1997 motorcycle world championship

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1997 motorcycle world championship
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500 cm³ world champion
Driver: AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan
Constructor: JapanJapan Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver: ItalyItaly Max Biaggi
Constructor: JapanJapan Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver: ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi
Constructor: ItalyItaly 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 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysian GP Shah Alam Mick Doohan Àlex Crivillé Nobuatsu Aoki Tadayuki Okada Mick Doohan
2 April 20 JapanJapan Japanese GP Suzuka Mick Doohan Àlex Crivillé Tadayuki Okada Tadayuki Okada Mick Doohan
3 04.05. SpainSpain GP of Spain Jerez Àlex Crivillé Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada Tadayuki Okada Àlex Crivillé
4th May 18 ItalyItaly Italian GP Mugello Mick Doohan Luca Cadalora Nobuatsu Aoki Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
5 01.06. AustriaAustria Austrian GP A1 ring Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada Luca Cadalora Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
6th 08.06. FranceFrance French GP Le Castellet Mick Doohan Carlos Checa Tadayuki Okada Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
7th 28.06. NetherlandsNetherlands 67. Dutch TT Aces Mick Doohan Carlos Checa Doriano Romboni Mick Doohan Carlos Checa
8th 06.07. ItalyItaly GP of Imola Imola Mick Doohan Nobuatsu Aoki Takuma Aoki Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
9 07/20 GermanyGermany 61st GP of Germany Nürburgring Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada Takuma Aoki Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
10 03.08. Bandeira da cidade do Rio de Janeiro.svg Rio de Janeiro GP Jacarepagua Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada Luca Cadalora Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada
11 08/17 United KingdomUnited Kingdom British GP Donington Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada Alex Barros Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
12 08/31 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech GP Brno Mick Doohan Luca Cadalora Nobuatsu Aoki Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
13 14.09. CataloniaCatalonia Catalonia GP Barcelona Mick Doohan Carlos Checa Àlex Crivillé Mick Doohan Mick Doohan
14th 28.09. IndonesiaIndonesia GP of Indonesia Sentul Tadayuki Okada Mick Doohan Àlex Crivillé Mick Doohan Tadayuki Okada
15th 05.10. AustraliaAustralia Australian GP Phillip Island Àlex Crivillé Takuma Aoki Norick Abe Mick Doohan Mick Doohan

Driver ranking

1 AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan Honda 340
2 JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada Honda 197
3 JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 179
4th SpainSpain Àlex Crivillé Honda 172
5 JapanJapan Takuma Aoki Honda 134
6th ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora Yamaha 129
7th JapanJapan Norick Abe Yamaha 126
8th SpainSpain Carlos Checa Honda 119
9 BrazilBrazil Alex Barros Honda 101
10 ItalyItaly Doriano Romboni Aprilia 88
11 AustraliaAustralia Daryl Beattie Suzuki 63
12 SpainSpain Alberto Puig Honda 63
13 SpainSpain Sete Gibernau Yamaha 56
14th FranceFrance Regis Laconi Honda 52
15th AustraliaAustralia Anthony Gobert Suzuki 44
16 United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts Jr. Modenas 37
17th SpainSpain Juan Borja ELF 500 ROC 37
18th FranceFrance Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas 31
19th NetherlandsNetherlands Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 29
20th GermanyGermany Jürgen Fuchs ELF 500 ROC 28
21st AustraliaAustralia Kirk McCarthy ROC-Yamaha /
Yamaha
20th
22nd AustraliaAustralia Peter Goddard Suzuki 13
23 AustraliaAustralia Troy Corser Yamaha 11
24 JapanJapan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 9
25th JapanJapan Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 7th
FranceFrance Bernard Garcia Honda 7th
27 BelgiumBelgium Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 3
28 ItalyItaly Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jay Vincent Honda 2

Constructors' championship

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

250 cc class

Race results

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

Driver ranking

World Cup place driver motorcycle TIMES
MalaysiaMalaysia
JPN
JapanJapan
ESP
SpainSpain
ITA
ItalyItaly
AUT
AustriaAustria
FRA
FranceFrance
NED
NetherlandsNetherlands
SMR
San MarinoSan Marino
GER
GermanyGermany
BRA
BrazilBrazil
GBR
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
CZE
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
CAT
CataloniaCatalonia
IND
IndonesiaIndonesia
OUT
AustraliaAustralia
Points
1 ItalyItaly Max Biaggi Honda 25th 9 16 25th 16 20th DQ 25th 13 11 Ret 25th 20th 25th 20th 250
2 GermanyGermany Ralf Waldmann Honda 13 11 25th 13 20th 16 20th 13 16 4th 25th 13 25th 9 25th 248
3 JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20th 16 20th Ret 0 25th 25th 11 25th 20th 20th 16 13 13 11 235
4th FranceFrance Olivier Jacque Honda 16 Inj 9 11 25th Ret Ret 20th 20th 25th 13 20th 10 16 16 201
5 JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa Honda 10 20th Ret Ret 11 11 13 16 10 16 11 11 16 20th 8th 173
6th ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi Aprilia Ret 5 Ret 16 13 13 16 Ret 11 13 16 Ret 11 2 116
7th JapanJapan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda Ret 13 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 3 8th 10 10 9 11 1 109
8th JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki Honda 11 8th 11 2 8th 10 Ret 8th 7th 9 8th Ret 8th 10 2 102
9 ItalyItaly Stefano Perugini Aprilia Ret Ret 10 9 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 9 9 Ret 8th 9 85
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Honda 7th 0 7th 7th Ret 5 7th 9 8th 6th Ret 5 6th 6th 73
11 ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia Ret 4th Ret 6th 7th 9 Ret Ret 0 7th 7th 6th 0 7th 7th 60
12 JapanJapan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 2 7th 8th 10 6th Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 6th Ret 7th Ret 55
13 JapanJapan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 5 Ret 4th 1 Ret 6th 8th 7th 0 Ret 2 6th 3 5 47
14th ItalyItaly Franco Battaini Yamaha 3 0 2 3 2 4th 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 4th 44
15th ItalyItaly Cristiano Migliorati Honda 8th 0 Ret Ret 0 Ret 3 3 1 5 Ret 7th 0 5 3 35
SpainSpain Luis d'Antin Yamaha Ret 0 5 5 5 8th 6th Ret 0 Ret Ret 3 Ret 0 32
17th SpainSpain Emilio Alzamora Honda 9 Inj Inj Ret DNS Inj Ret 6th 6th 2 Ret 4th 4th Ret Ret 31
18th ItalyItaly Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 20th Ret 10 30th
19th JapanJapan Daijirō Katō Honda 25th 25th
20th FranceFrance William Costes Honda Ret Ret 0 0 3 7th 9 4th 0 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Ret 23
21st SpainSpain José Luis Cardoso Honda Ret 0 6th Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 1 3 5 2 Ret Ret 19th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Robinson Suzuki Ret 2 0 8th 4th Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 19th
23 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 6th 0 3 0 1 4th 0 0 0 Ret Ret Ret 0 0 14th
24 ItalyItaly Luca Boscoscuro Honda 1 0 1 4th Ret Ret Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 0 1 1 13
25th ItalyItaly Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 4th 0 Ret 8th Ret Ret Ret 12
26th JapanJapan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 10
AustraliaAustralia Troy Bayliss Suzuki 10 10
28 JapanJapan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 6th 6th
29 SpainSpain Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia 4th Ret 0 Ret 0 DNS 1 Ret 0 0 Ret 0 Ret Ret Ret 5
30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scott Smart Honda 4th 4th
31 JapanJapan Naoto Ogura Yamaha 3 3
FranceFrance Sébastien Gimbert Honda 3 3
33 SpainSpain Idalio Gavira Aprilia DNS DNS Ret 0 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2
NetherlandsNetherlands Maurice Bolwerk Honda 2 Ret 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John McGuinness Aprilia 2 2
35 JapanJapan Choujun Kameya Suzuki 1 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Claudio Vanzetta Aprilia 1 0 1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Callum Ramsay Honda 1 1
World Cup place driver motorcycle TIMES
MalaysiaMalaysia
JPN
JapanJapan
ESP
SpainSpain
ITA
ItalyItaly
AUT
AustriaAustria
FRA
FranceFrance
NED
NetherlandsNetherlands
SMR
San MarinoSan Marino
GER
GermanyGermany
BRA
BrazilBrazil
GBR
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
CZE
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
CAT
CataloniaCatalonia
IND
IndonesiaIndonesia
OUT
AustraliaAustralia
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 JapanJapan Honda 360
2 ItalyItaly Aprilia 268
3 JapanJapanTechnical Sports Honda 109
4th JapanJapan Yamaha 81
5 JapanJapan Suzuki 72

125 cc class

Race results

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

Driver ranking

1 ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi Aprilia 321
2 JapanJapan Noboru Ueda Honda 238
3 JapanJapan Tomomi Manako Honda 190
4th JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 179
5 JapanJapan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 120
6th SpainSpain Jorge Martínez Aprilia 119
7th AustraliaAustralia Garry McCoy Aprilia 109
8th ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli Honda 97
9 ItalyItaly Mirko Giansanti Honda 83
10 FranceFrance Frédéric Petit Honda 83
11 ItalyItaly Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 81
12 JapanJapan Yōichi Ui Yamaha 77
13 JapanJapan Yoshiaki Katō Yamaha 74
14th SpainSpain Lucio Cecchinello Honda 73
15th JapanJapan Masao Azuma Honda 66
16 GermanyGermany Manfred Geissler Aprilia 31
17th SpainSpain Juan Enrique Maturana Yamaha 22nd
18th ItalyItaly Ivan Goi Aprilia 21st
19th GermanyGermany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20th
20th ItalyItaly Gino Borsoi Yamaha 19th
21st Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17th
22nd JapanJapan Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 16
23 GermanyGermany Peter Öttl Aprilia 11
24 JapanJapan Kazuhiro Takao Honda 8th
25th SpainSpain Ángel Nieto Jr. Aprilia 8th
26th GermanyGermany Dirk Raudies Honda 8th
27 SpainSpain Josep Sardá Honda 3
28 GermanyGermany Alex Hofmann Yamaha 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Darren Barton Honda 2
30th GermanyGermany Benny Jerzenbeck Honda 1
SpainSpain Álvaro Molina Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1 ItalyItaly Aprilia 351
2 JapanJapan Honda 287
3 JapanJapan Yamaha 139

Web links

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