# Grand Prix-wegrace van Catalonië 1997

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Catalonië 1997 was de dertiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1997. De race werd verreden op 14 september 1997 op het Circuit de Catalunya nabij Barcelona, Spanje.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 25 | 44:56.149 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 25 | +0.432 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 25 | +1.750 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 25 | +2.792 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 25 | +8.159 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 25 | +24.631 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Takuma Aoki | Honda | 25 | +24.826 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +41.369 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 25 | +41.805 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia | 25 | +45.491 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 25 | +46.438 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 25 | +47.528 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | Yamaha | 25 | +55.442 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 25 | +57.495 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 25 | +1:01.810 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | ELF 500 | 25 | +1:02.291 | 18 | |
| 17 | 6 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | 25 | +1:03.530 | 16 | |
| 18 | 17 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 25 | +1:46.366 | 20 | |
| 19 | 25 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| DNF | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Modenas KR3 | 19 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 18 | Uitgevallen | 11 | |
| DNF | 15 | Frédéric Protat | Honda | 9 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 20 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | 0 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 23 | 42:05.928 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 23 | +0.550 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +2.940 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 23 | +2.960 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 23 | +13.760 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 23 | +24.165 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR-Honda | 23 | +27.393 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 23 | +44.398 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 23 | +49.040 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 23 | +49.117 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | 23 | +49.542 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 23 | +50.027 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 23 | +55.168 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 23 | +55.266 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 23 | +55.557 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | 23 | +56.213 | 15 | |
| 17 | 10 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | 23 | +1:15.407 | 22 | |
| 18 | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 23 | +1:21.392 | 23 | |
| 19 | 22 | Kurtis Roberts | Honda | 23 | +1:55.372 | 24 | |
| 20 | 50 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | 22 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| DNF | 16 | William Costes | Honda | 17 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 99 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | 13 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 15 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 12 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 47 | Javier Marsella | Honda | 11 | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
| DNF | 28 | Eustáquio Gavira | Aprilia | 9 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 48 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 7 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNF | 51 | Jesús Pérez | Honda | 7 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 43 | Manuel Luque | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 25 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 2 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 14 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | 1 | Uitgevallen | 13 | |
| DNF | 44 | David Guardiola | Honda | 0 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 22 | 42:14.687 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 22 | +6.002 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 22 | +9.527 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 22 | +11.185 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 22 | +11.196 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 22 | +11.269 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 22 | +11.354 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 22 | +18.326 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 72 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 22 | +18.366 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 22 | +18.555 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 22 | +18.603 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 22 | +18.787 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 22 | +30.103 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 22 | +58.817 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Álvaro Molina | Honda | 22 | +1:13.702 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | 22 | +1:13.785 | 22 | |
| 17 | 12 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 22 | +1:18.201 | 27 | |
| 18 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 22 | +1:34.319 | 2 | |
| 19 | 44 | Joan Montero | Honda | 22 | +1:38.740 | 28 | |
| 20 | 51 | Vicente Esparragoso | Yamaha | 21 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| 21 | 42 | David Ortega | Honda | 21 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| DNF | 45 | Ivan Martínez | Aprilia | 5 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 17 | Juan Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 3 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 3 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |
| DNF | 43 | Xavier Soler | Aprilia | 2 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 98 | Chris Burns | Honda | 2 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 2 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNS | 25 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 20 | |
| DNS | 33 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 9 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 320 |
| 2 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 166 |
| 3 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 159 |
| 4 | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 131 |
| 5 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 128 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 214 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 211 |
| 3 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 205 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 169 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 145 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 286 |
| 2 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 198 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 163 |
| 4 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 139 |
| 5 | 2 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 102 |
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