| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | August 3, 1997 | ||
| Location | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.031 km (3.126 mi) |
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| 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 | ||
The 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on August 3, 1997 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 45:05.793 | 25 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | +0.706 | 20 |
| 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | +22.535 | 16 |
| 4 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | +23.493 | 13 |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | +23.769 | 11 |
| 6 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 | +29.435 | 10 |
| 7 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia | +41.674 | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Modenas | +44.113 | 8 |
| 9 | Regis Laconi | Honda | +1:02.722 | 7 |
| 10 | Anthony Gobert | Suzuki | +1:06.351 | 6 |
| 11 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | +1:09.161 | 5 |
| 12 | Kirk McCarthy | ROC Yamaha | +1:25.393 | 4 |
| 13 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | +1:27.215 | 3 |
| 14 | Alberto Puig | Honda | +1:28.898 | 2 |
| 15 | Lucio Pedercini | Yamaha | +1:50.890 | 1 |
| 16 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Frederic Protat | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr | Modenas | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alex Barros | Honda | Retirement |
| 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 |
| 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 | Cesar 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 |