1997 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 10

Rio Grand Prix
Rio de Janeiro 01-03 Aug. 1997
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1  7 N.UEDA          JPN  2:01.975 *2:00.287       Honda Team Pileri
 2 46 V.ROSSI         ITA  2:03.520 *2:00.431     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA  2:02.473 *2:00.914     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 4 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA  2:02.785 *2:01.030       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
 5 19 F.PETIT         FRA  2:03.445 *2:01.102       Honda Team RMS
 6  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN  2:03.790 *2:01.309     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 7 33 M.GEISSLER      GER  2:05.102 *2:01.324     Aprilia UGT 3000
 8  3 T.MANAKO        JPN  2:02.154 *2:01.466       Honda Team UGT 3000
 9 41 Y.UI            JPN  2:03.782 *2:01.554      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
10 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA  2:03.520 *2:01.708       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
11 72 G.McCOY         AUS  2:02.886 *2:02.115     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
12  8 K.SAKATA        JPN  2:19.340 *2:02.128     Aprilia UGT 3000
13 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA  2:04.024 *2:02.255       Honda Matteoni Racing
14 24 G.BORSOI        ITA  2:04.234 *2:02.804      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
15 17 J.MATURANA      SPA  2:04.304 *2:02.903      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
16 26 I.GOI           ITA  2:05.874 *2:02.943     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
17 39 J.HULES         CZE  2:03.838 *2:03.244       Honda L.B. Racing
18 12 D.RAUDIES       GER  2:04.443 *2:03.418       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
19 20 M.AZUMA         JPN  2:04.244 *2:03.476       Honda L.B. Racing
20 22 S.JENKNER       GER  2:06.885 *2:03.552     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
21 62 Y.KATOH         JPN  2:03.618 *2:03.604      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
22 25 J.SARDA         SPA  2:05.423 *2:03.688       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
23 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  2:05.750 *2:03.940     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
24 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA *2:04.101  2:04.940       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
25 95 A.ZACCARI       BRA  2:08.607 *2:05.450       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
26 96 C.VIEIRA        BRA  2:07.576 *2:06.231       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
27 77 B.JERZENBECK    GER  2:12.539 *2:09.405       Honda Team UGT 3000
28 92 C.BARROS        BRA  2:09.911 *2:09.440       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
29 97 C.MEDEIROS      BRA  2:11.773 *2:09.496       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
30 93 E.TOME          BRA  2:13.482 *2:10.465       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
31 94 R.VELLUDO       BRA  2:11.863 *2:10.614       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team

250cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1 19 O.JACQUE        FRA  1:55.076 *1:53.870       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 2 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA  1:54.932 *1:54.259     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 3  2 R.WALDMANN      GER  1:55.613 *1:54.469       Honda Marlboro Honda
 4  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA  1:55.697 *1:54.557       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 5 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA  1:56.382 *1:54.580     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 6 31 T.HARADA        JPN  1:55.627 *1:55.249     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 7  5 T.UKAWA         JPN  1:56.673 *1:55.289       Honda Benetton Honda
 8  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA  1:57.785 *1:55.652       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 9  7 H.AOKI          JPN  1:57.201 *1:55.759       Honda Matteoni Racing
10 27 S.PORTO         ARG  1:58.240 *1:56.021     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
11 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN  1:57.217 *1:56.057  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
12 20 N.NUMATA        JPN  1:58.302 *1:56.127      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
13 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA  1:57.941 *1:56.528      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
14 99 G.FIORILLO      ITA  1:59.020 *1:56.699     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
15 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  1:57.978 *1:56.745     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
16 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  1:57.849 *1:56.782       Honda QUB Team Optimum
17  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA *1:57.110  1:57.187      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
18 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  1:59.949 *1:57.129      Yamaha Edo Racing
19 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA  1:58.203 *1:57.285       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
20 23 J.STIGEFELD     SWE  1:58.804 *1:57.840      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
21 16 W.COSTES        FRA  1:58.994 *1:57.852       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
22 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  1:59.140 *1:57.917       Honda Fortuna Honda
23 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  2:00.280 *1:58.413     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
24 22 K.ROBERTS       USA  2:01.416 *1:58.469       Honda Team PJ1 Oils
25 93 J.GARTNER       ARG *1:59.631  2:00.936       Honda Gregorio Imsa Castrol VHT
26 29 I.GAVIRA        SPA  2:04.140 *1:59.682     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV

NOT CLASSIFIED
   92 F.PELLEGRINO    VEN  2:09.148  2:05.658      Yamaha Adelante Gojedes

500cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS  1:52.552 *1:51.955       Honda Repsol Honda
 2  3 L.CADALORA      ITA  1:53.785 *1:52.353      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 3  8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:54.102 *1:52.464       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 4  7 T.OKADA         JPN  1:53.815 *1:52.495       Honda Repsol Honda
 5 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA  1:53.586 *1:52.653     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
 6 12 J.BAYLE         FRA  1:54.810 *1:52.991 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 7 18 N.AOKI          JPN  1:54.526 *1:53.030       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 8  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS  1:54.107 *1:53.111      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
 9 23 A.GOBERT        AUS  1:54.547 *1:53.196      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
10 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  1:55.478 *1:53.386      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
11  5 N.ABE           JPN  1:55.335 *1:53.794      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
12 16 J.FUCHS         GER  1:54.927 *1:53.927     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
13  4 A.BARROS        BRA  1:54.286 *1:54.091       Honda Honda Gresini
14 14 J.BORJA         SPA  1:55.458 *1:54.185     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
15 55 R.LACONI        FRA  1:56.108 *1:54.239       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
16 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED  1:58.672 *1:54.340       Honda Team Millar MQP
17 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA  1:55.953 *1:54.628 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
18 24 T.AOKI          JPN *1:54.810  2:25.093       Honda Repsol Honda
19 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS  1:57.022 *1:54.918  ROC Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20  9 A.PUIG          SPA *1:54.949  1:55.084       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
21 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA  1:57.253 *1:55.262  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
22 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL  1:59.345 *1:57.115  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing
23 15 F.PROTAT        FRA  2:00.580 *1:57.604       Honda Soverex FP Racing

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 V.ROSSI         ITA 42:32.218 146.121              Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2  7 N.UEDA          JPN 42:33.597 146.042    1.379       Honda Team Pileri
 3 41 Y.UI            JPN 42:40.699 145.637    8.481      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 4  3 T.MANAKO        JPN 42:41.233 145.607    9.015       Honda Team UGT 3000
 5  8 K.SAKATA        JPN 42:59.320 144.586   27.102     Aprilia UGT 3000
 6 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA 42:59.458 144.578   27.240       Honda Matteoni Racing
 7  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA 42:59.609 144.570   27.391     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 8 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA 42:59.672 144.566   27.454       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
 9 19 F.PETIT         FRA 42:59.800 144.559   27.582       Honda Team RMS
10  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN 42:59.949 144.551   27.731     Aprilia Docshop Racing
11 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA 43:00.199 144.537   27.981       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
12 22 S.JENKNER       GER 43:09.220 144.033   37.002     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
13 72 G.McCOY         AUS 43:09.446 144.021   37.228     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
14 24 G.BORSOI        ITA 43:11.414 143.911   39.196      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
15 17 J.MATURANA      SPA 43:11.732 143.894   39.514      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
16 62 Y.KATOH         JPN 43:20.839 143.390   48.621      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
17 20 M.AZUMA         JPN 43:29.357 142.922   57.139       Honda L.B. Racing
18 26 I.GOI           ITA 43:35.266 142.599 1:03.048     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
19 25 J.SARDA         SPA 43:39.565 142.365 1:07.347       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
20 12 D.RAUDIES       GER 43:44.707 142.086 1:12.489       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
21 95 A.ZACCARI       BRA 42:34.061 139.063    1 Lap       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
22 92 C.BARROS        BRA 42:34.196 139.055    1 Lap       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
23 97 C.MEDEIROS      BRA 43:24.314 136.379    1 Lap       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
24 94 R.VELLUDO       BRA 43:34.480 135.849    1 Lap       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
25 93 E.TOME          BRA 44:21.165 133.466    1 Lap       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team

NOT CLASSIFIED
   96 C.VIEIRA        BRA 40:26.227 139.070   2 Laps       Honda Honda Brasil Racing Team
   33 M.GEISSLER      GER 26:42.352 144.078   8 Laps     Aprilia UGT 3000
   21 G.SCALVINI      ITA 26:44.823 143.856   8 Laps       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
   29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  8:33.388 138.365  17 Laps     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
   77 B.JERZENBECK    GER  2:45.528 107.285  20 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000

NOT STARTED
   39 J.HULES         CZE                                  Honda L.B. Racing

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 19 O.JACQUE        FRA 42:09.114 154.478                Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 2 31 T.HARADA        JPN 42:09.347 154.464    0.233     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 3  5 T.UKAWA         JPN 42:15.202 154.107    6.088       Honda Benetton Honda
 4 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA 42:24.179 153.563   15.065     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 5  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA 42:31.491 153.123   22.377       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 6 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA 42:41.002 152.554   31.888     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 7  7 H.AOKI          JPN 42:56.405 151.642   47.291       Honda Matteoni Racing
 8 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN 42:59.846 151.440   50.732  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 9 27 S.PORTO         ARG 43:01.922 151.318   52.808     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
10 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR 43:02.603 151.279   53.489       Honda QUB Team Optimum
11  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA 43:09.634 150.868 1:00.520       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
12  2 R.WALDMANN      GER 43:13.238 150.658 1:04.124       Honda Marlboro Honda
13 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA 43:14.456 150.587 1:05.342       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
14 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA 43:16.510 150.468 1:07.396       Honda Fortuna Honda
15 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA 43:18.466 150.355 1:09.352      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
16 99 G.FIORILLO      ITA 43:19.408 150.300 1:10.294     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
17 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI 43:47.011 148.721 1:37.897     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
18 22 K.ROBERTS       USA 44:06.277 147.638 1:57.163       Honda Team PJ1 Oils
19 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA 42:10.930 147.350    1 Lap     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV

NOT CLASSIFIED
   93 J.GARTNER       ARG 26:17.093 146.386   9 Laps       Honda Gregorio Imsa Castrol VHT
   20 N.NUMATA        JPN 20:46.864 142.427  12 Laps      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
    6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA 17:54.508 148.746  13 Laps      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
   23 J.STIGEFELT     SWE 15:49.432 149.637  14 Laps      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
   29 I.GAVIRA        SPA  8:07.725 145.646  18 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
   16 W.COSTES        FRA  2:16.231 130.357  21 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN                                 Yamaha Edo Racing

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS 45:05.793 157.518                Honda Repsol Honda
 2  7 T.OKADA         JPN 45:06.499 157.476    0.706       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  3 L.CADALORA      ITA 45:28.328 156.216   22.535      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 4 18 N.AOKI          JPN 45:29.286 156.162   23.493       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 5  5 N.ABE           JPN 45:29.562 156.146   23.769      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6 16 J.FUCHS         GER 45:35.228 155.822   29.435     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
 7 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA 45:47.467 155.128   41.674     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
 8 12 J.BAYLE         FRA 45:49.906 154.991   44.113 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 9 55 R.LACONI        FRA 46:08.515 153.949 1:02.722       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
10 23 A.GOBERT        AUS 46:12.144 153.747 1:06.351      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
11 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED 46:14.954 153.592 1:09.161       Honda Team Millar MQP
12 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS 46:31.186 152.698 1:25.393  ROC Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
13  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS 46:33.008 152.599 1:27.215      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
14  9 A.PUIG          SPA 46:34.691 152.507 1:28.898       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
15 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA 46:56.683 151.316 1:50.890  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
16 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL 45:30.689 149.578    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing
17 15 F.PROTAT        FRA 45:43.551 148.877    1 Lap       Honda Soverex FP Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
    4 A.BARROS        BRA 43:54.345 155.048    1 Lap       Honda Honda Gresini
   14 J.BORJA         SPA 27:26.005 151.046  10 Laps     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
   20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA 24:52.288 154.704  11 Laps      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
   10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA 11:48.061 150.485  18 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
    8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:57.003 151.780  23 Laps       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons

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