1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 July 1997 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

  1997 City of Imola Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 July 1997
Official name	Gran Premio Città di Imola[1]
Location	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.930 km (3.063 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:48.997 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:49.436 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Nobuatsu Aoki Third Takuma Aoki
250 cc
Pole position Rider Olivier Jacque Time 1:51.582 Fastest lap Rider Tetsuya Harada Time 1:51.872 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Olivier Jacque Third Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:58.886 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:58.490 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Tomomi Manako Third Kazuto Sakata

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:58.995	25
2	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+8.646	20
3	Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+20.016	16
4	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+24.570	13
5	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+25.884	11
6	Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+26.080	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+29.374	9
8	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	+40.881	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+43.539	7
10	Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:01.383	6
11	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+1:05.922	5
12	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:06.775	4
13	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:13.074	3
14	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:14.719	2
15	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1:46.200	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1:55.880
17	Kenny Roberts Jr	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	+1 Lap
18	Frédéric Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Francesco Monaco	Team Paton	Paton	+1 Lap
Ret	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Team Tecmas	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Sources: [1][2]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	+43:17.419	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+0.656	20
3	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+0.816	16
4	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+6.500	13
5	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+27.143	11
6	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	+54.157	10
7	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+57.951	9
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+1:01.580	8
9	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:12.813	7
10	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:13.752	6
11	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:13.924	5
12	William Costes	Honda	+1:16.926	4
13	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:17.031	3
14	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:18.149	2
15	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+1:27.289	1
16	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:29.273
17	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Noriyasu Numata	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Retirement
Sources: [1][2]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	41:50.114	25
2	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+1.625	20
3	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+23.551	16
4	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+27.062	13
5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+28.196	11
6	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+28.864	10
7	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+29.740	9
8	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+35.136	8
9	Masao Azuma	Honda	+54.446	7
10	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+54.818	6
11	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+56.181	5
12	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+59.278	4
13	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+1:00.363	3
14	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:17.331	2
15	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	+1:17.958	1
16	Manfred Geissler	Honda	+1:25.233
17	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:30.576
18	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:51.087
19	Christian Pistoni	Honda	+1:52.460
20	Maurizio Cucchiarini	Honda	+2:22.679
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Petit	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Igor Antonelli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Paolo Tessari	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Gabriele Debbia	Yamaha	Retirement

Previous race: 1997 Dutch TT	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1997 season	Next race: 1997 German Grand Prix
Previous race: 1996 Imola Grand Prix	Imola Grand Prix	Next race: 1998 Imola Grand Prix

References

1. "1997 Imola MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
2. "motogp.com · IMOLA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.