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| Race 15 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phillip Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 October 1997 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 42:53.362 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +2.268 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +28.119 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +35.230 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Regis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +35.540 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +35.678 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Yukio Kagayama | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +35.770 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +36.260 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +36.795 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +37.546 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +37.761 | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +56.989 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | Yamaha | +1:01.191 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1:02.256 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +1:02.500 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1:24.816 | |||
| 17 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 18 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 |  Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret |  Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 40:09.735 | 25 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +5.829 | 20 |
| 3 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +27.251 | 16 |
| 4 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | +27.639 | 13 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +27.926 | 11 |
| 6 | Troy Bayliss | Suzuki | +28.118 | 10 |
| 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +29.038 | 9 |
| 8 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +43.594 | 8 |
| 9 |  Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +58.422 | 7 |
| 10 |  Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | +1:05.476 | 6 |
| 11 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | +1:05.563 | 5 |
| 12 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | +1:12.379 | 4 |
| 13 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +1:19.550 | 3 |
| 14 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +1:19.683 | 2 |
| 15 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | +1:19.740 | 1 |
| 16 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | +1:21.981 | |
| 17 |  Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:40.671 | |
| 18 | William Strugnell | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Simon Weeks | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Ben Reid | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 21 |  Michael Clunie | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | William Costes | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | Retirement |
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