.740 1
16 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +1:21.981
17 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:40.671
18 William Strugnell Honda +1 Lap
19 Simon Weeks Honda +1 Lap
20 Ben Reid Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Michael Clunie Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jamie Robinson Suzuki Retirement
Ret Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia Retirement
Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement
Ret William Costes Honda Retirement
Ret Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Noboru Ueda Honda 38:59.797 25
2 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +1.366 20
3 Tomomi Manako Honda +1.866 16
4 Roberto Locatelli Honda +1.903 13
5 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +5.587 11
6 Valentino Rossi Aprilia +18.953 10
7 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.244 9
8 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +35.786 8
9 Garry McCoy Aprilia +35.897 7
10 Mirko Giansanti Honda +36.392 6
11 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +36.404 5
12 Masao Azuma Honda +36.466 4
13 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +44.911 3
14 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +56.342 2
15 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +56.529 1
16 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +56.533
17 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:00.032
18 Josep Sarda Honda +1:00.176
19 Shahrol Yuzy Honda +1:26.735
20 Jay Taylor Honda +1:32.022
21 Hayden Bool Honda +1 Lap
22 James Armstrong Yamaha +2 Laps
Ret Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement
Ret Xavier Soler Aprilia Retirement
Ret William Strugnell Honda Retirement
Ret Andrew Willy Yamaha Retirement
Ret Peter Galvin Honda Retirement
Ret Dirk Raudies Honda Retirement
Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Gino Borsoi Yamaha Retirement
Ret Frederic Petit Honda Retirement
Previous race:
1997 Indonesian Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1997 season		 Next race:
1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Previous race:
1996 Australian Grand Prix		 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
1998 Australian Grand Prix

References
  1. "1997 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "1997 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.
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