1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australia  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)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:33.135
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:34.113
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Japan Takuma Aoki
Third Japan Norick Abe
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.789
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:35.409
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third France Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:40.680
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:40.348
Podium
First Japan Noboru Ueda
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Japan Tomomi Manako

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.

500 cc classification

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:53.362 25
2 Japan Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +2.268 20
3 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +28.119 16
4 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +35.230 13
5 France Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +35.540 11
6 Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +35.678 10
7 Japan Yukio Kagayama Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +35.770 9
8 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +36.260 8
9 Australia Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +36.795 7
10 Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +37.546 6
11 Italy Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +37.761 5
12 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +56.989 4
13 Australia Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports Yamaha +1:01.191 3
14 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +1:02.256 2
15 Spain Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:02.500 1
16 France Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +1:24.816
17 Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
18 France Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap
19 Belgium Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Germany Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement
Ret Australia Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Australia Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
Sources:[3][4]

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

References

  1. ^ "1997 Australian MotoGP". Motor Sport. 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". motogp.com.


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