1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 August 1997 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. A young Valentino Rossi took his first title at this track by finishing in 3rd place a year after winning his first race here in 1996

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:25.012	25
2	Template:Flagicon Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+14.858	20
3	Template:Flagicon Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+15.110	16
4	Template:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+15.323	13
5	Template:Flagicon Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+15.648	11
6	Template:Flagicon Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+16.846	10
7	Template:Flagicon Regis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+48.778	9
8	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+48.945	8
9	Template:Flagicon Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	+50.117	7
10	Template:Flagicon Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:02.377	6
11	Template:Flagicon Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:07.852	5
12	Template:Flagicon Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:39.033	4
13	Template:Flagicon Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:45.597	3
14	Template:Flagicon Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
Ret	Template:Flagicon Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Max Biaggi	Honda	42:06.724	25
2	Template:Flagicon Olivier Jacque	Honda	+0.514	20
3	Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+9.992	16
4	Template:Flagicon Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+13.153	13
5	Template:Flagicon Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+31.776	11
6	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+38.777	10
7	Template:Flagicon Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+43.740	9
8	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	+58.722	8
9	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+59.569	7
10	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:03.501	6
11	Template:Flagicon José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:12.403	5
12	Template:Flagicon Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:17.559	4
13	Template:Flagicon Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+1:25.621	3
14	Template:Flagicon Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+1:26.471	2
15	Template:Flagicon Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:31.953	1
16	Template:Flagicon Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	+1:34.293
17	Template:Flagicon Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia	+1:58.858
18	Template:Flagicon Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Oscar Sainz	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Radomil Rous	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Castka	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Maurice Bolwerk	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Bohumil Stasa	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Noboru Ueda	Honda	42:13.666	25
2	Template:Flagicon Tomomi Manako	Honda	+0.170	20
3	Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+0.328	16
4	Template:Flagicon Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+0.776	13
5	Template:Flagicon Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+0.883	11
6	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+0.960	10
7	Template:Flagicon Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1.054	9
8	Template:Flagicon Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+1.162	8
9	Template:Flagicon Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+3.442	7
10	Template:Flagicon Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+6.062	6
11	Template:Flagicon Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+11.579	5
12	Template:Flagicon Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+11.756	4
13	Template:Flagicon Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+11.885	3
14	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+12.801	2
15	Template:Flagicon Frederic Petit	Honda	+13.289	1
16	Template:Flagicon Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+29.524
17	Template:Flagicon Marco Melandri	Honda	+29.622
18	Template:Flagicon Josep Sarda	Honda	+35.321
19	Template:Flagicon Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:04.317
20	Template:Flagicon Emanuel Buchner	Aprilia	+1:04.517
21	Template:Flagicon Igor Kalab	Honda	+1:44.329
Ret	Template:Flagicon Ivan Goi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Michal Březina	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Chris Burns	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement