1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 City of Imola Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 4, 1997
Location	Imola
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:48.997
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:49.436
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Nobuatsu Aoki
Third	Takuma Aoki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:51.582
Fastest lap
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:51.872
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Olivier Jacque
Third	Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:58.886
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:58.490
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Tomomi Manako
Third	Kazuto Sakata

The 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on July 6, 1997 at Imola.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	45:58.995	25
2	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+8.646	20
3	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+20.016	16
4	Carlos Checa	Honda	+24.570	13
5	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+25.884	11
6	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+26.080	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+29.374	9
8	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	+40.881	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda	+43.539	7
10	Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	+1:01.383	6
11	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	+1:05.922	5
12	Alberto Puig	Honda	+1:06.775	4
13	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	+1:13.074	3
14	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	+1:14.719	2
15	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	+1:46.200	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1:55.880
17	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	+1 Lap
18	Frederic Protat	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Francesco Monaco	Paton	+1 Lap
Ret	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500	Retirement

250cc 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

125cc 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