1997 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
Pos Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 44:56.149 25
2 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +0.432 20
3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +1.750 16
4 Luca Cadalora Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha +2.792 13
5 Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +8.159 11
6 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +24.631 10
7 Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +24.826 9
8 Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas +41.369 8
9 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +41.805 7
10 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +45.491 6
11 Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +46.438 5
12 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +47.528 4
13 Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports Yamaha +55.442 3
14 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +57.495 2
15 Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +1:01.810 1
16 Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:02.291
17 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:03.530
18 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Yamaha +1:46.366
19 Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Retirement
500 cc classification
The 1997 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 September 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya.