The 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 July 1997 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 45:58.995 25 2 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +8.646 20 3 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +20.016 16 4 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +24.570 13 5 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +25.884 11 6 Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +26.080 10 7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +29.374 9 8 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +40.881 8 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +43.539 7 10 Anthony Gobert Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:01.383 6 11 Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +1:05.922 5 12 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:06.775 4 13 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:13.074 3 14 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:14.719 2 15 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:46.200 1 16 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1:55.880 17 Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 +1 Lap 18 Frédéric Protat Soverex FP Racing Honda +1 Lap 19 Francesco Monaco Team Paton Paton +1 Lap Ret Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda Retirement Ret Bernard Garcia Team Tecmas Honda Retirement Ret Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Retirement Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Honda +43:17.419 25 2 Olivier Jacque Honda +0.656 20 3 Tohru Ukawa Honda +0.816 16 4 Ralf Waldmann Honda +6.500 13 5 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +27.143 11 6 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia +54.157 10 7 Jeremy McWilliams Honda +57.951 9 8 Haruchika Aoki Honda +1:01.580 8 9 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1:12.813 7 10 Emilio Alzamora Honda +1:13.752 6 11 Franco Battaini Yamaha +1:13.924 5 12 William Costes Honda +1:16.926 4 13 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1:17.031 3 14 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha +1:18.149 2 15 Jamie Robinson Suzuki +1:27.289 1 16 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1:29.273 17 Davide Bulega Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia Retirement Ret Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda Retirement Ret Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia Retirement Ret Luis d'Antin Yamaha Retirement Ret Sebastian Porto Aprilia Retirement Ret Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement Ret Noriyasu Numata Aprilia Retirement Ret Luca Boscoscuro Honda Retirement Ret Loris Capirossi Aprilia Retirement Sources:
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 41:50.114 25 2 Tomomi Manako Honda +1.625 20 3 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +23.551 16 4 Garry McCoy Aprilia +27.062 13 5 Noboru Ueda Honda +28.196 11 6 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +28.864 10 7 Roberto Locatelli Honda +29.740 9 8 Youichi Ui Yamaha +35.136 8 9 Masao Azuma Honda +54.446 7 10 Mirko Giansanti Honda +54.818 6 11 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +56.181 5 12 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +59.278 4 13 Jaroslav Hules Honda +1:00.363 3 14 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:17.331 2 15 Peter Öttl Aprilia +1:17.958 1 16 Manfred Geissler Honda +1:25.233 17 Dirk Raudies Honda +1:30.576 18 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1:51.087 19 Christian Pistoni Honda +1:52.460 20 Maurizio Cucchiarini Honda +2:22.679 Ret Josep Sarda Honda Retirement Ret Masaki Tokudome Aprilia Retirement Ret Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement Ret Enrique Maturana Yamaha Retirement Ret Gino Borsoi Yamaha Retirement Ret Frederic Petit Honda Retirement Ret Ivan Goi Aprilia Retirement Ret Igor Antonelli Honda Retirement Ret Paolo Tessari Honda Retirement Ret Gabriele Debbia Yamaha Retirement
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