1997 Superbike World Championship

The 1997 Superbike World Championship was the tenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 23 March at Phillip Island and finished on 12 October at Sentul after 12 rounds.

John Kocinski won the riders' championship with 9 victories and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results 1997 Superbike World Championship Calendar https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1997 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 Phillip Island 23 March Aaron Slight John Kocinski John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 Colin Edwards Aaron Slight Castrol Honda 2 R1 Misano 20 April Akira Yanagawa Pierfrancesco Chili Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing Report R2 John Kocinski John Kocinski Castrol Honda 3 R1 Donington 4 May Neil Hodgson Pierfrancesco Chili Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 4 R1 Hockenheim 8 June Simon Crafar John Kocinski Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 5 R1 Monza 22 June Scott Russell Aaron Slight John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 Pierfrancesco Chili Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing 6 R1 Laguna Seca 13 July Pierfrancesco Chili Carl Fogarty John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 John Kocinski John Kocinski Castrol Honda 7 R1 Brands Hatch 3 August Pierfrancesco Chili Niall Mackenzie Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 8 R1 A1-Ring 17 August Pierfrancesco Chili Akira Yanagawa Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF Report R2 Akira Yanagawa Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing 9 R1 Assen 31 August John Kocinski Pierfrancesco Chili John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 Pierfrancesco Chili Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 10 R1 Albacete 21 September John Kocinski John Kocinski John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 Simon Crafar John Kocinski Castrol Honda 11 R1 Sugo 5 October Akira Yanagawa Akira Yanagawa Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike 12 R1 Sentul 12 October John Kocinski John Kocinski John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 John Kocinski Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF

Championship standings Riders' standings Riders entered into the European Superbike Championship—who scored points towards a separate championship— were not eligible to score World Championship points. 1997 final riders' standings Pos Rider Bike AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 John Kocinski Honda 1 7 2 1 10 5 2 14 1 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 1 3 1 1 9 3 1 Ret 416 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 4 2 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret Ret 13 Ret 3 1 358 3 Aaron Slight Honda Ret 1 4 2 1 3 1 Ret 2 5 7 10 6 8 3 2 4 4 2 3 6 4 2 4 343 4 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 4 Ret Ret 5 DNS DNS 8 2 8 Ret 10 5 5 4 2 1 8 7 4 4 1 Ret 4 2 247 5 Simon Crafar Kawasaki 3 3 5 7 3 4 Ret 6 4 7 4 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 9 6 3 2 3 2 Ret Ret 234 6 Scott Russell Yamaha 7 6 Ret 6 6 7 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 5 7 4 6 8 Ret 5 14 Ret 6 5 226 7 Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati Ret DNS 1 Ret Ret 2 5 7 7 1 Ret 6 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 5 7 12 Ret Ret Ret 209 8 James Whitham Suzuki Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 10 14 3 6 3 8 Ret 7 9 10 6 7 11 Ret 10 DNS DNS 9 6 140 9 Neil Hodgson Ducati Ret Ret 7 4 4 9 6 8 Ret 9 4 6 8 Ret 5 5 Ret 8 18 Ret Ret 7 137 10 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret 10 8 Ret 11 Ret 11 11 9 6 9 7 8 12 9 5 Ret 10 6 6 Ret Ret DNS DNS 118 11 Mike Hale Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 10 9 14 Ret 9 11 11 7 11 Ret 8 9 21 10 8 Ret 87 12 Colin Edwards Yamaha Ret 2 6 8 5 6 7 5 DNS DNS WD WD 79 13 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 2 1 5 3 72 14 Pere Riba Honda 10 17 9 9 18 15 NC 22 18 11 13 13 16 12 12 15 11 13 23 15 11 11 69 15 Igor Jerman Kawasaki 12 Ret 13 Ret 20 17 16 16 15 16 15 13 Ret 15 17 13 16 14 13 20 28 14 10 9 50 16 Chris Walker Yamaha 10 10 12 10 10 9 10 11 47 17 Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 13 9 13 10 14 11 13 12 9 12 46 18 Andreas Meklau Ducati 8 15 17 14 10 10 11 Ret DNS DNS 15 8 40 19 Miguel Duhamel Honda 3 3 32 20 Troy Bayliss Suzuki 5 5 22 21 Michael Rutter Honda 11 3 21 22 John Reynolds Ducati 9 11 19 Ret 7 Ret 21 23 Sean Emmett Ducati 14 12 Ret Ret 20 9 Ret 8 21 24 Suzuki 8 5 20 25 James Haydon Ducati Ret 14 Ret 11 16 DSQ DNS Ret 12 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 19 26 Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 13 13 DNS 13 Ret Ret 7 Ret 18 27 Tamaki Serizawa Suzuki 10 6 17 28 Martin Craggill Kawasaki 6 9 17 29 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 7 8 DSQ Ret 17 30 Christian Lavielle Honda 10 10 19 16 17 Ret Ret 12 16 31 Makoto Suzuki Ducati 25 11 12 10 15 32 Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 4 Ret 13 33 Tom Kipp Yamaha 12 8 12 34 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 12 Ret 12 12 12 35 Doug Chandler Kawasaki 5 Ret 11 36 Yuichi Takeda Honda 16 7 11 37 Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 7 Ret 10 38 Akira Ryō Kawasaki 17 8 9 39 Steve Crevier Honda 11 12 9 40 Damon Buckmaster Kawasaki Ret 8 8 41 Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki 15 17 18 16 7 42 Kawasaki 13 13 6 43 Aaron Yates Suzuki Ret 11 5 44 Benn Archibald Kawasaki 13 Ret 5 45 Phil Giles Kawasaki 15 14 5 46 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 15 Ret 3 47 Christian Häusle Ducati Ret 16 3 48 Pascal Picotte Suzuki 13 Ret 3 49 Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha 16 14 3 50 Johann Wolfsteiner Kawasaki NC 19 2 51 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 14 Ret 2 52 Ossi Niederkircher Suzuki 22 22 1 53 David Emmerson Suzuki Ret 18 1 Riders not eligible to score points, with at least a top-15 finish Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 5 Ret 0 Shawn Giles Honda 9 10 0 Udo Mark Suzuki 15 15 17 12 13 9 14 13 12 14 0 Giorgio Cantalupo Ducati 11 13 Ret 19 21 20 20 15 17 22 19 17 23 Ret 14 17 0 Jason Love Ducati 11 16 0 Shinichi Ito Honda 11 Ret 0 Craig Connell Ducati Ret 11 0 Ray Stringer Kawasaki 12 16 0 Redamo Assirelli Yamaha 12 17 21 21 Ret Ret 0 Ichiro Asai Ducati 24 12 0 Manabu Kamada Honda 22 13 0 Jiří Mrkývka Honda 14 15 22 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 19 21 25 18 Ret 20 15 18 0 Bruno Scatola Kawasaki 15 14 Ret DNS 0 Anton Gruschka Yamaha Ret Ret 21 18 18 17 19 18 Ret 19 18 14 20 Ret 16 19 0 Mike Krynock Suzuki 16 14 0 Brett Sampson Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 Ret 0 Greg Moss Honda 14 Ret 0 Gerhard Esterer Kawasaki 16 DNS 20 19 24 19 20 15 0 Craig Stafford Yamaha 15 19 0 Riders not eligible to finish and to start the race Joenzindy Gozali Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Affandi Bar Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 Jimmy Tanujaya Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings 1997 final manufacturers' standings Pos. Manufacturer AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Honda 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 14 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 6 3 1 4 486 2 Ducati 2 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 2 1 5 7 11 9 3 1 440 3 Kawasaki 3 3 5 5 3 4 8 2 4 6 4 5 5 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 2 4 2 359 4 Yamaha 7 2 6 6 5 6 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 5 7 4 6 8 10 5 2 1 5 3 301 5 Suzuki 5 5 Ret 12 8 10 9 3 6 3 8 11 7 9 10 6 7 11 8 9 4 5 8 6 205 Pos. Manufacturer AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA Pts

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