The 1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 August 1997 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. A young Valentino Rossi took his first title at this track by finishing in 3rd place a year after winning his first race here in 1996
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 45:25.012 25 2 Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +14.858 20 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +15.110 16 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +15.323 13 5 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +15.648 11 6 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +16.846 10 7 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +48.778 9 8 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +48.945 8 9 Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +50.117 7 10 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:02.377 6 11 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:07.852 5 12 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:39.033 4 13 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:45.597 3 14 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 2 Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 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 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Retirement Ret Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports Yamaha Retirement Ret Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Retirement Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Honda 42:06.724 25 2 Olivier Jacque Honda +0.514 20 3 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +9.992 16 4 Ralf Waldmann Honda +13.153 13 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda +31.776 11 6 Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +38.777 10 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +43.740 9 8 Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +58.722 8 9 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +59.569 7 10 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +1:03.501 6 11 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +1:12.403 5 12 Emilio Alzamora Honda +1:17.559 4 13 Jamie Robinson Suzuki +1:25.621 3 14 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:26.471 2 15 Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:31.953 1 16 Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1:34.293 17 Claudio Vanzetta Aprilia +1:58.858 18 Kurtis Roberts Honda +1 Lap 19 Oscar Sainz Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Radomil Rous Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Luca Boscoscuro Honda Retirement Ret Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Haruchika Aoki Honda Retirement Ret Vladimir Castka Honda Retirement Ret Maurice Bolwerk Honda Retirement Ret William Costes Honda Retirement Ret Noriyasu Numata Suzuki Retirement Ret Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia Retirement Ret Bohumil Staša Jr. Aprilia Retirement Ret Loris Capirossi Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Noboru Ueda Honda 42:13.666 25 2 Tomomi Manako Honda +0.170 20 3 Valentino Rossi Aprilia +0.328 16 4 Roberto Locatelli Honda +0.776 13 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +0.883 11 6 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +0.960 10 7 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1.054 9 8 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +1.162 8 9 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +3.442 7 10 Youichi Ui Yamaha +6.062 6 11 Garry McCoy Aprilia +11.579 5 12 Mirko Giansanti Honda +11.756 4 13 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +11.885 3 14 Jaroslav Huleš Honda +12.801 2 15 Frederic Petit Honda +13.289 1 16 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +29.524 17 Marco Melandri Honda +29.622 18 Josep Sarda Honda +35.321 19 Dirk Raudies Honda +1:04.317 20 Emanuel Buchner Aprilia +1:04.517 21 Igor Kaláb Honda +1:44.329 Ret Ivan Goi Aprilia Retirement Ret Michal Březina Honda Retirement Ret Masao Azuma Honda Retirement Ret Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha Retirement Ret Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia Retirement Ret Gino Borsoi Yamaha Retirement Ret Chris Burns Honda Retirement Ret Jorge Martínez Aprilia Retirement
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