# 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 May 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 47:30.624 | 25 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.636 | 20 |
| 3 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.670 | 16 |
| 4 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +22.703 | 13 |
| 5 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +28.414 | 11 |
| 6 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +31.762 | 10 |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +32.488 | 9 |
| 8 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +33.306 | 8 |
| 9 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +33.557 | 7 |
| 10 | Regis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +41.982 | 6 |
| 11 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | +45.002 | 5 |
| 12 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +49.769 | 4 |
| 13 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +52.457 | 3 |
| 14 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +53.460 | 2 |
| 15 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:36.468 | 1 |
| 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:31.257 | |
| 17 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1:38.996 | |
| 18 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1:41.246 | |
| 19 | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Troy Corser | Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 46:03.640 | 25 |
| 2 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +12.724 | 20 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +19.428 | 16 |
| 4 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | +30.257 | 13 |
| 5 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +30.744 | 11 |
| 6 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +36.480 | 10 |
| 7 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +41.960 | 9 |
| 8 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | +47.000 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +58.000 | 7 |
| 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | +58.000 | 6 |
| 11 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | +59.288 | 5 |
| 12 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:00.324 | 4 |
| 13 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:03.231 | 3 |
| 14 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +1:03.584 | 2 |
| 15 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | +1:07.830 | 1 |
| 16 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | +1:15.710 | |
| 17 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | +1:26.998 | |
| 18 | Oscar Sainz | Aprilia | +1:27.370 | |
| 19 | William Costes | Honda | +1:31.354 | |
| Ret | José Martin | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kurtis Roberts | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jesus Perez | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 42:30.676 | 25 |
| 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +0.358 | 20 |
| 3 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +0.500 | 16 |
| 4 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +1.343 | 13 |
| 5 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +1.508 | 11 |
| 6 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | +8.100 | 10 |
| 7 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +10.300 | 9 |
| 8 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +14.560 | 8 |
| 9 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +18.800 | 7 |
| 10 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +20.090 | 6 |
| 11 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +21.586 | 5 |
| 12 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +24.467 | 4 |
| 13 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +24.844 | 3 |
| 14 | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | +24.910 | 2 |
| 15 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +27.114 | 1 |
| 16 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | +46.271 | |
| 17 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | +46.846 | |
| 18 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +46.897 | |
| 19 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +46.922 | |
| 20 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +47.591 | |
| 21 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +55.166 | |
| 22 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +1:04.376 | |
| 23 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | +1:25.868 | |
| 24 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:30.711 | |
| 25 | Vicente Esparragoso | Yamaha | +1:43.319 | |
| 26 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +1:43.449 | |
| Ret | Jeronimo Vidal | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Ramirez | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alvaro Molina | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | Retirement | |