1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 October, 1997
Location	Phillip Island
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:33.135
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:34.113
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Takuma Aoki
Third	Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:34.789
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:35.409
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:40.680
Fastest lap
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:40.348
Podium
First	Noboru Ueda
Second	Kazuto Sakata
Third	Tomomi Manako

The 1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 October 1997 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Alex Criville	Honda	42:53.362	25
2	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+2.268	20
3	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+28.119	16
4	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+35.230	13
5	Regis Laconi	Honda	+35.540	11
6	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	+35.678	10
7	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	+35.770	9
8	Alex Barros	Honda	+36.260	8
9	Peter Goddard	Suzuki	+36.795	7
10	Carlos Checa	Honda	+37.546	6
11	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	+37.761	5
12	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+56.989	4
13	Kirk McCarthy	Yamaha	+1:01.191	3
14	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	+1:02.256	2
15	Alberto Puig	Honda	+1:02.500	1
16	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	+1:24.816
17	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Frederic Protat	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Mick Doohan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Retirement

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	40:09.735	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+5.829	20
3	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+27.251	16
4	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	+27.639	13
5	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+27.926	11
6	Troy Bayliss	Suzuki	+28.118	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+29.038	9
8	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+43.594	8
9	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+58.422	7
10	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+1:05.476	6
11	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:05.563	5
12	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:12.379	4
13	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:19.550	3
14	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+1:19.683	2
15	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+1:19.740	1
16	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+1:21.981
17	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:40.671
18	William Strugnell	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Simon Weeks	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Ben Reid	Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Michael Clunie	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Retirement

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	38:59.797	25
2	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+1.366	20
3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+1.866	16
4	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+1.903	13
5	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+5.587	11
6	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+18.953	10
7	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+27.244	9
8	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+35.786	8
9	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+35.897	7
10	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+36.392	6
11	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+36.404	5
12	Masao Azuma	Honda	+36.466	4
13	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+44.911	3
14	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+56.342	2
15	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+56.529	1
16	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+56.533
17	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:00.032
18	Josep Sarda	Honda	+1:00.176
19	Shahrol Yuzy	Honda	+1:26.735
20	Jay Taylor	Honda	+1:32.022
21	Hayden Bool	Honda	+1 Lap
22	James Armstrong	Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Xavier Soler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	William Strugnell	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andrew Willy	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Peter Galvin	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Petit	Honda	Retirement