# Wereldserie Supersport 1997

De FIM Wereldserie Supersport 1997 was het eerste seizoen van dit kampioenschap en telde elf wedstrijden. De eerste wedstrijd werd op 20 april verreden op het Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica in Italië. De laatste wedstrijd werd op 12 oktober op het Sentul International Circuit in Indonesië verreden. De Italiaan Paolo Casoli wist het kampioenschap te winnen met 145 punten.

## Kalender

| Ronde | Datum | Race | Circuit | Poleposition | Snelste ronde | Winnaar | Verslag |
| 1 | 20 april | San Marino | Misano | Paolo Casoli | Vittoriano Guareschi | Massimo Meregalli | Verslag |
| 2 | 4 mei | Verenigd Koninkrijk | Donington | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Verslag |
| 3 | 8 juni | Duitsland | Hockenheim | Paolo Casoli | Yves Briguet | Michaël Paquay | Verslag |
| 4 | 22 juni | Italië | Monza | Massimo Meregalli | Stéphane Mertens | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 5 | 3 augustus | Europa | Brands Hatch | Mario Innamorati | Michaël Paquay | Stéphane Chambon | Verslag |
| 6 | 17 augustus | Oostenrijk | Spielberg | Vittoriano Guareschi | Mario Innamorati | Vittoriano Guareschi | Verslag |
| 7 | 31 augustus | Nederland | Assen | Wilco Zeelenberg | Wilco Zeelenberg | Wilco Zeelenberg | Verslag |
| 8 | 7 september | Duitsland | Oschersleben | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Verslag |
| 9 | 21 september | Spanje | Albacete | Massimo Meregalli | Vittoriano Guareschi | Vittoriano Guareschi | Verslag |
| 10 | 5 oktober | Japan | Sugo | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Paolo Casoli | Verslag |
| 11 | 12 oktober | Indonesië | Sentul | Yves Briguet | Vittoriano Guareschi | Vittoriano Guareschi | Verslag |

## WK-stand
### Coureurs

| Pos | Coureur | Motor | MIS | DON | HOC | MON | BRH | SPI | ASS | OSC | ALB | SUG | SEN | Ptn |
| 1 | Paolo Casoli | Ducati | DNF | 1 | 2 | DNF | 2 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | DNF | 145 |
| 2 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha | DNF | DNF | 4 | DNF | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 144 |
| 3 | Yves Briguet | Suzuki | DNF | DNF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 134 |
| 4 | Stéphane Chambon | Ducati | 7 | DNS | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | DNF | 3 | 119 |
| 5 | Massimo Meregalli | Yamaha | 1 | 4 | DNF | 4 | DNF | DNF | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 96 |
| 6 | Michaël Paquay | Honda | 3 | 8 | 1 | DNS | DNF | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | DNF | 93 |
| 7 | Stéphane Mertens | Suzuki | 2 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | DNF | 11 | 13 | DNF | 7 | 4 | 93 |
| 8 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Ducati | DNF | DNF | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 5 | 3 | DNF | 87 |
| 9 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Yamaha | 16 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 84 |
| 10 | Thomas Körner | Ducati | DNF | 2 | 10 | DNF | 14 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 61 |
| 11 | Marc Garcia | Honda | 5 | 5 | 14 | DNF | DNF | 11 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 16 | 7 | 51 |
| 12 | Christophe Cogan | Ducati | DNS | 6 | 9 | DNF | 8 | DNS | DNF | 11 | DNF | 5 | 6 | 51 |
| 13 | Giovanni Bussei | Ducati | 12 | 17 | DNF | 5 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 11 | DNF | DNF | 51 |
| 14 | Jeffry de Vries | Yamaha | 6 | DNS | DNF | DNF | 17 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | DNF | 37 |
| 15 | Marco Risitano | Kawasaki | DNF | 23 | 13 | DNF | 11 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 16 | Eric Mahé | Yamaha | 4 | 14 | DNF | 16 | 15 | 3 | DNF | | | | | 32 |
| 17 | Rubén Xaus | Honda | DNF | DNF | 19 | 14 | 12 | 15 | DNF | DNS | 15 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 18 | Mario Innamorati | Ducati | | | DNS | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNS | | | | | 19 |
| 18 | Mario Innamorati | Bimota | | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | DNS | 19 |
| 19 | Roberto Panichi | Bimota | DNF | 22 | 6 | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | 19 |
| 19 | Roberto Panichi | Ducati | | | | | | | DNF | | | | | 19 |
| 20 | Roberto Teneggi | Ducati | 8 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 21 | Bernard Schick | Ducati | DNF | 15 | DNF | 22 | DNF | 9 | DNF | 10 | DNF | DNF | 13 | 17 |
| 22 | Francisco Riquelme | Ducati | 11 | DNF | DNQ | | 20 | 20 | 15 | DNF | 7 | | DNF | 15 |
| 23 | Jörg Teuchert | Yamaha | | 9 | DNF | 9 | | | DNF | DNF | | | | 14 |
| 24 | Bernard Garcia | Honda | DNF | 10 | | 17 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNS | | | 13 |
| 24 | Bernard Garcia | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | 13 | DNF | 13 |
| 25 | Bruno Cirafici | Bimota | | | 12 | 8 | 19 | DNF | DNQ | | | | | 12 |
| 26 | Serafino Foti | Ducati | | DNF | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 26 | Serafino Foti | Bimota | | | | | | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 |
| 27 | Fred Bayens | Honda | DNF | 21 | 17 | DNF | DNF | 17 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 11 |
| 28 | Scott Smart | Ducati | | DNF | | | 7 | | | | | | | 16 |
| 29 | Peter Koller | Kawasaki | 10 | DNF | DNF | | 21 | 16 | 18 | 14 | DNF | | | 8 |
| 30 | David Rouge | Honda | 15 | 12 | | 15 | 18 | 18 | DNF | 15 | 18 | | | 7 |
| 31 | Mile Pajic | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | 6 |
| 32 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Ducati | DNF | 13 | DNF | 13 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | 6 |
| 33 | Mauro Lucchiari | Ducati | DNF | 11 | DNS | DNS | | DNF | | | | | | 5 |
| 34 | Robert Ulm | Honda | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | 22 | DNF | | | 17 | | | 4 |
| 35 | Christian Zwedorn | Honda | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | 18 | DNF | | | | | | | 3 |
| 36 | Volker Bähr | Kawasaki | DNF | DNS | DNF | 21 | | | 14 | | | | | 2 |
| 37 | Michele Malatesta | Bimota | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 38 | Wim Theunissen | Kawasaki | DNQ | 20 | 15 | 20 | DNF | DNF | 21 | | | | | 1 |
| | Dean Thomas | Honda | | | | | 16 | | DNF | | | | | 0 |
| | Steve Plater | Honda | | 16 | | | DNF | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rudi Markink | Yamaha | | 19 | 18 | DNQ | 24 | 22 | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| | Camillio Mariottini | Bimota | DNF | 18 | 23 | DNF | 23 | 19 | DNF | 17 | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Hirohaki Tomioka | Ducati | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| | Rob Phillis | Bimota | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| | Harry van Beek | Honda | | | 25 | | | | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| | Thomas Hinterreiter | Kawasaki | DNF | DNF | | | | 21 | 20 | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Jonnie Ekerold | Suzuki | DNF | 24 | DNF | DNQ | | | DNF | 20 | | | | 0 |
| | Andreas Meklau | Ducati | | | 20 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ralf Stelzer | Honda | | | 21 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Claus Ehrenberger | Suzuki | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Klaus Grammer | Suzuki | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Wolfgang Bauer | Suzuki | DNQ | | 24 | DNF | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Valerio Destefanis | Suzuki | DNF | DNF | | DNF | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Massimiliano Marchini | Yamaha | DNF | | | DNQ | | | | DNF | | | | 0 |
| | Makoto Suzuki | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | DNF | | 0 |
| | Herri Torrontegui | Ducati | | | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | José Oriol Fernández | Honda | | | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Torleif Hartelman | Ducati | | | | | | | DNF | | | | | 0 |
| | Mike Edwards | Honda | | | | | DNF | | | | | | | 0 |
| | David Vázquez | Ducati | | | | DNF | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Jennings | Honda | | DNF | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Paul Brown | Honda | | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | José María Martín | Honda | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pablo Antelo | Honda | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mario Agnoletti | Ducati | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Preussler | Kawasaki | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Micha van Deelen | Honda | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Emiel Bosma | Honda | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Kris Wilson | Yamaha | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Miguel Ferrer | Ducati | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Coureur | Motor | MIS | DON | HOC | MON | BRH | SPI | ASS | OSC | ALB | SUG | SEN | Ptn |
| Kleur | Resultaat |
| Goud | Winnaar |
| Zilver | 2$^e$ plaats |
| Brons | 3$^e$ plaats |
| Groen | Gefinisht, in de punten |
| Blauw | Gefinisht, geen punten |
| Blauw | Niet geclassificeerd (NC) |
| Paars | Niet gefinisht (DNF) |
| Rood | Niet gekwalificeerd (DNQ) |
| Rood | Niet voorgekwalificeerd (DNPQ) |
| Zwart | Gediskwalificeerd (DSQ) |
| Wit | Niet gestart (DNS) |
| Wit | Teruggetrokken (WD) |
| Wit | Race geannuleerd (C) |
| Leeg | Niet deelgenomen |
| Leeg | Uitgesloten (EX) |

### Fabrikanten

| Pos | Fabrikant | MIS | DON | HOC | MON | BRH | SPI | ASS | OSC | ALB | SUG | SEN | Ptn |
| 1 | Ducati | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 223 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 210 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 170 |
| 4 | Honda | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 118 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 10 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Bimota | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | DNF | DNF | 18 | 13 | 11 | DNF | 31 |
| Pos | Fabrikant | MIS | DON | HOC | MON | BRH | SPI | ASS | OSC | ALB | SUG | SEN | Ptn |