The 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 August 1997 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 45:05.793 25 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +0.706 20 3 Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +22.535 16 4 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +23.493 13 5 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +23.769 11 6 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +29.435 10 7 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +41.674 9 8 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +44.113 8 9 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +1:02.722 7 10 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:06.351 6 11 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:09.161 5 12 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:25.393 4 13 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:27.215 3 14 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:28.898 2 15 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Yamaha +1:50.890 1 16 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Ret Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Retirement Ret Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement Ret Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Olivier Jacque Honda 42:09.114 25 2 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +0.233 20 3 Tohru Ukawa Honda +6.088 16 4 Loris Capirossi Aprilia +15.065 13 5 Max Biaggi Honda +22.377 11 6 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +31.888 10 7 Haruchika Aoki Honda +47.291 9 8 Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +50.732 8 9 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +52.808 7 10 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +53.489 6 11 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:00.520 5 12 Ralf Waldmann Honda +1:04.124 4 13 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:05.342 3 14 Emilio Alzamora Honda +1:07.396 2 15 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +1:09.352 1 16 Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:10.294 17 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:37.897 18 Kurtis Roberts Honda +1:57.163 19 Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Federico Gartner Honda Retirement Ret Luis d'Antin Yamaha Retirement Ret Johann Stigefelt Suzuki Retirement Ret William Costes Honda Retirement Ret Noriyasu Numata Suzuki Retirement Ret Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:32.218 25 2 Noboru Ueda Honda +1.379 20 3 Youichi Ui Yamaha +8.481 16 4 Tomomi Manako Honda +9.015 13 5 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +27.102 11 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda +27.240 10 7 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +27.391 9 8 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.454 8 9 Frederic Petit Honda +27.582 7 10 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +27.731 6 11 Roberto Locatelli Honda +27.981 5 12 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +37.002 4 13 Garry McCoy Aprilia +37.228 3 14 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +39.196 2 15 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +39.514 1 16 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +48.621 17 Masao Azuma Honda +57.139 18 Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:03.048 19 Josep Sarda Honda +1:07.347 20 Dirk Raudies Honda +1:12.489 21 Adilson Zaccari Honda +1 Lap 22 César Barros Honda +1 Lap 23 Carlos Medeiros Honda +1 Lap 24 Renato Velludo Honda +1 Lap 25 Eraldo Tome Honda +1 Lap Ret Benny Jerzenbeck Honda Retirement Ret Cristiano Irias-Vieira Honda Retirement Ret Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia Retirement Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement Ret Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement Ret Gianluigi Scalvini Honda Retirement
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