# 1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 August 1997 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. A young Valentino Rossi took his first title at this track by finishing in 3rd place a year after winning his first race here in 1996

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 45:25.012 | 25 |
| 2 | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +14.858 | 20 |
| 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +15.110 | 16 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +15.323 | 13 |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +15.648 | 11 |
| 6 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +16.846 | 10 |
| 7 | Regis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +48.778 | 9 |
| 8 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +48.945 | 8 |
| 9 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +50.117 | 7 |
| 10 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:02.377 | 6 |
| 11 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +1:07.852 | 5 |
| 12 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:39.033 | 4 |
| 13 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +1:45.597 | 3 |
| 14 | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 |
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 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 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | 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 | 42:06.724 | 25 |
| 2 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +0.514 | 20 |
| 3 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +9.992 | 16 |
| 4 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +13.153 | 13 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +31.776 | 11 |
| 6 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | +38.777 | 10 |
| 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +43.740 | 9 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | +58.722 | 8 |
| 9 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +59.569 | 7 |
| 10 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +1:03.501 | 6 |
| 11 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | +1:12.403 | 5 |
| 12 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +1:17.559 | 4 |
| 13 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | +1:25.621 | 3 |
| 14 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:26.471 | 2 |
| 15 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +1:31.953 | 1 |
| 16 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | +1:34.293 | |
| 17 | Claudio Vanzetta | Aprilia | +1:58.858 | |
| 18 | Kurtis Roberts | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Oscar Sainz | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Radomil Rous | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Vladimir Castka | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Maurice Bolwerk | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | William Costes | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Bohumil Stasa | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 42:13.666 | 25 |
| 2 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +0.170 | 20 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | +0.328 | 16 |
| 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +0.776 | 13 |
| 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +0.883 | 11 |
| 6 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +0.960 | 10 |
| 7 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +1.054 | 9 |
| 8 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +1.162 | 8 |
| 9 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +3.442 | 7 |
| 10 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +6.062 | 6 |
| 11 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +11.579 | 5 |
| 12 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +11.756 | 4 |
| 13 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | +11.885 | 3 |
| 14 | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | +12.801 | 2 |
| 15 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +13.289 | 1 |
| 16 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +29.524 | |
| 17 | Marco Melandri | Honda | +29.622 | |
| 18 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +35.321 | |
| 19 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +1:04.317 | |
| 20 | Emanuel Buchner | Aprilia | +1:04.517 | |
| 21 | Igor Kalab | Honda | +1:44.329 | |
| Ret | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Michal Březina | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Masao Azuma | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Chris Burns | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | Retirement | |