1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 August 1997 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

Brazil  1997 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 August 1997
Official nameLucky Strike Rio Grand Prix[1]
LocationAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:51.955
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:51.928
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Japan Tadayuki Okada
Third Italy Luca Cadalora
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:53.870
Fastest lap
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:54.267
Podium
First France Olivier Jacque
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 2:00.287
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:00.074
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Noboru Ueda
Third Japan Youichi Ui

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 45:05.793 25
2 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +0.706 20
3 Italy Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +22.535 16
4 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +23.493 13
5 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +23.769 11
6 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +29.435 10
7 Italy Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +41.674 9
8 France Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +44.113 8
9 France Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +1:02.722 7
10 Australia Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:06.351 6
11 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:09.161 5
12 Australia Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:25.393 4
13 Australia Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:27.215 3
14 Spain Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:28.898 2
15 Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Yamaha +1:50.890 1
16 Belgium Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
17 France Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap
Ret Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement
Ret Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Retirement
Ret Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda Retirement
Sources: [1][2]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 France Olivier Jacque Honda 42:09.114 25
2 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +0.233 20
3 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +6.088 16
4 Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia +15.065 13
5 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +22.377 11
6 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia +31.888 10
7 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda +47.291 9
8 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +50.732 8
9 Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia +52.808 7
10 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Honda +53.489 6
11 Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:00.520 5
12 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda +1:04.124 4
13 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:05.342 3
14 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +1:07.396 2
15 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +1:09.352 1
16 Italy Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:10.294
17 Switzerland Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:37.897
18 United States Kurtis Roberts Honda +1:57.163
19 Spain Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret Spain Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement
Ret Argentina Federico Gartner Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha Retirement
Ret Sweden Johann Stigefelt Suzuki Retirement
Ret France William Costes Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki Retirement
Ret Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:32.218 25
2 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +1.379 20
3 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha +8.481 16
4 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +9.015 13
5 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +27.102 11
6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda +27.240 10
7 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +27.391 9
8 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.454 8
9 France Frederic Petit Honda +27.582 7
10 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +27.731 6
11 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda +27.981 5
12 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +37.002 4
13 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia +37.228 3
14 Italy Gino Borsoi Yamaha +39.196 2
15 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha +39.514 1
16 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +48.621
17 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +57.139
18 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:03.048
19 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +1:07.347
20 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +1:12.489
21 Brazil Adilson Zaccari Honda +1 Lap
22 Brazil César Barros Honda +1 Lap
23 Brazil Carlos Medeiros Honda +1 Lap
24 Brazil Renato Velludo Honda +1 Lap
25 Brazil Eraldo Tome Honda +1 Lap
Ret Austria Benny Jerzenbeck Honda Retirement
Ret Brazil Cristiano Irias-Vieira Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia Retirement
Ret Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda Retirement

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