1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix
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Date6 July 1997
Official nameGran Premio Città di Imola[1]
LocationAutodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 4.930 km (3.063 mi)
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| Race 8 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Città di Imola[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 July 1997 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 45:58.995 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Nobuatsu Aoki |
Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +8.646 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Takuma Aoki |
Repsol Honda | Honda | +20.016 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Carlos Checa |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +24.570 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Tadayuki Okada |
Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +25.884 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Luca Cadalora |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +26.080 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Norifumi Abe |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +29.374 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Jean-Michel Bayle |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +40.881 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda Gresini | Honda | +43.539 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Anthony Gobert |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:01.383 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Sete Gibernau |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +1:05.922 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Alberto Puig |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +1:06.775 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Daryl Beattie |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:13.074 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Jürgen Fuchs |
Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:14.719 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Kirk McCarthy |
World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:46.200 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Lucio Pedercini |
Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1:55.880 | |||
| 17 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | +1 Lap | |||
| 18 | Frédéric Protat |
Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 | Francesco Monaco |
Team Paton | Paton | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Team Millar MQP | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Bernard Garcia |
Team Tecmas | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Laurent Naveau |
Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Doriano Romboni |
IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Juan Borja |
Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [1][2] | |||||||
