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| Race 3 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuito de Jerez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 May 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 47:30.624 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.636 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.670 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Takuma Aoki | Repsol Honda | Honda | +22.703 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +28.414 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +31.762 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +32.488 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | +33.306 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +33.557 | 7 | ||
| 10 |  Regis Laconi | Team Tecmas | Honda | +41.982 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | +45.002 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +49.769 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +52.457 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Millar MQP | Honda | +53.460 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Kirk McCarthy | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:36.468 | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Jürgen Fuchs | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:31.257 | |||
| 17 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1:38.996 | |||
| 18 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1:41.246 | |||
| 19 |  Laurent Naveau | Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Troy Corser | Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Alberto Puig | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
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