1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 May 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

  1997 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 May 1997
Official nameGran Premio Lucky Strike de España[1][2]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:43.403
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:44.564
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé
Second Mick Doohan
Third Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:44.770
Fastest lap
Rider Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:45.483
Podium
First Ralf Waldmann
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Max Biaggi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Jorge Martínez
Time 1:49.582
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:49.604
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Noboru Ueda
Third Jorge Martínez

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 47:30.624 25
2 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.636 20
3 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.670 16
4 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +22.703 13
5 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +28.414 11
6 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +31.762 10
7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +32.488 9
8 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +33.306 8
9 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +33.557 7
10 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +41.982 6
11 Luca Cadalora Yamaha Promotor Racing Yamaha +45.002 5
12 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +49.769 4
13 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas +52.457 3
14 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +53.460 2
15 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:36.468 1
16 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:31.257
17 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1:38.996
18 Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas +1:41.246
19 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement
Ret Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
Ret Troy Corser Yamaha Promotor Racing Yamaha Retirement
Ret Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Ralf Waldmann Honda 46:03.640 25
2 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +12.724 20
3 Max Biaggi Honda +19.428 16
4 Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +30.257 13
5 Haruchika Aoki Honda +30.744 11
6 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +36.480 10
7 Olivier Jacque Honda +41.960 9
8 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +47.000 8
9 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +58.000 7
10 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +58.000 6
11 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +59.288 5
12 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:00.324 4
13 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:03.231 3
14 Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:03.584 2
15 Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:07.830 1
16 Jamie Robinson Suzuki +1:15.710
17 Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1:26.998
18 Oscar Sainz Aprilia +1:27.370
19 William Costes Honda +1:31.354
Ret José Martin Aprilia Retirement
Ret Kurtis Roberts Aprilia Retirement
Ret Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement
Ret Ismael Bonilla Honda Retirement
Ret Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jesus Perez Honda Retirement
Ret Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement
Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Sebastian Porto Aprilia Retirement
Ret Loris Capirossi Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:30.676 25
2 Noboru Ueda Honda +0.358 20
3 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +0.500 16
4 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +1.343 13
5 Tomomi Manako Honda +1.508 11
6 Peter Öttl Aprilia +8.100 10
7 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +10.300 9
8 Roberto Locatelli Honda +14.560 8
9 Masao Azuma Honda +18.800 7
10 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +20.090 6
11 Ivan Goi Aprilia +21.586 5
12 Mirko Giansanti Honda +24.467 4
13 Frederic Petit Honda +24.844 3
14 Jaroslav Hules Honda +24.910 2
15 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.114 1
16 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +46.271
17 Manfred Geissler Honda +46.846
18 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +46.897
19 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +46.922
20 Dirk Raudies Honda +47.591
21 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +55.166
22 Youichi Ui Yamaha +1:04.376
23 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:25.868
24 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:30.711
25 Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha +1:43.319
26 Josep Sarda Honda +1:43.449
Ret Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia Retirement
Ret José Ramirez Yamaha Retirement
Ret Alvaro Molina Honda Retirement
Ret Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement
Previous race:
1997 Japanese Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1997 season		 Next race:
1997 Italian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1996 Spanish Grand Prix		 Spanish Grand Prix Next race:
1998 Spanish Grand Prix

References
  1. "1997 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "1997 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.
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