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.

  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 Mick Doohan
Time 1:51.955
Fastest lap
Rider Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:51.928
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Luca Cadalora
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Olivier Jacque
Time 1:53.870
Fastest lap
Rider Olivier Jacque
Time 1:54.267
Podium
First Olivier Jacque
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Noboru Ueda
Time 2:00.287
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 2:00.074
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Noboru Ueda
Third Youichi Ui

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

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

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:32.218 25
2 Noboru Ueda Honda +1.379 20
3 Youichi Ui Yamaha +8.481 16
4 Tomomi Manako Honda +9.015 13
5 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +27.102 11
6 Mirko Giansanti Honda +27.240 10
7 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +27.391 9
8 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.454 8
9 Frederic Petit Honda +27.582 7
10 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +27.731 6
11 Roberto Locatelli Honda +27.981 5
12 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +37.002 4
13 Garry McCoy Aprilia +37.228 3
14 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +39.196 2
15 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +39.514 1
16 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +48.621
17 Masao Azuma Honda +57.139
18 Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:03.048
19 Josep Sarda Honda +1:07.347
20 Dirk Raudies Honda +1:12.489
21 Adilson Zaccari Honda +1 Lap
22 César Barros Honda +1 Lap
23 Carlos Medeiros Honda +1 Lap
24 Renato Velludo Honda +1 Lap
25 Eraldo Tome Honda +1 Lap
Ret Benny Jerzenbeck Honda Retirement
Ret Cristiano Irias-Vieira Honda Retirement
Ret Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement
Ret Gianluigi Scalvini Honda Retirement
Previous race:
1997 German Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1997 season		 Next race:
1997 British Grand Prix
Previous race:
1996 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix		 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Next race:
1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

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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