# 1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 May 1997 at the Mugello Circuit.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44:06.442 | 25 |
| 2 | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +10.056 | 20 |
| 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +17.349 | 16 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +19.145 | 13 |
| 5 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +21.089 | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +21.393 | 10 |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +29.190 | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +29.414 | 8 |
| 9 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +30.704 | 7 |
| 10 | Régis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +37.012 | 6 |
| 11 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +51.222 | 5 |
| 12 | Troy Corser | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +1:25.556 | 4 |
| 13 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:33.610 | 3 |
| 14 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:43.717 | 2 |
| 15 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | Yamaha | +1:56.633 | 1 |
| 16 | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Frédéric Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Francesco Monaco | Team Paton | Paton | 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 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 40:47.548 | 25 |
| 2 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | +0.050 | 20 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | +0.068 | 16 |
| 4 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +4.174 | 13 |
| 5 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +19.185 | 11 |
| 6 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | +43.619 | 10 |
| 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +51.447 | 9 |
| 8 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | +51.552 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +54.271 | 7 |
| 10 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +55.006 | 6 |
| 11 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | +55.106 | 5 |
| 12 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | +55.983 | 4 |
| 13 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +56.734 | 3 |
| 14 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +57.503 | 2 |
| 15 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:12.080 | 1 |
| 16 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:28.701 | |
| 17 | William Costes | Honda | +1:29.037 | |
| 18 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | +1:53.840 | |
| 19 | Walter Tortoroglio | Aprilia | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Oscar Sainz | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eddie Roberts | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Fabio Carpani | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 40:40.093 | 25 |
| 2 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +3.311 | 20 |
| 3 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +3.313 | 16 |
| 4 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +3.380 | 13 |
| 5 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +3.394 | 11 |
| 6 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +3.397 | 10 |
| 7 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +3.887 | 9 |
| 8 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +7.595 | 8 |
| 9 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +17.577 | 7 |
| 10 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +17.619 | 6 |
| 11 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +37.303 | 5 |
| 12 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +37.403 | 4 |
| 13 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +37.431 | 3 |
| 14 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +37.479 | 2 |
| 15 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Honda | +37.508 | 1 |
| 16 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +37.803 | |
| 17 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | +38.126 | |
| 18 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +38.135 | |
| 19 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +1:18.683 | |
| 20 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +1:18.725 | |
| 21 | Roberto Bellei | Honda | +1:18.853 | |
| 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +1:21.155 | |
| 23 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:48.618 | |
| 24 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Marco Borciani | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Igor Antonelli | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | Retirement | |