# Grand Prix-wegrace van Rio de Janeiro 1997

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Rio de Janeiro 1997 was de tiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1997. De race werd verreden op 3 augustus 1997 op het Circuit van Jacarepagua in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 24 | 45:05.793 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 24 | +0.706 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 24 | +22.535 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 24 | +23.493 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 24 | +23.769 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | ELF 500 | 24 | +29.435 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia | 24 | +41.674 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Modenas KR3 | 24 | +44.113 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 24 | +1:02.722 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Anthony Gobert | Suzuki | 24 | +1:06.351 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 24 | +1:09.161 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | ROC Yamaha | 24 | +1:25.393 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | 24 | +1:27.215 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 24 | +1:28.898 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 24 | +1:50.890 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | 23 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| 17 | 15 | Frédéric Protat | Honda | 23 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| DNF | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 23 | Uitgevallen | 13 | |
| DNF | 14 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 14 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 20 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | 13 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Modenas KR3 | 6 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 3 | |
| DNS | 24 | Takuma Aoki | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 18 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 22 | 42:09.114 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 22 | +0.233 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 22 | +6.088 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 22 | +15.065 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 22 | +22.377 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 22 | +31.888 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 22 | +47.291 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | 22 | +50.732 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 22 | +52.808 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | 22 | +53.489 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | 22 | +1:00.520 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 22 | +1:04.124 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | 22 | +1:05.342 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 22 | +1:07.396 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 22 | +1:09.352 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | 22 | +1:10.294 | 14 | |
| 17 | 25 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 22 | +1:37.897 | 15 | |
| 18 | 22 | Kurtis Roberts | Honda | 22 | +1:57.163 | 24 | |
| 19 | 28 | Eustáquio Gavira | Aprilia | 21 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| DNF | 93 | Federico Gartner | Honda | 13 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 20 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 10 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 6 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 9 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 23 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 8 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 29 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 16 | William Costes | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 0 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |
| DNQ | 92 | Francesco Pellegrino | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 21 | 42:32.218 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +1.379 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 21 | +8.481 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 21 | +9.015 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 21 | +27.102 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 21 | +27.240 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 21 | +27.391 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 21 | +27.454 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 21 | +27.582 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 21 | +27.731 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 21 | +27.981 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +37.002 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 72 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 21 | +37.228 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | 21 | +39.196 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Juan Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 21 | +39.514 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 21 | +48.621 | 21 | |
| 17 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +57.139 | 19 | |
| 18 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 21 | +1:03.048 | 16 | |
| 19 | 25 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 21 | +1:07.347 | 22 | |
| 20 | 12 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 21 | +1:12.489 | 18 | |
| 21 | 95 | Adilson Zaccari | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| 22 | 92 | César Barros | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 28 | |
| 23 | 97 | Carlos Medeiros | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 29 | |
| 24 | 94 | Renato Velludo | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 31 | |
| 25 | 93 | Eraldo Tomé | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| DNF | 96 | Cristiano Irias-Vieira | Honda | 19 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 33 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | 13 | Uitgevallen | 7 | |
| DNF | 21 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 13 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 77 | Benny Jerzenbeck | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNS | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 17 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 245 |
| 2 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 129 |
| 3 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 126 |
| 4 | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 102 |
| 5 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 84 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 162 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 160 |
| 3 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 151 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 126 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 107 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 220 |
| 2 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 143 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 124 |
| 4 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 112 |
| 5 | 5 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 96 |
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