The 1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 October 1997 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:53.362 25 2 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +2.268 20 3 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +28.119 16 4 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +35.230 13 5 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +35.540 11 6 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +35.678 10 7 Yukio Kagayama Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +35.770 9 8 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +36.260 8 9 Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +36.795 7 10 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +37.546 6 11 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +37.761 5 12 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +56.989 4 13 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports Yamaha +1:01.191 3 14 Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +1:02.256 2 15 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:02.500 1 16 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +1:24.816 17 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap 19 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement Ret Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement Ret Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Ralf Waldmann Honda 40:09.735 25 2 Max Biaggi Honda +5.829 20 3 Olivier Jacque Honda +27.251 16 4 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +27.639 13 5 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +27.926 11 6 Troy Bayliss Suzuki +28.118 10 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +29.038 9 8 Tohru Ukawa Honda +43.594 8 9 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +58.422 7 10 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +1:05.476 6 11 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:05.563 5 12 Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:12.379 4 13 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:19.550 3 14 Haruchika Aoki Honda +1:19.683 2 15 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:19.740 1 16 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +1:21.981 17 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:40.671 18 William Strugnell Honda +1 Lap 19 Simon Weeks Honda +1 Lap 20 Ben Reid Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Michael Clunie Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Retirement Ret Jamie Robinson Suzuki Retirement Ret Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement Ret William Costes Honda Retirement Ret Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Noboru Ueda Honda 38:59.797 25 2 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +1.366 20 3 Tomomi Manako Honda +1.866 16 4 Roberto Locatelli Honda +1.903 13 5 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +5.587 11 6 Valentino Rossi Aprilia +18.953 10 7 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.244 9 8 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +35.786 8 9 Garry McCoy Aprilia +35.897 7 10 Mirko Giansanti Honda +36.392 6 11 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +36.404 5 12 Masao Azuma Honda +36.466 4 13 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +44.911 3 14 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +56.342 2 15 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +56.529 1 16 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +56.533 17 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:00.032 18 Josep Sarda Honda +1:00.176 19 Shahrol Yuzy Honda +1:26.735 20 Jay Taylor Honda +1:32.022 21 Hayden Bool Honda +1 Lap 22 James Armstrong Yamaha +2 Laps Ret Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement Ret Xavier Soler Aprilia Retirement Ret William Strugnell Honda Retirement Ret Andrew Willy Yamaha Retirement Ret Peter Galvin Honda Retirement Ret Dirk Raudies Honda Retirement Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement Ret Gino Borsoi Yamaha Retirement Ret Frederic Petit Honda Retirement
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