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
Date	3 August 1997
Official name	Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
500cc
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
250cc
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
125cc
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 KR3	+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 KR3	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:

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