1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 German Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 18, 1997
Location	Nurburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.7 km (2.299 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:38.425
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:39.051
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Tadayuki Okada
Third	Takuma Aoki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:40.361
Fastest lap
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:40.993
Podium
First	Tetsuya Harada
Second	Olivier Jacque
Third	Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:47.160
Fastest lap
Rider	Yoshiaki Katoh
Time	2:01.546
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Yoshiaki Katoh
Third	Manfred Geissler

The 1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on July 20, 1997 at the Nürburgring.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	44:55.117	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+5.690	20
3	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+24.873	16
4	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+25.157	13
5	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	+35.884	11
6	Alex Barros	Honda	+38.907	10
7	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	+39.541	9
8	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+52.475	8
9	Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	+55.283	7
10	Alberto Puig	Honda	+55.436	6
11	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+55.794	5
12	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	+1:02.772	4
13	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	+1:17.345	3
14	Bernard Garcia	Honda	+1:22.292	2
15	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Checa	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	Retirement

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	42:36.407	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+0.093	20
3	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+0.106	16
4	Max Biaggi	Honda	+0.135	13
5	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+28.183	11
6	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+34.325	10
7	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+41.082	9
8	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+41.082	8
9	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+42.656	7
10	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+53.170	6
11	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+59.502	5
12	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	+1:12.687	4
13	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+1:14.481	3
14	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+1:17.778	2
15	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:18.013	1
16	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:18.245
17	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+1:18.483
18	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:18.519
19	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:18.883
20	William Costes	Honda	+1:19.530
21	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	+1:32.590
22	Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Jurgen Lingg	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Matthias Neukirchen	Yamaha	+1 Lap
25	Stefan Kruse	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	48:05.749	25
2	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+0.569	20
3	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+13.523	16
4	Frederic Petit	Honda	+39.485	13
5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+40.020	11
6	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+40.040	10
7	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+59.415	9
8	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+1:01.314	8
9	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+1:03.505	7
10	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:04.228	6
11	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:07.668	5
12	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+1:14.204	4
13	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+1:15.843	3
14	Alex Hofmann	Yamaha	+2:06.339	2
15	Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Klaus Nohles	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Tomomi Manako	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Emanuel Buchner	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Mark Stief	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Oliver Perschke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Retirement