1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 June 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

  1997 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 June 1997
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:21.082
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:21.674
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Carlos Checa
Third Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Olivier Jacque
Time 1:23.059
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:23.559
Podium
First Tetsuya Harada
Second Max Biaggi
Third Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Garry McCoy
Time 1:28.774
Fastest lap
Rider Tomomi Manako
Time 1:28.383
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Tomomi Manako
Third Garry McCoy

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:38.064 25
2 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +4.292 20
3 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.715 16
4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team' Honda +6.159 13
5 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +24.227 11
6 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +41.437 10
7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +41.734 9
8 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +44.834 8
9 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +51.921 7
10 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +52.601 6
11 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +53.860 5
12 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +56.191 4
13 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +1:01.044 3
14 Troy Corser Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +1:04.573 2
15 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:17.668 1
16 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:20.972
17 Bernard Garcia Team Tecmas Honda +1:23.191
18 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap
19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement
Ret Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas Retirement
Ret Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas Retirement
Sources: [2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 40:58.961 25
2 Max Biaggi Honda +0.043 20
3 Ralf Waldmann Honda +0.224 16
4 Loris Capirossi Aprilia +8.387 13
5 Tohru Ukawa Honda +29.702 11
6 Haruchika Aoki Honda +46.755 10
7 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +53.322 9
8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +56.677 8
9 William Costes Honda +58.027 7
10 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +58.257 6
11 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +58.414 5
12 Franco Battaini Aprilia +59.619 4
13 Sebastien Gimbert Honda +1:04.540 3
14 Idalio Gavira Aprilia +1 Lap 2
15 Claudio Vanzetta Aprilia +1 Lap 1
16 Frederic Boutin Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret Noriyasu Numata Suzuki Retirement
Ret Olivier Jacque Honda Retirement
Ret Franck Poulle Honda Retirement
Ret Bertrand Stey Honda Retirement
Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement
Ret Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 40:20.214 25
2 Tomomi Manako Honda +2.961 20
3 Garry McCoy Aprilia +12.462 16
4 Youichi Ui Yamaha +17.681 13
5 Frederic Petit Honda +30.402 11
6 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +38.164 10
7 Mirko Giansanti Honda +44.116 9
8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +44.549 8
9 Masao Azuma Honda +44.745 7
10 Dirk Raudies Honda +49.734 6
11 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +51.151 5
12 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:02.148 4
13 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:05.228 3
14 Josep Sarda Honda +1:05.473 2
15 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:05.955 1
16 Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:29.111
17 Nicolas Dussauge Honda +1 Lap
18 Benny Jerzenbeck Honda +1 Lap
19 Vincent Philippe Honda +1 Lap
20 Patrick Detot Honda +1 Lap
21 Fabien Rousseau Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret Roberto Locatelli Honda Retirement
Ret Mike Lougassi Honda Retirement
Ret Eric Mizera Honda Retirement
Ret Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement
Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement
Ret Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Retirement
Previous race:
1997 Austrian Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1997 season		 Next race:
1997 Dutch TT
Previous race:
1996 French Grand Prix		 French Grand Prix[4] Next race:
1998 French Grand Prix

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1997". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. "1997 French MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. June 13, 2017.
  3. "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.
  4. "1997 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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