1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  1997 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 4 May 1997
Location Jerez
Course Permanent racing facility
4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:43.403
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:44.564
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Australia Mick Doohan
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:44.770
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:45.483
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Italy Max Biaggi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez
Time 1:49.582
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:49.604
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Noboru Ueda
Third Spain Jorge Martínez

The 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 May 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 47:30.624 25
2 Australia Mick Doohan Honda +5.636 20
3 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda +5.670 16
4 Japan Takuma Aoki Honda +22.703 13
5 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +28.414 11
6 Italy Doriano Romboni Aprilia +31.762 10
7 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha +32.488 9
8 Brazil Alex Barros Honda +33.306 8
9 Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha +33.557 7
10 France Regis Laconi Honda +41.982 6
11 Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha +45.002 5
12 Australia Daryl Beattie Suzuki +49.769 4
13 France Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas +52.457 3
14 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +53.460 2
15 Australia Kirk McCarthy ROC Yamaha +1:36.468 1
16 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 +1:31.257
17 Italy Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1:38.996
18 United States Kenny Roberts Jr Modenas +1:41.246
19 Belgium Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Spain Carlos Checa Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Peter Goddard Suzuki Retirement
Ret Australia Troy Corser Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Frederic Protat ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Alberto Puig Honda Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda 46:03.640 25
2 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +12.724 20
3 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +19.428 16
4 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda +30.257 13
5 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda +30.744 11
6 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia +36.480 10
7 France Olivier Jacque Honda +41.960 9
8 Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +47.000 8
9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Honda +58.000 7
10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +58.000 6
11 Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha +59.288 5
12 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:00.324 4
13 Switzerland Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:03.231 3
14 Italy Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:03.584 2
15 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1:07.830 1
16 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Suzuki +1:15.710
17 Spain Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1:26.998
18 Spain Oscar Sainz Aprilia +1:27.370
19 France William Costes Honda +1:31.354
Ret Spain José Martin Aprilia Retirement
Ret United States Kurtis Roberts Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Ismael Bonilla Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Jesus Perez Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:30.676 25
2 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +0.358 20
3 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +0.500 16
4 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +1.343 13
5 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +1.508 11
6 Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia +8.100 10
7 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +10.300 9
8 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda +14.560 8
9 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +18.800 7
10 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +20.090 6
11 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia +21.586 5
12 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda +24.467 4
13 France Frederic Petit Honda +24.844 3
14 Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda +24.910 2
15 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +27.114 1
16 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +46.271
17 Germany Manfred Geissler Honda +46.846
18 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +46.897
19 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha +46.922
20 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +47.591
21 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +55.166
22 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha +1:04.376
23 Italy Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:25.868
24 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:30.711
25 Spain Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha +1:43.319
26 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +1:43.449
Ret Spain Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain José Ramirez Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Alvaro Molina Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement
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FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1997 season
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1997 Italian Grand Prix
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1996 Spanish Grand Prix
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