The 1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 July 1997 at the Nürburgring.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 44:55.117 25 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.690 20 3 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +24.873 16 4 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +25.157 13 5 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +35.884 11 6 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +38.907 10 7 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +39.541 9 8 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +52.475 8 9 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.283 7 10 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +55.436 6 11 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +55.794 5 12 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:02.772 4 13 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:17.345 3 14 Bernard Garcia Team Tecmas Honda +1:22.292 2 15 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 1 16 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Retirement Ret Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement Ret Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement Ret Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda Retirement Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Ret Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 42:36.407 25 2 Olivier Jacque Honda +0.093 20 3 Ralf Waldmann Honda +0.106 16 4 Max Biaggi Honda +0.135 13 5 Loris Capirossi Aprilia +28.183 11 6 Tohru Ukawa Honda +34.325 10 7 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +41.082 9 8 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +41.082 8 9 Haruchika Aoki Honda +42.656 7 10 Emilio Alzamora Honda +53.170 6 11 Franco Battaini Yamaha +59.502 5 12 Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:12.687 4 13 Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +1:14.481 3 14 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:17.778 2 15 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:18.013 1 16 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +1:18.245 17 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +1:18.483 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:18.519 19 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:18.883 20 William Costes Honda +1:19.530 21 Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1:32.590 22 Kurtis Roberts Honda +1 Lap 23 Jurgen Lingg Honda +1 Lap 24 Matthias Neukirchen Yamaha +1 Lap 25 Stefan Kruse Honda +1 Lap Ret Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Jamie Robinson Suzuki Retirement Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement Ret Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 48:05.749 25 2 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +0.569 20 3 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +13.523 16 4 Frederic Petit Honda +39.485 13 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +40.020 11 6 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +40.040 10 7 Mirko Giansanti Honda +59.415 9 8 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:01.314 8 9 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +1:03.505 7 10 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +1:04.228 6 11 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:07.668 5 12 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +1:14.204 4 13 Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:15.843 3 14 Alex Hofmann Yamaha +2:06.339 2 15 Benny Jerzenbeck Honda +1 Lap 1 16 Klaus Nohles Honda +2 Laps Ret Masao Azuma Honda Retirement Ret Tomomi Manako Honda Retirement Ret Emanuel Buchner Aprilia Retirement Ret Josep Sarda Honda Retirement Ret Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Retirement Ret Dirk Raudies Honda Retirement Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement Ret Mark Stief Honda Retirement Ret Roberto Locatelli Honda Retirement Ret Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement Ret Dirk Heidolf Honda Retirement Ret Oliver Perschke Honda Retirement Ret Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement Ret Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement
References