The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 June 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 42:38.064 25 2 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +4.292 20 3 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +5.715 16 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team' Honda +6.159 13 5 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +24.227 11 6 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +41.437 10 7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +41.734 9 8 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +44.834 8 9 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +51.921 7 10 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +52.601 6 11 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +53.860 5 12 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +56.191 4 13 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +1:01.044 3 14 Troy Corser Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +1:04.573 2 15 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:17.668 1 16 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:20.972 17 Bernard Garcia Team Tecmas Honda +1:23.191 18 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap 19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda Retirement Ret Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Retirement Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Ret Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 40:58.961 25 2 Max Biaggi Honda +0.043 20 3 Ralf Waldmann Honda +0.224 16 4 Loris Capirossi Aprilia +8.387 13 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda +29.702 11 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda +46.755 10 7 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +53.322 9 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha +56.677 8 9 William Costes Honda +58.027 7 10 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +58.257 6 11 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +58.414 5 12 Franco Battaini Aprilia +59.619 4 13 Sebastien Gimbert Honda +1:04.540 3 14 Idalio Gavira Aprilia +1 Lap 2 15 Claudio Vanzetta Aprilia +1 Lap 1 16 Frederic Boutin Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Noriyasu Numata Suzuki Retirement Ret Olivier Jacque Honda Retirement Ret Franck Poulle Honda Retirement Ret Bertrand Stey Honda Retirement Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement Ret Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda Retirement Ret José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement Ret Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 40:20.214 25 2 Tomomi Manako Honda +2.961 20 3 Garry McCoy Aprilia +12.462 16 4 Youichi Ui Yamaha +17.681 13 5 Frederic Petit Honda +30.402 11 6 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +38.164 10 7 Mirko Giansanti Honda +44.116 9 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +44.549 8 9 Masao Azuma Honda +44.745 7 10 Dirk Raudies Honda +49.734 6 11 Enrique Maturana Yamaha +51.151 5 12 Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1:02.148 4 13 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:05.228 3 14 Josep Sarda Honda +1:05.473 2 15 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:05.955 1 16 Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:29.111 17 Nicolas Dussauge Honda +1 Lap 18 Benny Jerzenbeck Honda +1 Lap 19 Vincent Philippe Honda +1 Lap 20 Patrick Detot Honda +1 Lap 21 Fabien Rousseau Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Roberto Locatelli Honda Retirement Ret Mike Lougassi Honda Retirement Ret Eric Mizera Honda Retirement Ret Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement Ret Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement Ret Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement Ret Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Retirement
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