1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix

France  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)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:21.082
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:21.674
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:23.059
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:23.559
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Germany Ralf Waldmann
125cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Garry McCoy
Time 1:28.774
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tomomi Manako
Time 1:28.383
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Tomomi Manako
Third Australia Garry McCoy

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.

500 cc classification

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:38.064 25
2 Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +4.292 20
3 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.715 16
4 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team' Honda +6.159 13
5 Japan Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +24.227 11
6 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +41.437 10
7 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +41.734 9
8 Spain Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +44.834 8
9 Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +51.921 7
10 Australia Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +52.601 6
11 Italy Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +53.860 5
12 Australia Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +56.191 4
13 Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +1:01.044 3
14 Australia Troy Corser Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +1:04.573 2
15 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:17.668 1
16 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:20.972
17 France Bernard Garcia Team Tecmas Honda +1:23.191
18 France Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap
19 Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement
Ret Belgium Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement
Sources: [2][3]

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 40:20.214 25
2 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +2.961 20
3 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia +12.462 16
4 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha +17.681 13
5 France Frederic Petit Honda +30.402 11
6 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +38.164 10
7 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda +44.116 9
8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +44.549 8
9 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +44.745 7
10 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +49.734 6
11 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha +51.151 5
12 Italy Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:02.148 4
13 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:05.228 3
14 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +1:05.473 2
15 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:05.955 1
16 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:29.111
17 France Nicolas Dussauge Honda +1 Lap
18 Austria Benny Jerzenbeck Honda +1 Lap
19 France Vincent Philippe Honda +1 Lap
20 France Patrick Detot Honda +1 Lap
21 France Fabien Rousseau Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda Retirement
Ret France Mike Lougassi Honda Retirement
Ret France Eric Mizera Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement
Ret Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Retirement

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.


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  1. ^ "1997 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.