1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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.^[1] It was also dominating year for Honda with eight of the top ten riders aboard Hondas.^[1] The Yamaha and Suzuki teams were in disarray.^[1] Kenny Roberts left Yamaha to start his own venture with a lightweight, three-cylinder Modenas.^[1] Wayne Rainey's team was left with the inconsistent Norifumi Abe and Sete Gibernau, a rookie.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[1] A new star emerged from the 125 class with Valentino Rossi winning 11 races for a commanding win on an Aprilia.^[1]

1997 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1997:^[2]^[3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	13 April	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam Circuit
2	20 April	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
3	4 May	Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
4	18 May	Gran Premio d'Italia Polini	Mugello Circuit
5	1 June	Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	A1-Ring
6	8 June	Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
7	28 June ††	Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix	TT Circuit Assen
8	6 July	Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
9	20 July	ADAC Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Nürburgring
10	3 August	Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
11	17 August	Sun British Grand Prix	Donington Park
12	31 August	Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
13	14 September	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
14	28 September	Marlboro Indonesian Grand Prix	Sentul International Circuit
15	5 October	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	Report
1	13 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
2	20 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Noboru Ueda	Daijiro Kato	Mick Doohan	Report
3	4 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Àlex Crivillé	Report
4	18 May	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
5	1 June	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	A1-Ring	Noboru Ueda	Olivier Jacque	Mick Doohan	Report
6	8 June	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Mick Doohan	Report
7	28 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Mick Doohan	Report
8	6 July	City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix	Imola	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
9	20 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Mick Doohan	Report
10	3 August	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque	Mick Doohan	Report
11	17 August	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
12	31 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Noboru Ueda	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
13	14 September	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
14	28 September	Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sentul	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Report
15	5 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann	Àlex Crivillé	Report

†† = Saturday race

Participants

500 cc participants

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

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Standings

Riders' standings

500cc

^[4]^[5]

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Ret	340
2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	10	3	3	Ret	2	3	12	5	2	2	2	Ret	6	1	4	197
3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	3	5	5	3	4	Ret	4	2	4	4	4	3	5	4	Ret	179
4	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	2	2	1	4	5	4	DNS					4	3	3	1	172
5	Takuma Aoki	Honda	5	4	4	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	3	3	DNS	10	6	7	7	2	134
6	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	4	11	11	2	3	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	2	4	Ret	Ret	129
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	8	7	7	7	9	7	10	7	Ret	5	9	5	12	5	3	126
8	Carlos Checa	Honda	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	2	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	6	10	119
9	Alex Barros	Honda	11	10	8	6	13	6	6	9	6	Ret	3	8	Ret	Ret	8	101
10	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia			6	11	10	11	3	Ret	5	7	7	Ret	10	10	11	88
11	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	12	5	11	12	7	13	12	13	6	10	17	12	DNS	63
12	Alberto Puig	Honda	7	8	Ret	Ret	8	8	5	12	10	14	Ret	13	15	14	15	63
13	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	9	Ret	9	9	Ret	13	19	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	56
14	Régis Laconi	Honda	12	12	10	10	Ret					9	Ret	7	11	16	5	52
15	Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	DNS			13	7	10	13	10	9	10	Ret	12				44
16	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Modenas KR3	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	17	Ret	Ret	11	9	8	9	14	37
17	Juan Borja	ELF 500	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	9	15	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	37
18	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas KR3	Ret	14	13	8	14	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	31
19	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Honda	15	15	14	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	11	14	Ret	12	29
20	Jürgen Fuchs	ELF 500	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	16	9	14	13	6	15	Ret	16	11	Ret	28
21	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	Ret	16	15	14	17	Ret	DNS	15	15	12						20
21	Kirk McCarthy	Yamaha											12	Ret	13	15	13	20
22	Peter Goddard	Suzuki		13	Ret											13	9	13
23	Troy Corser	Yamaha	13	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	14									11
24	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki															7	9
25	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha		9														7
26	Bernard Garcia	Honda						17	11	Ret	14							7
27	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	17	Ret	19	16	15	Ret	16	Ret	16	16	18	14	19	18	19	3
28	Jason Vincent	Honda											14					2
29	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	16	Ret	17	15	16	19	18	16	Ret	15	16	Ret	18	17	17	2
	Frédéric Protat	ROC Yamaha	Ret	17	Ret													0
	Frédéric Protat	Honda				17		18	17	18	Ret	17	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	0
	Francesco Monaco	Paton				Ret				19								0
	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Ret	DNS														0
Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

250cc

^[6]

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	1	7	3	1	3	2	DSQ	1	4	5	Ret	1	2	1	2	250
2	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	4	5	1	4	2	3	2	4	3	12	1	4	1	7	1	248
3	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	2	3	2	Ret	18	1	1	5	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	235
4	Olivier Jacque	Honda	3	DNS	7	5	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	1	4	2	6	3	3	201
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	6	2	Ret	Ret	5	5	4	3	6	3	5	5	3	2	8	173
6	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Ret	11	Ret	3	4	4	3	Ret	5	4	3	Ret	5	14	DNS	116
7	Takeshi Tsujimura	T.S. Honda	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	13	8	6	6	7	5	4	109
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	5	8	5	14	8	6	Ret	8	9	7	8	Ret	8	6	14	102
9	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	6	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	8	7	85
10	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	9	16	9	9	Ret	11	9	7	8	10		Ret	11	10	10	73
11	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Ret	12	Ret	10	9	7	Ret	Ret	16	9	9	10	18	9	9	60
12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	14	9	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret		55
13	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	11	Ret	12	15	Ret	10	8	9	18	Ret	Ret	14	10	13	11	47
14	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	13	21	14	13	14	12	11	11	11		11	15	15	12	12	44
15	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	8	22	Ret	Ret	16	DNS	13	13	15	11	Ret	9	16	11	13	35
16	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Ret	17	11	11	11	8	10	Ret	17	Ret	Ret		13	Ret	16	32
17	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	7	DNS		Ret	DNS		Ret	10	10	14	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	31
18	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia				2	Ret			6								30
19	Daijiro Kato	Honda		1														25
20	William Costes	Honda	Ret	Ret	19	17	13	9	7	12	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	23
21	José Luis Cardoso	Honda	Ret	20	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	15	13	11	14	Ret	Ret	19
22	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Ret	14	16	8	12		Ret	15	Ret	Ret		13	Ret	Ret	Ret	18
23	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	10	18	13	16	15		12	16	19	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	17	14
24	Luca Boscoscuri	Honda	15	19	15	12	Ret		Ret	Ret	14	13	Ret	Ret	17	15	15	13
25	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia			Ret				Ret	Ret	12	16	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
26	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki		6														10
27	Troy Bayliss	Suzuki															6	10
28	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha		10														6
29	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	12	Ret	17	Ret	19	DNS	15	Ret	21	19	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
30	Scott Smart	Honda											12					4
31	Naoto Ogura	Yamaha		13														3
32	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda						13										3
33	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				2
34	Maurice Bolwerk	Honda							14					Ret				2
35	John McGuinnes	Aprilia											14					2
36	Choujun Kameya	Suzuki		15														1
37	Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia						15						17				1
38	Callum Ramsay	Honda											15					1
Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

125cc

^[7]

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	1	Ret	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	6	321
2	Noboru Ueda	Honda	3	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	5	Ret	2	3	1	3	4	1	238
3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	7	12	5	5	3	2	2	2	Ret	4	8	2	5	5	3	190
4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	2	2	7	6	6	Ret	3	3	Ret	5	Ret	9	2	2	2	179
5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	5	13	4	7	5	DNS	7	Ret	9	10	2	8	11	6	8	120
6	Jorge Martínez	Aprilia	6	5	3	2	Ret	DNS	6	6	6	7	Ret	Ret	12	3	13	119
7	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Ret	7	Ret	3	4	3	Ret	4	Ret	13	4	11	9	9	9	109
8	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	17	11	8	14	8	Ret	8	7	Ret	11	5	4	7	10	4	97
9	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	4	18	12	16	Ret	7	Ret	10	7	6	7	12	4	Ret	10	83
10	Frédéric Petit	Honda	9	10	13	9	10	5	9	Ret	4	9	9	15	10	14	Ret	83
11	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	16	9	21	12	9	8	13	11	12	Ret	11	6	8	7	5	81
12	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	22	10	7	4	5	8	Ret	3	Ret	10	18	8	Ret	77
13	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	8	6	10	15	Ret	6	Ret	12	2	16	6	Ret	13	21	14	74
14	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	10	Ret	15	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	10	5	6	13	7	73
15	Masao Azuma	Honda	12	4	9	11	11	9	10	9	Ret	17	13	Ret	Ret	11	12	66
16	Manfred Geissler	Honda	18	23	17	17			12	16								31
16	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia					13	Ret			3	Ret	12	13	DNS	Ret	15	31
17	Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Ret	24	19	18	14	11	14	Ret	10	15	15	16	Ret	17	11	22
18	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	13	14	11	13	12	16	15	Ret	13	18	17	Ret				21
19	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	21	18	22	15	13	17	18	Ret	12	16	7	14	15	16	20
20	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	22	15	23	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	14	Ret	Ret	16	12	Ret	19
21	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	11	Ret	14		Ret	Ret	11	13	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	20	Ret	17
22	Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda		3														16
23	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	6	Ret			Ret	15								11
24	Kazuhiro Takao	Honda		8														8
25	Dirk Raudies	Honda	14	Ret	20	20	Ret	10	Ret	17	Ret	20	Ret	19	17	Ret	Ret	8
26	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Aprilia	19	22	24	23	16	15	16	14	11	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	16	17	8
27	Josep Sardá	Honda	15	19	26	19	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	18	DNS	19	18	3
28	Alex Hofmann	Yamaha									14							2
29	Darren Barton	Honda											14					2
30	Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda					Ret	18			15	Ret						1
31	Álvaro Molina	Honda			Ret										15			1
	Rudi Arianto	Yamaha														Ret		0
	Irvan Octavianus	Yamaha														Ret		0
	Ahmad Jayadi	Yamaha														Ret		0
	Nasrul Arif	Honda														Ret		0
Pos	Rider	Bike	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

500cc

Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	375
2	Yamaha	4	7	7	2	3	7	10	6	7	3	5	2	4	5	3	188
3	Suzuki	Ret	13	12	5	7	10	7	10	9	10	6	10	17	12	7	90
4	Aprilia	Ret	DNS	6	11	10	11	3	Ret	5	7	7	Ret	10	10	11	88
5	Modenas KR3	Ret	14	13	8	14	Ret	8	8	Ret	8	11	9	8	9	14	68
6	ELF 500	14	Ret	16	Ret	12	9	9	14	8	6	8	Ret	9	11	Ret	60
7	ROC Yamaha	16	16	15	14	15	19	16	15	15	12	16	14	18	17	17	12
Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

^[4]

250cc

Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	360
2	Aprilia	2	3	2	2	4	1	1	5	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	268
3	T.S. Honda	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	13	8	6	6	7	5	4	109
4	Yamaha	11	10	10	11	11	8	8	9	11	15	11	11	10	12	11	81
5	Suzuki	14	6	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	15	7	Ret	10	13	9	Ret	6	72
Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

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125cc

Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts
1	Aprilia	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	351
2	Honda	3	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	1	3	4	1	287
3	Yamaha	8	6	10	10	7	4	5	8	2	3	6	10	13	8	11	139
Pos	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	IMO	GER	RIO	GBR	CZE	CAT	INA	AUS	Pts

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[Motocourse:_50_Years_Of_Moto_Grand_Prix-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7

[2] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1997". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[3] "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1997". www.motogp.com.

[500stand-4] "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – World Championship Classification" (PDF). dorna.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 1997.

[5] "500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1997".

[250stand-6] "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – World Championship Classification" (PDF). dorna.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 1997.

[125stand-7] "1997 Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – World Championship Classification" (PDF). dorna.com. Dorna Sports. 5 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 1997.

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