1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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Date8 June 1997
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
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| Race 6 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 8 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 June 1997 at Circuit Paul Ricard.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 42:38.064 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Carlos Checa |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +4.292 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Tadayuki Okada |
Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +5.715 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé |
Repsol YPF Honda Team' | Honda | +6.159 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Takuma Aoki |
Repsol Honda | Honda | +24.227 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Alex Barros |
Honda Gresini | Honda | +41.437 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Norifumi Abe |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +41.734 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Alberto Puig |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +44.834 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Juan Borja |
Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +51.921 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Anthony Gobert |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +52.601 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Doriano Romboni |
IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +53.860 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Daryl Beattie |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +56.191 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sete Gibernau |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +1:01.044 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Troy Corser |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | +1:04.573 | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Team Millar MQP | Honda | +1:17.668 | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Jürgen Fuchs |
Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:20.972 | |||
| 17 |  Bernard Garcia |
Team Tecmas | Honda | +1:23.191 | |||
| 18 | Frederic Protat |
Soverex FP Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 | Lucio Pedercini |
Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Kirk McCarthy |
World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Luca Cadalora |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Laurent Naveau |
Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [2][3] | |||||||
