1997 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 August 1997
Location	Donington
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:32.872
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:32.856
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Tadayuki Okada
Third	Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:34.346
Fastest lap
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:34.137
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:39.713
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:39.236
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Masaki Tokudome
Third	Noboru Ueda

The 1997 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 August 1997 at Donington Park.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	46:55.378	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+0.231	20
3	Alex Barros	Honda	+24.403	16
4	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+28.291	13
5	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+31.346	11
6	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	+32.543	10
7	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	+44.472	9
8	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+47.045	8
9	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+48.157	7
10	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+1:03.529	6
11	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	+1:14.190	5
12	Kirk McCarthy	Yamaha	+1:18.323	4
13	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:19.937	3
14	Jay Vincent	Honda	+1:21.385	2
15	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	+1 Lap	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Frederic Protat	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Alberto Puig	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Checa	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Anthony Gobert	Suzuki	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	42:50.897	25
2	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+0.133	20
3	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+11.496	16
4	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+15.138	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+17.746	11
6	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+35.701	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+43.881	9
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+1:01.520	8
9	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:08.890	7
10	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+1:19.156	6
11	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:19.981	5
12	Scott Smart	Honda	+1:22.583	4
13	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:22.983	3
14	John McGuinness	Aprilia	+1 Lap	2
15	Callum Ramsay	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Steve Sawford	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Gary May	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	43:43.254	25
2	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+1.780	20
3	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+8.499	16
4	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+8.874	13
5	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+16.258	11
6	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+16.997	10
7	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+20.571	9
8	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+25.710	8
9	Frederic Petit	Honda	+26.416	7
10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+28.467	6
11	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+28.467	5
12	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+34.913	4
13	Masao Azuma	Honda	+43.963	3
14	Darren Barton	Honda	+52.302	2
15	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+57.571	1
16	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:04.748
17	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+1:05.183
18	Fernando Mendes	Honda	+1:14.106
19	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:15.683
20	Jason Davies	Honda	+1:31.795
21	Alan Green	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Chris Burns	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Steve Patrickson	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement

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