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Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 June 1997
Official name	Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
Location	A1-Ring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.319 km (2.684 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:28.803 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:28.666 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Tadayuki Okada Third Luca Cadalora
250cc
Pole position Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:32.607 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:32.392 Podium First Olivier Jacque Second Ralf Waldmann Third Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Time 1:40.080 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:39.596 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Valentino Rossi Third Tomomi Manako

The 1997 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 June 1997 at the A1-Ring.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	41:48.665	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+22.077	20
3	Luca Cadalora	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	+22.471	16
4	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+22.663	13
5	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+25.462	11
6	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+28.649	10
7	Anthony Gobert	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+59.010	9
8	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+1:00.017	8
9	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+1:02.385	7
10	Doriano Romboni	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+1:02.473	6
11	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:03.445	5
12	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:22.650	4
13	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	+1 Lap	2
15	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Troy Corser	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Sources:

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Olivier Jacque	Honda	40:29.266	25
2	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+0.622	20
3	Max Biaggi	Honda	+6.412	16
4	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+6.415	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+23.358	11
6	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+26.292	10
7	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+29.991	9
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+40.079	8
9	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+49.651	7
10	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+51.446	6
11	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+51.553	5
12	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+1:02.779	4
13	William Costes	Honda	+1:04.488	3
14	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:04.781	2
15	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:09.385	1
16	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:09.610
17	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+1:27.184
18	Eddie Roberts	Aprilia	+1 Lap
19	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	+1 Lap
20	Uwe Bolterhauer	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Thomas Stadler	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Jurgen Haim	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Robert Zwidl	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	Retirement

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	40:19.719	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+0.004	20
3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+6.286	16
4	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+6.421	13
5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+6.455	11
6	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+18.979	10
7	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+22.268	9
8	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+22.984	8
9	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+31.327	7
10	Frederic Petit	Honda	+31.387	6
11	Masao Azuma	Honda	+54.248	5
12	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+57.528	4
13	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+1:03.939	3
14	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:05.384	2
15	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:24.545	1
16	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:39.998
17	Bernd Holzleitner	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Harald Danninger	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Gerwin Hofer	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Benny Jerzenbeck	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Georg Scharl	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement

References

1. "1997 Austrian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "A1-Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. "1997 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.

• Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1997 MotoGP race reports
• 1997 in Austrian motorsport