1997 Superbike World Championship

1997 Superbike World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	John Kocinski
Constructor:	Honda
<1996 season	1998 season>

The 1997 Superbike World Championship season was the tenth in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 24 races were held at twelve events.

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.

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	23.03.	Australia	Phillip Island	Aaron Slight	1	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Simon Crafar	John Kocinski
					2	Aaron Slight	Colin Edwards	Simon Crafar	Colin Edwards
2	April 20	San Marino	Misano	Akira Yanagawa	1	Pierfrancesco chili	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Pierfrancesco chili
					2	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski
3	04.05.	Great Britain	Donington	Neil Hodgson	1	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Simon Crafar	Pierfrancesco chili
					2	Carl Fogarty	Pierfrancesco chili	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty
4th	08.06.	Germany	Hockenheim	Simon Crafar	1	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski	Scott Russell	John Kocinski
					2	Carl Fogarty	Akira Yanagawa	Jamie Whitham	Carl Fogarty
5	22.06.	Italy	Monza	Scott Russell	1	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Aaron Slight
					2	Pierfrancesco chili	John Kocinski	Jamie Whitham	Pierfrancesco chili
6th	07/13	United States	Laguna Seca	Pierfrancesco chili	1	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Miguel Duhamel	Carl Fogarty
					2	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Miguel Duhamel	John Kocinski
7th	03.08.	Europe	Brands Hatch	Pierfrancesco chili	1	Pierfrancesco chili	Scott Russell	John Kocinski	Niall Mackenzie
					2	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski	Michael Rutter	Carl Fogarty
8th	08/17	Austria	Österreichring	Pierfrancesco chili	1	Carl Fogarty	Akira Yanagawa	Aaron Slight	Akira Yanagawa
					2	Akira Yanagawa	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski	Akira Yanagawa
9	08/31	Netherlands	Aces	John Kocinski	1	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Pierfrancesco chili	Pierfrancesco chili
					2	Carl Fogarty	Pierfrancesco chili	John Kocinski	Pierfrancesco chili
10	09/21	Spain	Albacete	John Kocinski	1	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight	Simon Crafar	John Kocinski
					2	John Kocinski	Simon Crafar	Aaron Slight	Simon Crafar
11	05.10.	Japan	Sugo	Akira Yanagawa	1	Akira Yanagawa	Noriyuki Haga	Simon Crafar	Akira Yanagawa
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Simon Crafar	John Kocinski	Noriyuki Haga
12	12.10.	Indonesia	Sentul	John Kocinski	1	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski
					2	Carl Fogarty	Akira Yanagawa	Noriyuki Haga	John Kocinski

Driver ranking

1 John Kocinski Honda Castrol Honda 416 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati Ducati Corse AD-VF 358 3 Aaron Slight Honda Castrol Honda 343 4th Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 247 5 Simon Crafar Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 234 6th Scott Russell Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 226 7th Pierfrancesco chili Ducati Gattolone Racing Team 209 8th Jamie Whitham Suzuki Team Suzuki World Superbike 140 9 Neil Hodgson Ducati Ducati Corse AD-VF 137 10 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Kawasaki Italy Bertocchi 118 11 Mike Hale Suzuki Team Suzuki World Superbike 87 12 Colin Edwards Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 79 13 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 72 14th Pere Riba Honda White Endurance Team 69 15th Igor Jerman Kawasaki Team MD Depala Vas 50 16 Chris Walker Yamaha Yamaha World Superbike Team 47 17th Jochen Schmid Kawasaki Team Green Kawasaki Germany 46 18th Andreas Meklau Ducati BLM Ducati Austria 40 19th Miguel Duhamel Honda American Honda 32 20th Troy Bayliss Suzuki Ansett Air Freight Suzuki 22nd

21st Sean Emmett Ducati 21st 22nd John Reynolds Ducati 21st 23 Michael Rutter Honda 21st 24 Katsuaki Fujiwara Kawasaki 20th 25th James Haydon Ducati 19th 26th Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 18th 27 Martin Craggill Kawasaki 17th Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 17th Tamaki Serizawa Suzuki 17th 30th Christian Lavieille Honda 16 31 Makoto Suzuki Ducati 15th 32 Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 13 33 Tom Kipp Yamaha 12 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 12 35 Doug Chandler Kawasaki 11 Yuichi Takeda Honda 11 37 Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 10 38 Steve Crevier Honda 9 Akira Ryō Kawasaki 9 40 Damon Buckmaster Kawasaki 8th

41 Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki 7th 42 Yudha Simon Kusuma Kawasaki 6th 43 Benn Archibald Kawasaki 5 Aaron Yates Suzuki 5 Shawn Giles Honda 5 46 Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha 3 Norihiko Fujiwara Suzuki 3 Christian Hausle Ducati 3 Pascal Picotte Suzuki 3 50 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 2 Johann Wolfsteiner Kawasaki 2 52 David Emmerson Suzuki 1 Ossi Niederkircher Suzuki 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	486
2	Ducati	440
3	Kawasaki	359
4th	Yamaha	301
5	Suzuki	205

Web links

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship