1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 August 1997 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:05.793	25
2	Template:Flagicon Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+0.706	20
3	Template:Flagicon Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+22.535	16
4	Template:Flagicon Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+23.493	13
5	Template:Flagicon Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+23.769	11
6	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+29.435	10
7	Template:Flagicon Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+41.674	9
8	Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	+44.113	8
9	Template:Flagicon Regis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+1:02.722	7
10	Template:Flagicon Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:06.351	6
11	Template:Flagicon Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:09.161	5
12	Template:Flagicon Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1:25.393	4
13	Template:Flagicon Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:27.215	3
14	Template:Flagicon Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:28.898	2
15	Template:Flagicon Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	Yamaha	+1:50.890	1
16	Template:Flagicon Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Template:Flagicon Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	Retirement
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Olivier Jacque	Honda	42:09.114	25
2	Template:Flagicon Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+0.233	20
3	Template:Flagicon Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+6.088	16
4	Template:Flagicon Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+15.065	13
5	Template:Flagicon Max Biaggi	Honda	+22.377	11
6	Template:Flagicon Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+31.888	10
7	Template:Flagicon Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+47.291	9
8	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+50.732	8
9	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+52.808	7
10	Template:Flagicon Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+53.489	6
11	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:00.520	5
12	Template:Flagicon Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+1:04.124	4
13	Template:Flagicon Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+1:05.342	3
14	Template:Flagicon Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:07.396	2
15	Template:Flagicon José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:09.352	1
16	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	+1:10.294
17	Template:Flagicon Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:37.897
18	Template:Flagicon Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1:57.163
19	Template:Flagicon Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Federico Gartner	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Johann Stigefelt	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	42:32.218	25
2	Template:Flagicon Noboru Ueda	Honda	+1.379	20
3	Template:Flagicon Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+8.481	16
4	Template:Flagicon Tomomi Manako	Honda	+9.015	13
5	Template:Flagicon Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+27.102	11
6	Template:Flagicon Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+27.240	10
7	Template:Flagicon Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+27.391	9
8	Template:Flagicon Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+27.454	8
9	Template:Flagicon Frederic Petit	Honda	+27.582	7
10	Template:Flagicon Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+27.731	6
11	Template:Flagicon Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+27.981	5
12	Template:Flagicon Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+37.002	4
13	Template:Flagicon Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+37.228	3
14	Template:Flagicon Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+39.196	2
15	Template:Flagicon Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+39.514	1
16	Template:Flagicon Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+48.621
17	Template:Flagicon Masao Azuma	Honda	+57.139
18	Template:Flagicon Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+1:03.048
19	Template:Flagicon Josep Sarda	Honda	+1:07.347
20	Template:Flagicon Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:12.489
21	Template:Flagicon Adilson Zaccari	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Template:Flagicon César Barros	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Template:Flagicon Carlos Medeiros	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Template:Flagicon Renato Velludo	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Template:Flagicon Eraldo Tome	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Irias-Vieira	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	Retirement