# 1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 July 1997 at the Nürburgring.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 44:55.117 | 25 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.690 | 20 |
| 3 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +24.873 | 16 |
| 4 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +25.157 | 13 |
| 5 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +35.884 | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +38.907 | 10 |
| 7 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +39.541 | 9 |
| 8 | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +52.475 | 8 |
| 9 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +55.283 | 7 |
| 10 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +55.436 | 6 |
| 11 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +55.794 | 5 |
| 12 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:02.772 | 4 |
| 13 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:17.345 | 3 |
| 14 | Bernard Garcia | Team Tecmas | Honda | +1:22.292 | 2 |
| 15 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 16 | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 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 | 42:36.407 | 25 |
| 2 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +0.093 | 20 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +0.106 | 16 |
| 4 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +0.135 | 13 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | +28.183 | 11 |
| 6 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +34.325 | 10 |
| 7 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | +41.082 | 9 |
| 8 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +41.082 | 8 |
| 9 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +42.656 | 7 |
| 10 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +53.170 | 6 |
| 11 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +59.502 | 5 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | +1:12.687 | 4 |
| 13 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | +1:14.481 | 3 |
| 14 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | +1:17.778 | 2 |
| 15 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +1:18.013 | 1 |
| 16 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +1:18.245 | |
| 17 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | +1:18.483 | |
| 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:18.519 | |
| 19 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:18.883 | |
| 20 | William Costes | Honda | +1:19.530 | |
| 21 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | +1:32.590 | |
| 22 | Kurtis Roberts | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 23 | Jurgen Lingg | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 24 | Matthias Neukirchen | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 25 | Stefan Kruse | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | 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 | 48:05.749 | 25 |
| 2 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +0.569 | 20 |
| 3 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | +13.523 | 16 |
| 4 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +39.485 | 13 |
| 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +40.020 | 11 |
| 6 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +40.040 | 10 |
| 7 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +59.415 | 9 |
| 8 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | +1:01.314 | 8 |
| 9 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +1:03.505 | 7 |
| 10 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +1:04.228 | 6 |
| 11 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:07.668 | 5 |
| 12 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +1:14.204 | 4 |
| 13 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +1:15.843 | 3 |
| 14 | Alex Hofmann | Yamaha | +2:06.339 | 2 |
| 15 | Benny Jerzenbeck | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 16 | Klaus Nohles | Honda | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Masao Azuma | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tomomi Manako | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Emanuel Buchner | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Josep Sarda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Dirk Raudies | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Mark Stief | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Oliver Perschke | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Noboru Ueda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | Retirement | |