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| Race 4 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 18 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio d'Italia Polini [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 May 1997 at the Mugello Circuit.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44:06.442 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Luca Cadalora | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +10.056 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +17.349 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +19.145 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +21.089 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +21.393 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +29.190 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +29.414 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +30.704 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Régis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +37.012 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +51.222 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Troy Corser | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +1:25.556 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Anthony Gobert | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:33.610 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:43.717 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | Yamaha | +1:56.633 | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | Frédéric Protat | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Francesco Monaco | Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [2] [3] | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 40:40.093 | 25 |
| 2 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +3.311 | 20 |
| 3 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +3.313 | 16 |
| 4 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +3.380 | 13 |
| 5 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +3.394 | 11 |
| 6 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +3.397 | 10 |
| 7 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +3.887 | 9 |
| 8 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +7.595 | 8 |
| 9 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +17.577 | 7 |
| 10 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +17.619 | 6 |
| 11 | Masao Azuma | Honda | +37.303 | 5 |
| 12 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +37.403 | 4 |
| 13 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | +37.431 | 3 |
| 14 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | +37.479 | 2 |
| 15 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Honda | +37.508 | 1 |
| 16 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +37.803 | |
| 17 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | +38.126 | |
| 18 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | +38.135 | |
| 19 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +1:18.683 | |
| 20 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +1:18.725 | |
| 21 | Roberto Bellei | Honda | +1:18.853 | |
| 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +1:21.155 | |
| 23 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:48.618 | |
| 24 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Marco Borciani | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Igor Antonelli | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | Retirement |
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