1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 August 1997 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. A young Valentino Rossi took his first title at this track by finishing in 3rd place after winning his first race here 1 year ago.

  1997 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 August 1997
Official name	Grand Prix České Republiky[1][2]
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:14.105 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:02.560 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Luca Cadalora Third Nobuatsu Aoki
250 cc
Pole position Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 2:18.982 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 2:05.393 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Olivier Jacque Third Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Pole position Rider Youichi Ui Time 2:25.891 Fastest lap Rider Noboru Ueda Time 2:11.669 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Tomomi Manako Third Valentino Rossi

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:25.012	25
2	Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+14.858	20
3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+15.110	16
4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+15.323	13
5	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+15.648	11
6	Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+16.846	10
7	Regis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+48.778	9
8	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+48.945	8
9	Kenny Roberts Jr	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	+50.117	7
10	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:02.377	6
11	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:07.852	5
12	Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:39.033	4
13	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:45.597	3
14	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	42:06.724	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+0.514	20
3	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+9.992	16
4	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+13.153	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+31.776	11
6	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+38.777	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+43.740	9
8	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	+58.722	8
9	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+59.569	7
10	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:03.501	6
11	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:12.403	5
12	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:17.559	4
13	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+1:25.621	3
14	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:26.471	2
15	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:31.953	1
16	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	+1:34.293
17	Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia	+1:58.858
18	Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Oscar Sainz	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Radomil Rous	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vladimir Castka	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Maurice Bolwerk	Honda	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Bohumil Stasa	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	42:13.666	25
2	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+0.170	20
3	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+0.328	16
4	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+0.776	13
5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+0.883	11
6	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+0.960	10
7	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1.054	9
8	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+1.162	8
9	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+3.442	7
10	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+6.062	6
11	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+11.579	5
12	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+11.756	4
13	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+11.885	3
14	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+12.801	2
15	Frederic Petit	Honda	+13.289	1
16	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+29.524
17	Marco Melandri	Honda	+29.622
18	Josep Sarda	Honda	+35.321
19	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:04.317
20	Emanuel Buchner	Aprilia	+1:04.517
21	Igor Kalab	Honda	+1:44.329
Ret	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Michal Březina	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Chris Burns	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement

References

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