1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

1997 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the; 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 May 1997
Official name	Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tadayuki Okada
Time	1:43.403
Fastest lap
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:44.564
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:44.770
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:45.483
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Max Biaggi
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	1:49.582
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:49.604
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Noboru Ueda
Third	Jorge Martínez

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
Sources: ^[3]^[4]

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

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

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