1997 motorcycle world championship

1997 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Mick Doohan
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Max Biaggi
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Constructor:	Aprilia
<1996 season	1998 season>

The 1997 motorcycle world championship season was the 49th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

15 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 13th	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Nobuatsu Aoki	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan
2	April 20	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Tadayuki Okada	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan
3	04.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Tadayuki Okada	Àlex Crivillé
4th	May 18	Italian GP	Mugello	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora	Nobuatsu Aoki	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
5	01.06.	Austrian GP	A1 ring	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
6th	08.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
7th	28.06.	67. Dutch TT	Aces	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa	Doriano Romboni	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa
8th	06.07.	GP of Imola	Imola	Mick Doohan	Nobuatsu Aoki	Takuma Aoki	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
9	07/20	61st GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Takuma Aoki	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
10	03.08.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada
11	08/17	British GP	Donington	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Alex Barros	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
12	08/31	Czech GP	Brno	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora	Nobuatsu Aoki	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
13	14.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
14th	28.09.	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada
15th	05.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Àlex Crivillé	Takuma Aoki	Norick Abe	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan

Driver ranking

1 Mick Doohan Honda 340 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda 197 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 179 4th Àlex Crivillé Honda 172 5 Takuma Aoki Honda 134 6th Luca Cadalora Yamaha 129 7th Norick Abe Yamaha 126 8th Carlos Checa Honda 119 9 Alex Barros Honda 101 10 Doriano Romboni Aprilia 88 11 Daryl Beattie Suzuki 63 12 Alberto Puig Honda 63 13 Sete Gibernau Yamaha 56 14th Regis Laconi Honda 52 15th Anthony Gobert Suzuki 44

16 Kenny Roberts Jr. Modenas 37 17th Juan Borja ELF 500 ROC 37 18th Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas 31 19th Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 29 20th Jürgen Fuchs ELF 500 ROC 28 21st Kirk McCarthy ROC-Yamaha / Yamaha 20th 22nd Peter Goddard Suzuki 13 23 Troy Corser Yamaha 11 24 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 9 25th Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 7th Bernard Garcia Honda 7th 27 Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 3 28 Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 2 Jay Vincent Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	375
2	Yamaha	188
3	Suzuki	90
4th	Aprilia	88
5	Modenas	68
6th	ELF 500 ROC	60
7th	ROC- Yamaha	12

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 13th	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
2	April 20	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
3	04.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Ralf Waldmann
4th	May 18	Italian GP	Mugello	Max Biaggi	Marcellino Lucchi	Loris Capirossi	Marcellino Lucchi	Ralf Waldmann
5	01.06.	Austrian GP	A1 ring	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Capirossi
6th	08.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Loris Capirossi
7th	28.06.	67. Dutch TT	Aces	Tetsuya Harada	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Capirossi	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
8th	06.07.	GP of Imola	Imola	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Tetsuya Harada
9	07/20	61st GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Tetsuya Harada	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Tetsuya Harada
10	03.08.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Olivier Jacque	Tetsuya Harada	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
11	08/17	British GP	Donington	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada
12	08/31	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Tetsuya Harada	Ralf Waldmann	Ralf Waldmann
13	14.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Tōru Ukawa	Ralf Waldmann	Ralf Waldmann
14th	28.09.	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Max Biaggi	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
15th	05.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann

Driver ranking

World Cup place	driver	motorcycle	TIMES	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	SMR	GER	BRA	GBR	CZE	CAT	IND	OUT	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	25th	9	16	25th	16	20th	DQ	25th	13	11	Ret	25th	20th	25th	20th	250
2	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	13	11	25th	13	20th	16	20th	13	16	4th	25th	13	25th	9	25th	248
3	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	20th	16	20th	Ret	0	25th	25th	11	25th	20th	20th	16	13	13	11	235
4th	Olivier Jacque	Honda	16	Inj	9	11	25th	Ret	Ret	20th	20th	25th	13	20th	10	16	16	201
5	Tōru Ukawa	Honda	10	20th	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	16	10	16	11	11	16	20th	8th	173
6th	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Ret	5	Ret	16	13	13	16	Ret	11	13	16	Ret	11	2		116
7th	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	Ret	13	13	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	3	8th	10	10	9	11	1	109
8th	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	11	8th	11	2	8th	10	Ret	8th	7th	9	8th	Ret	8th	10	2	102
9	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	10	9	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	10	9	9	Ret	8th	9	85
10	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	7th	0	7th	7th	Ret	5	7th	9	8th	6th	Ret		5	6th	6th	73
11	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Ret	4th	Ret	6th	7th	9	Ret	Ret	0	7th	7th	6th	0	7th	7th	60
12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	2	7th	8th	10	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6th	Ret	7th	Ret		55
13	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	5	Ret	4th	1	Ret	6th	8th	7th	0	Ret		2	6th	3	5	47
14th	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	3	0	2	3	2	4th	5	5	5		5	1	1	1	4th	44
15th	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	8th	0	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	3	3	1	5	Ret	7th	0	5	3	35
	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Ret	0	5	5	5	8th	6th	Ret	0	Ret	Ret		3	Ret	0	32
17th	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	9	Inj	Inj	Ret	DNS	Inj	Ret	6th	6th	2	Ret	4th	4th	Ret	Ret	31
18th	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia				20th	Ret			10								30th
19th	Daijirō Katō	Honda		25th														25th
20th	William Costes	Honda	Ret	Ret	0	0	3	7th	9	4th	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	23
21st	José Luis Cardoso	Honda	Ret	0	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	1	3	5	2	Ret	Ret	19th
	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Ret	2	0	8th	4th		Ret	1	Ret	Ret		3	Ret	Ret	Ret	19th
23	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	6th	0	3	0	1		4th	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	0	14th
24	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	1	0	1	4th	Ret		Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	0	1	1	13
25th	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia			Ret				Ret	Ret	4th	0	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
26th	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	10															10
	Troy Bayliss	Suzuki															10	10
28	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha		6th														6th
29	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	4th	Ret	0	Ret	0	DNS	1	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
30th	Scott Smart	Honda											4th					4th
31	Naoto Ogura	Yamaha		3														3
	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda						3										3
33	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	DNS	DNS	Ret	0	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				2
	Maurice Bolwerk	Honda							2					Ret				2
	John McGuinness	Aprilia											2					2
35	Choujun Kameya	Suzuki		1														1
	Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia						1						0				1
	Callum Ramsay	Honda											1					1
World Cup place	driver	motorcycle	TIMES	JPN	ESP	ITA	AUT	FRA	NED	SMR	GER	BRA	GBR	CZE	CAT	IND	OUT	Points

colour	result
gold	winner
silver	Second
bronze	Third
green	in the goal with points
blue	at the finish without points
violet	not in target (Ret)
pink	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DQ)
Azure blue	Race started as a rain race
no	not participated
	not participated due to injury (inj)
	not started (DNS)
	Race was canceled (Ann.)
	excluded (EX)

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	360
2	Aprilia	268
3	Technical Sports Honda	109
4th	Yamaha	81
5	Suzuki	72

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 13th	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Valentino Rossi	Kazuto Sakata	Noboru Ueda	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
2	April 20	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata	Hideyuki Nakajō	Noboru Ueda	Masaki Tokudome
3	04.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Noboru Ueda	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Valentino Rossi
4th	May 18	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Jorge Martínez	Garry McCoy	Jorge Martínez	Noboru Ueda
5	01.06.	Austrian GP	A1 ring	Noboru Ueda	Valentino Rossi	Tomomi Manako	Noboru Ueda	Valentino Rossi
6th	08.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Valentino Rossi	Tomomi Manako	Garry McCoy	Garry McCoy	Tomomi Manako
7th	28.06.	67. Dutch TT	Aces	Valentino Rossi	Tomomi Manako	Kazuto Sakata	Valentino Rossi	Tomomi Manako
8th	06.07.	GP of Imola	Imola	Valentino Rossi	Tomomi Manako	Kazuto Sakata	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
9	07/20	61st GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Valentino Rossi	Yoshiaki Katō	Manfred Geissler	Valentino Rossi	Yoshiaki Katō
10	03.08.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Noboru Ueda	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda	Valentino Rossi
11	08/17	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Masaki Tokudome	Noboru Ueda	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda
12	08/31	Czech GP	Brno	Noboru Ueda	Tomomi Manako	Valentino Rossi	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda
13	14.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Kazuto Sakata	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
14th	28.09.	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Valentino Rossi	Kazuto Sakata	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Valentino Rossi
15th	05.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 321 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 238 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 190 4th Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 179 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 120 6th Jorge Martínez Aprilia 119 7th Garry McCoy Aprilia 109 8th Roberto Locatelli Honda 97 9 Mirko Giansanti Honda 83 10 Frédéric Petit Honda 83 11 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 81 12 Yōichi Ui Yamaha 77 13 Yoshiaki Katō Yamaha 74 14th Lucio Cecchinello Honda 73 15th Masao Azuma Honda 66 16 Manfred Geissler Aprilia 31

17th Juan Enrique Maturana Yamaha 22nd 18th Ivan Goi Aprilia 21st 19th Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20th 20th Gino Borsoi Yamaha 19th 21st Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17th 22nd Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 16 23 Peter Öttl Aprilia 11 24 Kazuhiro Takao Honda 8th 25th Ángel Nieto Jr. Aprilia 8th 26th Dirk Raudies Honda 8th 27 Josep Sardá Honda 3 28 Alex Hofmann Yamaha 2 Darren Barton Honda 2 30th Benny Jerzenbeck Honda 1 Álvaro Molina Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	351
2	Honda	287
3	Yamaha	139

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1997  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1997 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)