# 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 August 1997 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 45:05.793 | 25 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +0.706 | 20 |
| 3 | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +22.535 | 16 |
| 4 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +23.493 | 13 |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +23.769 | 11 |
| 6 | Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +29.435 | 10 |
| 7 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +41.674 | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +44.113 | 8 |
| 9 | Regis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +1:02.722 | 7 |
| 10 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:06.351 | 6 |
| 11 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +1:09.161 | 5 |
| 12 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:25.393 | 4 |
| 13 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:27.215 | 3 |
| 14 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +1:28.898 | 2 |
| 15 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | Yamaha | +1:50.890 | 1 |
| 16 | Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 42:09.114 | 25 |
| 2 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +0.233 | 20 |
| 3 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +6.088 | 16 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | +15.065 | 13 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +22.377 | 11 |
| 6 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +31.888 | 10 |
| 7 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +47.291 | 9 |
| 8 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | +50.732 | 8 |
| 9 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +52.808 | 7 |
| 10 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +53.489 | 6 |
| 11 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +1:00.520 | 5 |
| 12 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +1:04.124 | 4 |
| 13 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | +1:05.342 | 3 |
| 14 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +1:07.396 | 2 |
| 15 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | +1:09.352 | 1 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | +1:10.294 | |
| 17 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:37.897 | |
| 18 | Kurtis Roberts | Honda | +1:57.163 | |
| 19 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Federico Gartner | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Johann Stigefelt | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | William Costes | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 42:32.218 | 25 |
| 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +1.379 | 20 |
| 3 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +8.481 | 16 |
| 4 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +9.015 | 13 |
| 5 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +27.102 | 11 |
| 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +27.240 | 10 |
| 7 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +27.391 | 9 |
| 8 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +27.454 | 8 |
| 9 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +27.582 | 7 |
| 10 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +27.731 | 6 |
| 11 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +27.981 | 5 |
| 12 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +37.002 | 4 |
| 13 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +37.228 | 3 |
| 14 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | +39.196 | 2 |
| 15 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +39.514 | 1 |
| 16 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +48.621 | |
| 17 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +57.139 | |
| 18 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +1:03.048 | |
| 19 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +1:07.347 | |
| 20 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +1:12.489 | |
| 21 | Adilson Zaccari | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | César Barros | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 23 | Carlos Medeiros | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 24 | Renato Velludo | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 25 | Eraldo Tome | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Benny Jerzenbeck | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristiano Irias-Vieira | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | Retirement | |