1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 June 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	42:38.064	25
2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+4.292	20
3	Template:Flagicon Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+5.715	16
4	Template:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team'	Honda	+6.159	13
5	Template:Flagicon Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+24.227	11
6	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+41.437	10
7	Template:Flagicon Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+41.734	9
8	Template:Flagicon Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+44.834	8
9	Template:Flagicon Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+51.921	7
10	Template:Flagicon Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+52.601	6
11	Template:Flagicon Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+53.860	5
12	Template:Flagicon Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+56.191	4
13	Template:Flagicon Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+1:01.044	3
14	Template:Flagicon Troy Corser	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+1:04.573	2
15	Template:Flagicon Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:17.668	1
16	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:20.972
17	Template:Flagicon Bernard Garcia	Team Tecmas	Honda	+1:23.191
18	Template:Flagicon Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	40:58.961	25
2	Template:Flagicon Max Biaggi	Honda	+0.043	20
3	Template:Flagicon Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+0.224	16
4	Template:Flagicon Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+8.387	13
5	Template:Flagicon Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+29.702	11
6	Template:Flagicon Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+46.755	10
7	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+53.322	9
8	Template:Flagicon Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+56.677	8
9	Template:Flagicon William Costes	Honda	+58.027	7
10	Template:Flagicon Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+58.257	6
11	Template:Flagicon Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+58.414	5
12	Template:Flagicon Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+59.619	4
13	Template:Flagicon Sebastien Gimbert	Honda	+1:04.540	3
14	Template:Flagicon Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Claudio Vanzetta	Aprilia	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Frederic Boutin	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Olivier Jacque	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Franck Poulle	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Stey	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	40:20.214	25
2	Template:Flagicon Tomomi Manako	Honda	+2.961	20
3	Template:Flagicon Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+12.462	16
4	Template:Flagicon Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+17.681	13
5	Template:Flagicon Frederic Petit	Honda	+30.402	11
6	Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+38.164	10
7	Template:Flagicon Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+44.116	9
8	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+44.549	8
9	Template:Flagicon Masao Azuma	Honda	+44.745	7
10	Template:Flagicon Dirk Raudies	Honda	+49.734	6
11	Template:Flagicon Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+51.151	5
12	Template:Flagicon Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+1:02.148	4
13	Template:Flagicon Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:05.228	3
14	Template:Flagicon Josep Sarda	Honda	+1:05.473	2
15	Template:Flagicon Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:05.955	1
16	Template:Flagicon Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+1:29.111
17	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Dussauge	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Template:Flagicon Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Vincent Philippe	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Patrick Detot	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Template:Flagicon Fabien Rousseau	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Roberto Locatelli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Mike Lougassi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Eric Mizera	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Noboru Ueda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Retirement