1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1997 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 October 1997
Official name	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]^[2]
Location	Phillip Island
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:33.135 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:34.113 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Takuma Aoki Third Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:34.789 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:35.409 Podium First Ralf Waldmann Second Max Biaggi Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:40.680 Fastest lap Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:40.348 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Kazuto Sakata Third Tomomi Manako

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	+1:02.256	2
15	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:02.500	1
16	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	+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:^[3]^[4]

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

Previous race: 1997 Indonesian Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1997 season	Next race: 1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Previous race: 1996 Australian Grand Prix	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 1998 Australian Grand Prix

References

1. "1997 Australian MotoGP". Motor Sport. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
3. "1997 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". motogp.com.