# 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 July 1997 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 45:58.995 | 25 |
| 2 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +8.646 | 20 |
| 3 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +20.016 | 16 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +24.570 | 13 |
| 5 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +25.884 | 11 |
| 6 | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +26.080 | 10 |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +29.374 | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +40.881 | 8 |
| 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +43.539 | 7 |
| 10 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:01.383 | 6 |
| 11 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +1:05.922 | 5 |
| 12 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +1:06.775 | 4 |
| 13 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:13.074 | 3 |
| 14 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:14.719 | 2 |
| 15 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:46.200 | 1 |
| 16 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1:55.880 | |
| 17 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Frédéric Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Francesco Monaco | Team Paton | Paton | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Bernard Garcia | Team Tecmas | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +43:17.419 | 25 |
| 2 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +0.656 | 20 |
| 3 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +0.816 | 16 |
| 4 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +6.500 | 13 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +27.143 | 11 |
| 6 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | +54.157 | 10 |
| 7 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +57.951 | 9 |
| 8 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +1:01.580 | 8 |
| 9 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:12.813 | 7 |
| 10 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +1:13.752 | 6 |
| 11 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +1:13.924 | 5 |
| 12 | William Costes | Honda | +1:16.926 | 4 |
| 13 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +1:17.031 | 3 |
| 14 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | +1:18.149 | 2 |
| 15 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | +1:27.289 | 1 |
| 16 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:29.273 | |
| 17 | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Noriyasu Numata | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | Retirement | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 41:50.114 | 25 |
| 2 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +1.625 | 20 |
| 3 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +23.551 | 16 |
| 4 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +27.062 | 13 |
| 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +28.196 | 11 |
| 6 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +28.864 | 10 |
| 7 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +29.740 | 9 |
| 8 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +35.136 | 8 |
| 9 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +54.446 | 7 |
| 10 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +54.818 | 6 |
| 11 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +56.181 | 5 |
| 12 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +59.278 | 4 |
| 13 | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | +1:00.363 | 3 |
| 14 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:17.331 | 2 |
| 15 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | +1:17.958 | 1 |
| 16 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | +1:25.233 | |
| 17 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +1:30.576 | |
| 18 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +1:51.087 | |
| 19 | Christian Pistoni | Honda | +1:52.460 | |
| 20 | Maurizio Cucchiarini | Honda | +2:22.679 | |
| Ret | Josep Sarda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Frederic Petit | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Igor Antonelli | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Paolo Tessari | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | Retirement | |