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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 | ||
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| 1 | | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44:06.442 | 25 | ||
| 2 | | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +10.056 | 20 | ||
| 3 | | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +17.349 | 16 | ||
| 4 | | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +19.145 | 13 | ||
| 5 | | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +21.089 | 11 | ||
| 6 | | Honda Gresini | Honda | +21.393 | 10 | ||
| 7 | | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +29.190 | 9 | ||
| 8 | | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +29.414 | 8 | ||
| 9 | | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +30.704 | 7 | ||
| 10 | | Team Tecmas | Honda | +37.012 | 6 | ||
| 11 | | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +51.222 | 5 | ||
| 12 | | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +1:25.556 | 4 | ||
| 13 | | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:33.610 | 3 | ||
| 14 | | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:43.717 | 2 | ||
| 15 | | Team Pedercini | Yamaha | +1:56.633 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | | Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Team Millar MQP | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret | | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [2] [3] | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | | Aprilia | 40:40.093 | 25 |
| 2 | | Aprilia | +3.311 | 20 |
| 3 | | Aprilia | +3.313 | 16 |
| 4 | | Honda | +3.380 | 13 |
| 5 | | Honda | +3.394 | 11 |
| 6 | | Aprilia | +3.397 | 10 |
| 7 | | Aprilia | +3.887 | 9 |
| 8 | | Honda | +7.595 | 8 |
| 9 | | Honda | +17.577 | 7 |
| 10 | | Yamaha | +17.619 | 6 |
| 11 | | Honda | +37.303 | 5 |
| 12 | | Honda | +37.403 | 4 |
| 13 | | Aprilia | +37.431 | 3 |
| 14 | | Honda | +37.479 | 2 |
| 15 | | Honda | +37.508 | 1 |
| 16 | | Honda | +37.803 | |
| 17 | | Honda | +38.126 | |
| 18 | | Yamaha | +38.135 | |
| 19 | | Honda | +1:18.683 | |
| 20 | | Honda | +1:18.725 | |
| 21 | | Honda | +1:18.853 | |
| 22 | | Aprilia | +1:21.155 | |
| 23 | | Aprilia | +1:48.618 | |
| 24 | | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | | Yamaha | Retirement |