500cc Grand Prix Standings 1997
32 riders · 1997 season
PosRiderPointsGap
1
Mick Doohan
Repsol YPF Honda Team
340pts
—
2
Tadayuki Okada
Repsol YPF Honda Team
197pts
−143
3
Nobuatsu Aoki
Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.R
179pts
−161
4
Àlex Crivillé
Repsol YPF Honda Team
172pts
−168
5
Takuma Aoki
Repsol YPF Honda Team
134pts
−206
6
Luca Cadalora
Red Bull Yamaha WCM
129pts
−211
7
Norifumi Abe
Yamaha Team Rainey
126pts
−214
8
Carlos Checa
MoviStar Honda Pons
119pts
−221
9
Alex Barros
Honda Gresini
101pts
−239
10
Doriano Romboni
IP Aprilia Racing Team
88pts
−252
11
Daryl Beattie
Lucky Strike Suzuki
63pts
−277
12
Alberto Puig
MoviStar Honda Pons
63pts
−277
13
Sete Gibernau
Yamaha Team Rainey
56pts
−284
14
Régis Laconi
Tecmas Honda Elf
52pts
−288
15
Anthony Gobert
Lucky Strike Suzuki
44pts
−296
16
Kenny Roberts Jr.
Marlboro Team Roberts
37pts
−303
17
Juan Borja
ELF 500 ROC
37pts
−303
18
Jean-Michel Bayle
Marlboro Team Roberts
31pts
−309
19
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Honda
29pts
−311
20
Jürgen Fuchs
ELF 500 ROC
28pts
−312
21
Kirk McCarthy
Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20pts
−320
22
Peter Goddard
Lucky Strike Suzuki
13pts
−327
23
Troy Corser
Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11pts
−329
24
Yukio Kagayama
Lucky Strike Suzuki
9pts
−331
25
Norihiko Fujiwara
Marlboro Yamaha
7pts
−333
26
Bernard Garcia
Tecmas Honda Elf
7pts
−333
27
Laurent Naveau
Millet Racing
3pts
−337
28
Jason Vincent
Padgett's
2pts
−338
29
Lucio Pedercini
Team Pedercini
2pts
−338
30
Frédéric Protat
Honda
0pts
−340
31
Francesco Monaco
Team Paton
0pts
−340
32
Alessandro Gramigni
IP Aprilia Racing Team
0pts
−340
Who won the 1997 500cc World Championship?
Mick Doohan (Repsol YPF Honda Team) won the 1997 500cc World Championship with 340 points. Tadayuki Okada (Repsol YPF Honda Team) finished second on 197 points, 143 points behind, with Nobuatsu Aoki (Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.R) third on 179 points. These are the final standings for the 1997 500cc World Championship season.
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