1997 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 September 1997
Location	Barcelona
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.875 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:45.990
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:46.861
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:47.621
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:48.681
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:53.476
Fastest lap
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:53.773
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Kazuto Sakata
Third	Noboru Ueda

The 1997 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 September 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	44:56.149	25
2	Carlos Checa	Honda	+0.432	20
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+1.750	16
4	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+2.792	13
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+8.159	11
6	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+24.631	10
7	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+24.826	9
8	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	+41.369	8
9	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+41.805	7
10	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	+45.491	6
11	Regis Laconi	Honda	+46.438	5
12	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+47.528	4
13	Kirk McCarthy	Yamaha	+55.442	3
14	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+57.495	2
15	Alberto Puig	Honda	+1:01.810	1
16	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	+1:02.291
17	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	+1:03.530
18	Lucio Pedercini	Yamaha	+1:46.366
19	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Honda	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	42:05.928	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+0.550	20
3	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+2.940	16
4	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+2.960	13
5	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+13.760	11
6	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+24.165	10
7	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+27.393	9
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+44.398	8
9	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+49.040	7
10	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+49.117	6
11	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+49.542	5
12	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+50.027	4
13	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+55.168	3
14	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+55.266	2
15	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+55.557	1
16	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+56.213
17	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+1:15.407
18	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:21.392
19	Kurtis Roberts	Honda	+1:55.372
20	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	David Guardiola	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jesus Perez	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Javier Marsella	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Manuel Luque	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José David De Gea	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	42:14.687	25
2	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+6.002	20
3	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+9.527	16
4	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+11.185	13
5	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+11.196	11
6	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+11.269	10
7	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+11.354	9
8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+18.326	8
9	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+18.366	7
10	Frederic Petit	Honda	+18.555	6
11	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+18.603	5
12	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+18.787	4
13	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+30.103	3
14	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+58.817	2
15	Alvaro Molina	Honda	+1:13.702	1
16	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+1:13.785
17	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+1:18.201
18	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+1:34.319
19	Joan Montero	Honda	+1:38.740
20	Vicente Esparragoso	Yamaha	+2:30.980
21	David Ortega	Honda	+2:56.693
Ret	Xavier Soler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Chris Burns	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Masao Azuma	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Ivan Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement