# 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 49th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

## Season summary

A fourth world championship in a row for Honda's Mick Doohan with another dominating performance. He broke Giacomo Agostini's record for victories in one season with 12 wins. It was also dominating year for Honda with eight of the top ten riders aboard Hondas. The Yamaha and Suzuki teams were in disarray. Kenny Roberts left Yamaha to start his own venture with a lightweight, three-cylinder Modenas. Wayne Rainey's team was left with the inconsistent Norifumi Abe and Sete Gibernau, a rookie. Daryl Beattie wasn't able to come back from head injuries and retired at the end of the year while Anthony Gobert failed a drug test and was dismissed by the Suzuki team. The Elf team soldiered on with their Swiss-Auto V4 but Aprilia decided to pull their V twin from the 500 class at the end of the year.
Max Biaggi had a harder time defending his title from Tetsuya Harada and Ralf Waldmann, not clinching the title until the last race of the year. A new star emerged from the 125 class with Valentino Rossi winning 11 races for a commanding win on an Aprilia.
As of 2025 it was the last season that only one manufacturer won every race in one season in the premier class to date.

## 1997 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1997:
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
| 1 | 13 April | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix | Shah Alam Circuit |
| 2 | 20 April | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan | Suzuka Circuit |
| 3 | 4 May | Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
| 4 | 18 May | Gran Premio d'Italia Polini | Mugello Circuit |
| 5 | 1 June | Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich | A1-Ring |
| 6 | 8 June | Grand Prix de France | Circuit Paul Ricard |
| 7 | 28 June †† | Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix | TT Circuit Assen |
| 8 | 6 July | Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari |
| 9 | 20 July | ADAC Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland | Nürburgring |
| 10 | 3 August | Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet |
| 11 | 17 August | Sun British Grand Prix | Donington Park |
| 12 | 31 August | Grand Prix České republiky | Brno Circuit |
| 13 | 14 September | Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya | Circuit de Catalunya |
| 14 | 28 September | Marlboro Indonesian Grand Prix | Sentul International Circuit |
| 15 | 5 October | Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Phillip Island |
†† = Saturday race

### Calendar changes

* The Malaysian Grand Prix replaced the Japanese Grand Prix with hosting the opening round Grand Prix.
* The Indonesian Grand Prix was moved back from 7 April to 28 September.
* The Austrian Grand Prix was moved forward from 4 August to 1 June.
* The Australian Grand Prix moved from the Eastern Creek Raceway to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

## 1997 Grand Prix season results

| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
| 1 | 13 April | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix | Shah Alam | Valentino Rossi | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 2 | 20 April | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Suzuka | Noboru Ueda | Daijiro Kato | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 3 | 4 May | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Jerez | Valentino Rossi | Ralf Waldmann | Àlex Crivillé | Report |
| 4 | 18 May | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Mugello | Valentino Rossi | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 5 | 1 June | Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | A1-Ring | Noboru Ueda | Olivier Jacque | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 6 | 8 June | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Paul Ricard | Valentino Rossi | Tetsuya Harada | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 7 | 28 June †† | Dutch TT | Assen | Valentino Rossi | Tetsuya Harada | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 8 | 6 July | City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix | Imola | Valentino Rossi | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 9 | 20 July | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Nürburgring | Valentino Rossi | Tetsuya Harada | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 10 | 3 August | Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix | Rio de Janeiro | Valentino Rossi | Olivier Jacque | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 11 | 17 August | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington | Valentino Rossi | Ralf Waldmann | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 12 | 31 August | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brno | Noboru Ueda | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 13 | 14 September | Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix | Catalunya | Valentino Rossi | Ralf Waldmann | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 14 | 28 September | Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix | Sentul | Valentino Rossi | Max Biaggi | Tadayuki Okada | Report |
| 15 | 5 October | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | Phillip Island | Noboru Ueda | Ralf Waldmann | Àlex Crivillé | Report |
†† = Saturday race

## Participants
### 500 cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500 (NV0X) | 1 | Mick Doohan | All |
| Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500 (NV0X) | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | 1–7, 12–15 |
| Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500 (NV0X) | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | All |
| Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500V (NVAB) | 24 | Takuma Aoki | All |
| Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 3 | Luca Cadalora | 1–3 |
| Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 11 | Troy Corser | 1–3 |
| Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 3 | Luca Cadalora | 4–15 |
| Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 11 | Troy Corser | 4–7 |
| Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | 11–15 |
| Red Bull Yamaha WCM | ROC Yamaha | ROC Yamaha GP1 | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | 9–10 |
| Honda Gresini | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 4 | Alex Barros | All |
| / Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 5 | Norick Abe | All |
| / Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OWH0) | 20 | Sete Gibernau | All |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 (XR87) | 6 | Daryl Beattie | All |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 (XR87) | 23 | Anthony Gobert | 1, 4–12 |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 (XR87) | 26 | Yukio Kagayama | 15 |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 (XR87) | 27 | Peter Goddard | 2–3 |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 (XR87) | 27 | Peter Goddard | 14–15 |
| MoviStar Honda Pons | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 8 | Carlos Checa | All |
| MoviStar Honda Pons | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 9 | Alberto Puig | All |
| / Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR | Modenas KR3 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | All |
| / Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR | Modenas KR3 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | All |
| Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 13 | Bernard Garcia | 6–9 |
| Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 55 | Regis Laconi | 1–5, 10–15 |
| ELF 500 ROC | Elf | Elf 500 | 14 | Juan Borja | All |
| ELF 500 ROC | Elf | Elf 500 | 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | All |
| Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | ROC Yamaha GP1 | 15 | Frédéric Protat | 1–3 |
| Soverex FP Racing | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 15 | Frédéric Protat | 4–15 |
| Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | ROC Yamaha GP1 | 17 | Lucio Pedercini | All |
| Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.R | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | All |
| IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RSW-2 500 | 19 | Doriano Romboni | 3–15 |
| IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RSW-2 500 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | 1–2 |
| Team Millar MQP | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 21 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | All |
| World Champ Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | ROC Yamaha | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | 1–8 |
| Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | ROC Yamaha GP1 | 25 | Laurent Naveau | All |
| Marlboro Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 51 | Norihiko Fujiwara | 2 |
| Team Paton | Paton | Paton V70 C10/3 | 53 | Francesco Monaco | 4, 8 |
| Padgett's | Honda | Honda NSR500V | 98 | Jason Vincent | 11 |
* Key
* Regular rider
* Wildcard rider
* Replacement rider

## Standings
### Riders' standings
#### 500cc
##### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 340 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 10 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | 197 |
| 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 179 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | DNS | | | | | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 172 |
| 5 | Takuma Aoki | Honda | 5 | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 3 | DNS | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 134 |
| 6 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 129 |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 126 |
| 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | 10 | 119 |
| 9 | Alex Barros | Honda | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 101 |
| 10 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia | | | 6 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 88 |
| 11 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | Ret | Ret | 12 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | DNS | 63 |
| 12 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 63 |
| 13 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | 9 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 19 | 11 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 56 |
| 14 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | Ret | | | | | 9 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 52 |
| 15 | Anthony Gobert | Suzuki | DNS | | | 13 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 12 | | | | 44 |
| 16 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Modenas KR3 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 37 |
| 17 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 14 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 12 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 37 |
| 18 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Modenas KR3 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 8 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 31 |
| 19 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 15 | 15 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 29 |
| 20 | Jürgen Fuchs | ELF 500 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 11 | Ret | 28 |
| 21 | Kirk McCarthy | ROC Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 15 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | 20 |
| 21 | Kirk McCarthy | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 13 | 20 |
| 22 | Peter Goddard | Suzuki | | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 23 | Troy Corser | Yamaha | 13 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 24 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 9 |
| 25 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 26 | Bernard Garcia | Honda | | | | | | 17 | 11 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 27 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | 17 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| 28 | Jason Vincent | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | 2 |
| 29 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 16 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| | Frédéric Protat | ROC Yamaha | Ret | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Frédéric Protat | Honda | | | | 17 | | 18 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 0 |
| | Francesco Monaco | Paton | | | | Ret | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

#### 250cc
##### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 1 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 250 |
| 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 248 |
| 3 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 235 |
| 4 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 3 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 201 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 6 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 173 |
| 6 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | Ret | 11 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 14 | DNS | 116 |
| 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | T.S. Honda | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 109 |
| 8 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 14 | 102 |
| 9 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 85 |
| 10 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | 9 | 16 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 73 |
| 11 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 60 |
| 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | | 55 |
| 13 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 11 | Ret | 12 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 9 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 14 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 13 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | 11 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 15 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | 8 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 16 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | Ret | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | | 13 | Ret | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 7 | DNS | | Ret | DNS | | Ret | 10 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 31 |
| 18 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | | | | 2 | Ret | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 19 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 20 | William Costes | Honda | Ret | Ret | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 23 |
| 21 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda | Ret | 20 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 19 |
| 22 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | Ret | 14 | 16 | 8 | 12 | | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| 23 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 10 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | | 12 | 16 | 19 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | 14 |
| 24 | Luca Boscoscuri | Honda | 15 | 19 | 15 | 12 | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 25 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | | | Ret | | | | Ret | Ret | 12 | 16 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 |
| 26 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 27 | Troy Bayliss | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 10 |
| 28 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 29 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | 12 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 19 | DNS | 15 | Ret | 21 | 19 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 30 | Scott Smart | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | 4 |
| 31 | Naoto Ogura | Yamaha | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 32 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 33 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Ret | DNS | Ret | 18 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 2 |
| 34 | Maurice Bolwerk | Honda | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | Ret | | | | 2 |
| 35 | John McGuinnes | Aprilia | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | 2 |
| 36 | Choujun Kameya | Suzuki | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 37 | Claudio Vanzetta | Aprilia | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | 17 | | | | 1 |
| 38 | Callum Ramsay | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

#### 125cc
##### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 321 |
| 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 238 |
| 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 190 |
| 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 179 |
| 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 5 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | DNS | 7 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 120 |
| 6 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 3 | 13 | 119 |
| 7 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 13 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 109 |
| 8 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 17 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 97 |
| 9 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 4 | 18 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 83 |
| 10 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 83 |
| 11 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 16 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 81 |
| 12 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | 18 | 8 | Ret | 77 |
| 13 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 16 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 14 | 74 |
| 14 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 10 | Ret | 15 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 73 |
| 15 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 12 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 12 | 66 |
| 16 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | 18 | 23 | 17 | 17 | | | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | 31 |
| 16 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | | | | | 13 | Ret | | | 3 | Ret | 12 | 13 | DNS | Ret | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | Juan Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | Ret | 24 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 15 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 22 |
| 18 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 18 | 17 | Ret | | | | 21 |
| 19 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 |
| 20 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | 22 | 15 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 12 | Ret | 19 |
| 21 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 11 | Ret | 14 | | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 |
| 22 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 23 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | | | Ret | 15 | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 24 | Kazuhiro Takao | Honda | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 25 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 14 | Ret | 20 | 20 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 19 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 26 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Aprilia | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | 8 |
| 27 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 15 | 19 | 26 | 19 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | 18 | DNS | 19 | 18 | 3 |
| 28 | Alex Hofmann | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 29 | Darren Barton | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | 2 |
| 30 | Benny Jerzenbeck | Honda | | | | | Ret | 18 | | | 15 | Ret | | | | | | 1 |
| 31 | Álvaro Molina | Honda | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | 1 |
| | Rudi Arianto | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Irvan Octavianus | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Ahmad Jayadi | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Nasrul Arif | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Manufacturers' standings
#### 500cc

| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 375 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 188 |
| 3 | Suzuki | Ret | 13 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 90 |
| 4 | Aprilia | Ret | DNS | 6 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 88 |
| 5 | Modenas KR3 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 68 |
| 6 | ELF 500 | 14 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 60 |
| 7 | ROC Yamaha | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |

#### 250cc

| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 360 |
| 2 | Aprilia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 268 |
| 3 | T.S. Honda | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 109 |
| 4 | Yamaha | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 81 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 72 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |

#### 125cc

| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |
| 1 | Aprilia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 351 |
| 2 | Honda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 287 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 139 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | MAL | JPN | ESP | ITA | AUT | FRA | NED | IMO | GER | RIO | GBR | CZE | CAT | INA | AUS | Pts |