1997 German motorcycle Grand Prix

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

Tadayuki Okada, Mick Doohan and Takuma Aoki, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the 500cc race.

  1997 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 July 1997
Official name	ADAC Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2]
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.550 km (2.827 mi)
500cc
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
250cc
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
125cc
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

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	44:55.117	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+5.690	20
3	Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+24.873	16
4	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+25.157	13
5	Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+35.884	11
6	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+38.907	10
7	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+39.541	9
8	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+52.475	8
9	Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+55.283	7
10	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+55.436	6
11	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+55.794	5
12	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:02.772	4
13	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:17.345	3
14	Bernard Garcia	Team Tecmas	Honda	+1:22.292	2
15	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc 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

125 cc 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