1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 French Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	June 6, 1997
Location	Le Castellet
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.812 km (2.359 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:21.082
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:21.674
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:23.059
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:23.559
Podium
First	Tetsuya Harada
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Garry McCoy
Time	1:28.774
Fastest lap
Rider	Tomomi Manako
Time	1:28.383
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Tomomi Manako
Third	Garry McCoy

The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on June 8, 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	42:38.064	25
2	Carlos Checa	Honda	+4.292	20
3	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+5.715	16
4	Alex Criville	Honda	+6.159	13
5	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+24.227	11
6	Alex Barros	Honda	+41.437	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+41.734	9
8	Alberto Puig	Honda	+44.834	8
9	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+51.921	7
10	Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	+52.601	6
11	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	+53.860	5
12	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	+56.191	4
13	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	+1:01.044	3
14	Troy Corser	Yamaha	+1:04.573	2
15	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:17.668	1
16	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	+1:20.972
17	Bernard Garcia	Honda	+1:23.191
18	Frederic Protat	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	Retirement

250cc 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

125cc 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