1997 Superbike World Championship season

The 1997 Superbike World Championship season was the 10th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 23 March at Phillip Island, and finished on 12 October at Sentul after 12 rounds.

John Kocinski won the rider's championship with 9 victories and Honda won the manufacturer's championship.

Season Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Phillip Island	23 March	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Colin Edwards	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda
2	R1	Misano	20 April	Akira Yanagawa	Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Gattolone Racing	Report
	R2				John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda
3	R1	Donington	4 May	Neil Hodgson	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF
4	R1	Hockenheim	8 June	Simon Crafar	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF
5	R1	Monza	22 June	Scott Russell	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Gattolone Racing
6	R1	Laguna Seca	13 July	Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda
7	R1	Brands Hatch	3 August	Pierfrancesco Chili	Niall Mackenzie	Pierfrancesco Chili	Gattolone Racing	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF
8	R1	A1-Ring	17 August	Pierfrancesco Chili	Akira Yanagawa	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF	Report
	R2				Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing
9	R1	Assen	31 August	John Kocinski	Pierfrancesco Chili	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF
10	R1	Albacete	21 September	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Simon Crafar	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda
11	R1	Sugo	5 October	Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha World Superbike
12	R1	Sentul	19 October	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse ADVF

Championship standings

Riders' standings

European Championship riders (who scored points towards a separate championship) and guest riders were not eligible to score points; the table below does not consider their race position.

1997 Final Riders' Standings[1][2] Pos Rider Bike AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 John Kocinski Honda 1 7 2 1 10 5 2 14 1 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 1 3 1 1 8 3 1 Ret 416 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 4 2 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret Ret 11 Ret 3 1 358 3 Aaron Slight Honda Ret 1 4 2 1 3 1 Ret 2 5 7 10 6 8 3 2 4 4 2 3 5 4 2 4 343 4 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 4 Ret Ret 5 DNS DNS 8 2 8 Ret 10 5 5 4 2 1 8 7 4 4 1 Ret 4 2 247 5 Simon Crafar Kawasaki 3 3 5 7 3 4 Ret 6 4 7 4 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 9 6 3 2 3 2 Ret Ret 234 6 Scott Russell Yamaha 7 6 Ret 6 6 7 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 5 7 4 6 8 Ret 5 12 Ret 6 5 226 7 Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati Ret DNS 1 Ret Ret 2 5 7 7 1 Ret 6 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 5 7 10 Ret Ret Ret 209 8 Jamie Whitham Suzuki Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 10 14 3 6 3 8 Ret 7 9 10 6 7 11 Ret 10 DNS DNS 9 6 140 9 Neil Hodgson Ducati Ret Ret 7 4 4 9 6 8 Ret 9 4 6 8 Ret 5 5 Ret 8 16 Ret Ret 7 137 10 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret 10 8 Ret 11 Ret 11 11 9 6 9 7 8 12 9 5 Ret 10 6 6 Ret Ret DNS DNS 118 11 Mike Hale Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 10 9 14 Ret 9 11 11 7 11 Ret 8 9 19 10 8 Ret 87 12 Colin Edwards Yamaha Ret 2 6 8 5 6 7 5 DNS DNS 79 13 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 2 1 5 3 72 14 Pere Riba Honda 9 14 9 9 18 15 NC 16 17 11 12 13 15 11 12 14 11 13 20 13 11 11 69 15 Igor Jerman Kawasaki 10 Ret 11 Ret 20 17 15 15 15 14 15 13 Ret 15 16 12 15 13 12 16 22 12 10 9 50 16 Chris Walker Yamaha 10 10 12 9 10 9 10 11 47 17 Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 13 9 13 10 13 10 13 12 9 12 46 18 Andreas Meklau Ducati 8 13 17 14 10 10 11 Ret DNS DNS 14 8 40 19 Miguel Duhamel Honda 3 3 32 20 Troy Bayliss Suzuki 5 5 22 21 Michael Rutter Honda 11 3 21 22 John Reynolds Ducati 9 11 17 Ret 7 Ret 21 23 Sean Emmett Ducati 14 12 Ret Ret 18 9 Ret 8 21 24 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 7 5 20 25 James Haydon Ducati Ret 12 Ret 11 16 DSQ DNS Ret 12 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 19 26 Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 13 13 DNS 13 Ret Ret 7 Ret 18 27 Tamaki Serizawa Suzuki 9 6 17 28 Martin Craggill Kawasaki 6 9 17 29 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 7 8 DSQ Ret 17 30 Christian Lavielle Honda 10 10 19 16 16 Ret Ret 12 16 31 Makoto Suzuki Ducati 21 11 12 10 15 32 Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 4 Ret 13 33 Tom Kipp Yamaha 12 8 12 34 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 12 Ret 12 12 12 35 Doug Chandler Kawasaki 5 Ret 11 36 Yuichi Takeda Honda 14 7 11 37 Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 6 Ret 10 38 Akira Ryō Kawasaki 15 8 9 39 Steve Crevier Honda 11 12 9 40 Damon Buckmaster Kawasaki Ret 8 8 41 Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki 14 15 13 15 7 42 Simon Yudha Kusuma Kawasaki 13 13 6 43 Aaron Yates Suzuki Ret 11 5 44 Benn Archibald Kawasaki 11 Ret 5 45 Phil Giles Honda 13 12 5 46 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 13 Ret 3 47 Christian Häusle Ducati Ret 13 3 48 Pascal Picotte Suzuki 13 Ret 3 49 Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha 16 13 3 50 Johann Wolfsteiner Kawasaki NC 14 2 51 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 14 Ret 2 52 Ossi Niederkircher Suzuki 17 15 1 53 David Emmerson Suzuki Ret 15 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS SMR GBR GER ITA USA EUR AUT NED ESP JPN INA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

1997 Final Manufacturers' Standings[3]
Pos	Manufacturer	AUS		SMR		GBR		GER		ITA		USA		EUR		AUT		NED		ESP		JPN		INA		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Honda	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	14	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	5	3	1	4	486
2	Ducati	2	4	1	3	2	1	4	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	8	2	1	5	7	10	9	3	1	440
3	Kawasaki	3	3	5	5	3	4	8	2	4	6	4	5	5	4	2	1	8	6	3	2	1	2	4	2	359
4	Yamaha	7	2	6	6	5	6	3	4	5	8	6	4	2	5	7	4	6	8	10	5	2	1	5	3	301
5	Suzuki	5	5	Ret	12	8	10	9	3	6	3	8	11	7	9	10	6	7	11	8	9	4	5	8	6	205
Pos	Manufacturer	AUS		SMR		GBR		GER		ITA		USA		EUR		AUT		NED		ESP		JPN		INA		Pts

References

1. ↑ "1997 Standings Riders – FIM Superbike World Championship". worldsbk.com. 
2. ↑ "1997 Riders' Championship Final Standings". wsb-archives.co.uk. 
3. ↑ "1997 Manufacturers' Championship Final Standings". wsb-archives.co.uk.