# 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 June 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 42:38.064 | 25 |
| 2 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +4.292 | 20 |
| 3 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.715 | 16 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team' | Honda | +6.159 | 13 |
| 5 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +24.227 | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +41.437 | 10 |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +41.734 | 9 |
| 8 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +44.834 | 8 |
| 9 | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +51.921 | 7 |
| 10 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +52.601 | 6 |
| 11 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +53.860 | 5 |
| 12 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +56.191 | 4 |
| 13 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +1:01.044 | 3 |
| 14 | Troy Corser | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +1:04.573 | 2 |
| 15 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +1:17.668 | 1 |
| 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:20.972 | |
| 17 | Bernard Garcia | Team Tecmas | Honda | +1:23.191 | |
| 18 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 40:58.961 | 25 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +0.043 | 20 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +0.224 | 16 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | +8.387 | 13 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +29.702 | 11 |
| 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +46.755 | 10 |
| 7 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +53.322 | 9 |
| 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | +56.677 | 8 |
| 9 | William Costes | Honda | +58.027 | 7 |
| 10 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +58.257 | 6 |
| 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +58.414 | 5 |
| 12 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +59.619 | 4 |
| 13 | Sebastien Gimbert | Honda | +1:04.540 | 3 |
| 14 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Claudio Vanzetta | Aprilia | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 16 | Frederic Boutin | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Olivier Jacque | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Franck Poulle | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Bertrand Stey | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 40:20.214 | 25 |
| 2 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +2.961 | 20 |
| 3 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +12.462 | 16 |
| 4 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +17.681 | 13 |
| 5 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +30.402 | 11 |
| 6 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +38.164 | 10 |
| 7 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +44.116 | 9 |
| 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +44.549 | 8 |
| 9 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +44.745 | 7 |
| 10 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +49.734 | 6 |
| 11 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +51.151 | 5 |
| 12 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | +1:02.148 | 4 |
| 13 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +1:05.228 | 3 |
| 14 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +1:05.473 | 2 |
| 15 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:05.955 | 1 |
| 16 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +1:29.111 | |
| 17 | Nicolas Dussauge | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Benny Jerzenbeck | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Vincent Philippe | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Patrick Detot | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 21 | Fabien Rousseau | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Mike Lougassi | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eric Mizera | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Noboru Ueda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | Retirement | |