1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 May 1997
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia Polini
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:53.387 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:54.144 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Luca Cadalora Third Nobuatsu Aoki
250cc
Pole position Rider Marcellino Lucchi Time 1:54.474 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:55.416 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Marcellino Lucchi Third Loris Capirossi
125cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Time 2:00.863 Fastest lap Rider Noboru Ueda Time 2:00.555 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Martínez Third Garry McCoy

The 1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 May 1997 at the Mugello Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	44:06.442	25
2	Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+10.056	20
3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+17.349	16
4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+19.145	13
5	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+21.089	11
6	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+21.393	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+29.190	9
8	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	+29.414	8
9	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+30.704	7
10	Régis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+37.012	6
11	Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+51.222	5
12	Troy Corser	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+1:25.556	4
13	Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:33.610	3
14	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1:43.717	2
15	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	Yamaha	+1:56.633	1
16	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Frédéric Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Francesco Monaco	Team Paton	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	40:47.548	25
2	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	+0.050	20
3	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+0.068	16
4	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+4.174	13
5	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+19.185	11
6	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+43.619	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+51.447	9
8	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+51.552	8
9	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+54.271	7
10	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+55.006	6
11	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+55.106	5
12	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+55.983	4
13	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+56.734	3
14	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+57.503	2
15	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:12.080	1
16	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:28.701
17	William Costes	Honda	+1:29.037
18	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	+1:53.840
19	Walter Tortoroglio	Aprilia	+2 Laps
Ret	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Oscar Sainz	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Roberts	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Carpani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	40:40.093	25
2	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+3.311	20
3	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+3.313	16
4	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+3.380	13
5	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+3.394	11
6	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+3.397	10
7	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+3.887	9
8	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+7.595	8
9	Frederic Petit	Honda	+17.577	7
10	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+17.619	6
11	Masao Azuma	Honda	+37.303	5
12	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+37.403	4
13	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+37.431	3
14	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+37.479	2
15	Yoshiaki Katoh	Honda	+37.508	1
16	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+37.803
17	Manfred Geissler	Honda	+38.126
18	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+38.135
19	Josep Sarda	Honda	+1:18.683
20	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:18.725
21	Roberto Bellei	Honda	+1:18.853
22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:21.155
23	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:48.618
24	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Marco Borciani	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Igor Antonelli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement