The 1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 May 1997 at the Mugello Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Team Honda 44:06.442 25 2 Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +10.056 20 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +17.349 16 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda +19.145 13 5 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +21.089 11 6 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +21.393 10 7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +29.190 9 8 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +29.414 8 9 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +30.704 7 10 Régis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +37.012 6 11 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +51.222 5 12 Troy Corser Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +1:25.556 4 13 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:33.610 3 14 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:43.717 2 15 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Yamaha +1:56.633 1 16 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Frédéric Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap Ret Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement Ret Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda Retirement Ret Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda Retirement Ret Francesco Monaco Team Paton Paton Retirement Ret Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Honda 40:47.548 25 2 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia +0.050 20 3 Loris Capirossi Aprilia +0.068 16 4 Ralf Waldmann Honda +4.174 13 5 Olivier Jacque Honda +19.185 11 6 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +43.619 10 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +51.447 9 8 Jamie Robinson Suzuki +51.552 8 9 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +54.271 7 10 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +55.006 6 11 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +55.106 5 12 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +55.983 4 13 Franco Battaini Yamaha +56.734 3 14 Haruchika Aoki Honda +57.503 2 15 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:12.080 1 16 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:28.701 17 William Costes Honda +1:29.037 18 Idalio Gavira Aprilia +1:53.840 19 Walter Tortoroglio Aprilia +2 Laps Ret Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement Ret Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda Retirement Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement Ret Oscar Sainz Aprilia Retirement Ret Eddie Roberts Aprilia Retirement Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement Ret Fabio Carpani Aprilia Retirement Ret Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement Ret Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 40:40.093 25 2 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +3.311 20 3 Garry McCoy Aprilia +3.313 16 4 Noboru Ueda Honda +3.380 13 5 Tomomi Manako Honda +3.394 11 6 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +3.397 10 7 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +3.887 9 8 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +7.595 8 9 Frederic Petit Honda +17.577 7 10 Youichi Ui Yamaha +17.619 6 11 Masao Azuma Honda +37.303 5 12 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +37.403 4 13 Ivan Goi Aprilia +37.431 3 14 Roberto Locatelli Honda +37.479 2 15 Yoshiaki Katoh Honda +37.508 1 16 Mirko Giansanti Honda +37.803 17 Manfred Geissler Honda +38.126 18 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +38.135 19 Josep Sarda Honda +1:18.683 20 Dirk Raudies Honda +1:18.725 21 Roberto Bellei Honda +1:18.853 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:21.155 23 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:48.618 24 Simone Sanna Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Marco Borciani Honda Retirement Ret Igor Antonelli Honda Retirement Ret Federico Cerroni Aprilia Retirement Ret Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement Ret Gino Borsoi Yamaha Retirement
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