1997 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 15

Australian Grand Prix
Phillip Island 03-05 Oct. 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  8 K.SAKATA        JPN  1:43.665 *1:40.680     Aprilia UGT 3000
 2 41 Y.UI            JPN  1:42.403 *1:40.762      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 3 46 V.ROSSI         ITA  1:44.077 *1:40.904     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 4  7 N.UEDA          JPN  1:43.411 *1:41.302       Honda Team Pileri
 5 72 G.McCOY         AUS  1:44.678 *1:41.417     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
 6  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA  1:44.139 *1:41.422     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 7 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA  1:43.782 *1:41.551       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 8  3 T.MANAKO        JPN  1:45.312 *1:41.816       Honda Team UGT 3000
 9 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA  1:46.758 *1:41.946       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
10 17 J.MATURANA      SPA  1:44.746 *1:42.048      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
11 19 F.PETIT         FRA  1:45.050 *1:42.171       Honda Team RMS
12 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA  1:46.352 *1:42.254       Honda Matteoni Racing
13  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN  1:46.281 *1:42.466     Aprilia Docshop Racing
14 24 G.BORSOI        ITA  1:45.884 *1:42.570      Yamaha Team Semprucci
15 20 M.AZUMA         JPN  1:45.327 *1:42.684       Honda L.B. Racing
16 39 J.HULES         CZE  1:46.059 *1:42.694       Honda L.B. Racing
17 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA  1:44.283 *1:42.910       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
18 33 M.GEISSLER      GER  1:44.587 *1:42.985     Aprilia UGT 3000
19 12 D.RAUDIES       GER  1:46.571 *1:43.236       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
20 62 Y.KATOH         JPN  1:46.968 *1:43.581      Yamaha Team Semprucci
21 25 J.SARDA         SPA  1:45.000 *1:43.670       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
22 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  1:47.733 *1:44.090     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
23 42 S.YUZY          MAL  1:49.477 *1:44.093       Honda Team UGT 3000
24 22 S.JENKNER       GER  1:47.166 *1:44.422     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
25 47 J.TAYLOR        AUS  1:46.206 *1:44.924       Honda Taylor Racing
26 43 X.SOLER         SPA  1:50.848 *1:46.157     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
27 50 A.WILLY         AUS  1:49.001 *1:46.751      Yamaha Andrew Willy Racing
28 48 W.STRUGNELL     AUS  1:47.774 *1:47.262       Honda Southern Cross Sports
29 51 P.GALVIN        AUS  1:53.970 *1:49.329       Honda Teknic Racing
30 52 H.BOOL          NZL  1:53.845 *1:49.813       Honda Bool Racing
31 49 J.ARMSTRONG     AUS  1:53.361 *1:50.377      Yamaha Wolfendon Racing

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

 1  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA  1:37.315 *1:34.789       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 2  2 R.WALDMANN      GER  1:36.438 *1:35.116       Honda Marlboro Honda
 3 31 T.HARADA        JPN  1:37.479 *1:35.953     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 4 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA  1:38.589 *1:36.006     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 5 19 O.JACQUE        FRA  1:38.349 *1:36.064       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 6 30 T.BAYLISS       AUS  1:38.824 *1:36.259      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
 7  5 T.UKAWA         JPN  1:37.403 *1:36.657       Honda Benetton Honda
 8 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN  1:38.114 *1:36.666  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 9 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  1:39.189 *1:36.864       Honda QUB Team Optimum
10 27 S.PORTO         ARG  1:39.903 *1:36.915     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
11 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  1:39.082 *1:36.948      Yamaha Edo Racing
12 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA  1:38.695 *1:37.168      Yamaha Edo Racing
13  7 H.AOKI          JPN  1:39.858 *1:37.208       Honda Matteoni Racing
14  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA  1:39.304 *1:37.311      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
15 14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:40.061 *1:37.448      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
16 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA  1:39.258 *1:37.827      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
17 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA  1:41.677 *1:37.921       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
18  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA  1:40.486 *1:37.984       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
19 22 K.ROBERTS       USA  1:40.615 *1:38.179       Honda Team PJ1 Oils
20 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA *1:38.526               Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
21 16 W.COSTES        FRA  1:40.671 *1:38.657       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
22 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  1:41.029 *1:38.658     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
23 99 G.FIORILLO      ITA  1:40.666 *1:39.485     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
24 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  1:43.364 *1:40.009     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
25 56 S.WEEKS         AUS  1:43.100 *1:40.900       Honda West Coast Motorsports
26 58 W.STRUGNELL     AUS  1:43.898 *1:41.132       Honda West Coast Motorsports
27 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  1:44.432 *1:41.396       Honda Fortuna Honda
28 84 B.REID          AUS           *1:41.849      Yamaha VTI Racing Amsoil
29 83 M.CLUNIE        NZL  1:46.066 *1:42.928      Yamaha Cempac Woodchipping

NOT CLASSIFIED
   82 M.TALL          NZL  1:47.563 *1:44.280      Yamaha Ride Tall Racing

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

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS  1:33.822 *1:33.135       Honda Repsol Honda
 2  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA  1:36.177 *1:33.961       Honda Repsol Honda
 3 24 T.AOKI          JPN  1:35.876 *1:34.292       Honda Repsol Honda
 4  7 T.OKADA         JPN  1:37.170 *1:34.414       Honda Repsol Honda
 5  5 N.ABE           JPN  1:36.832 *1:34.702      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6  3 L.CADALORA      ITA  1:38.004 *1:34.911      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 7 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA  1:36.922 *1:34.930     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
 8  8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:37.008 *1:34.955       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9  4 A.BARROS        BRA  1:36.159 *1:35.167       Honda Honda Gresini
10 55 R.LACONI        FRA  1:37.496 *1:35.180       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
11  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS  1:36.922 *1:35.273      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
12 26 Y.KAGAYAMA      JPN  1:38.383 *1:35.319      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
13 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED  1:38.252 *1:35.332       Honda Team Millar MQP
14 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  1:38.494 *1:35.345      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
15 27 P.GODDARD       AUS  1:37.180 *1:35.351      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
16 18 N.AOKI          JPN  1:38.015 *1:35.412       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
17 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA  1:38.221 *1:35.446 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
18 14 J.BORJA         SPA  1:38.363 *1:35.625     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
19 12 J.BAYLE         FRA  1:40.153 *1:35.858 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
20 16 J.FUCHS         GER  1:38.222 *1:36.376     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
21  9 A.PUIG          SPA  1:38.367 *1:36.449       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
22 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA  1:38.778 *1:37.199  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
23 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS  1:37.279 *1:37.225      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
24 15 F.PROTAT        FRA  1:42.496 *1:38.297       Honda Soverex FP Racing
25 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL  1:42.463 *1:39.283  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing

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

 1  7 N.UEDA          JPN 38:59.797 157.404                Honda Team Pileri
 2  8 K.SAKATA        JPN 39:01.163 157.312    1.366     Aprilia UGT 3000
 3  3 T.MANAKO        JPN 39:01.663 157.278    1.866       Honda Team UGT 3000
 4 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA 39:01.700 157.276    1.903       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 5 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA 39:05.384 157.029    5.587       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 6 46 V.ROSSI         ITA 39:18.750 156.139   18.953     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 7 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA 39:27.041 155.592   27.244       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
 8  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN 39:35.583 155.033   35.786     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 9 72 G.McCOY         AUS 39:35.694 155.026   35.897     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
10 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA 39:36.189 154.993   36.392       Honda Matteoni Racing
11 17 J.MATURANA      SPA 39:36.201 154.992   36.404      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
12 20 M.AZUMA         JPN 39:36.263 154.988   36.466       Honda L.B. Racing
13  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA 39:44.708 154.440   44.911     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
14 62 Y.KATOH         JPN 39:56.139 153.703   56.342      Yamaha Team Semprucci
15 33 M.GEISSLER      GER 39:56.326 153.691   56.529     Aprilia UGT 3000
16 22 S.JENKNER       GER 39:56.330 153.691   56.533     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
17 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA 39:59.829 153.466 1:00.032     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
18 25 J.SARDA         SPA 39:59.973 153.457 1:00.176       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
19 42 S.YUZY          MAL 40:26.532 151.778 1:26.735       Honda Team UGT 3000
20 47 J.TAYLOR        AUS 40:31.819 151.448 1:32.022       Honda Taylor Racing
21 52 H.BOOL          NZL 40:37.365 144.533    1 Lap       Honda Bool Racing
22 49 J.ARMSTRONG     AUS 40:06.954 139.707   2 Laps      Yamaha Wolfendon Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
   12 D.RAUDIES       GER 34:37.972 154.119   3 Laps       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
   48 W.STRUGNELL     AUS 23:34.821 147.132  10 Laps       Honda Southern Cross Sports
   43 X.SOLER         SPA 21:45.530 147.184  11 Laps     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
   19 F.PETIT         FRA 18:59.482 154.579  12 Laps       Honda Team RMS
   51 P.GALVIN        AUS 11:09.360 143.535  17 Laps       Honda Teknic Racing
   24 G.BORSOI        ITA  1:52.473 142.370  22 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci
   
   NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   39 J.HULES         CZE                                  Honda L.B. Racing
   41 Y.UI            JPN                                 Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
   50 A.WILLY         AUS                                 Yamaha Andrew Willy Racing

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

 1  2 R.WALDMANN      GER 40:09.735 166.126                Honda Marlboro Honda
 2  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA 40:15.564 165.725    5.829       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 3 19 O.JACQUE        FRA 40:36.986 164.268   27.251       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 4 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN 40:37.374 164.242   27.639  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 5 31 T.HARADA        JPN 40:37.661 164.222   27.926     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 6 30 T.BAYLISS       AUS 40:37.853 164.210   28.118      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
 7 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA 40:38.773 164.148   29.038     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 8  5 T.UKAWA         JPN 40:53.329 163.174   43.594       Honda Benetton Honda
 9 27 S.PORTO         ARG 41:08.157 162.193   58.422     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
10 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR 41:15.211 161.731 1:05.476       Honda QUB Team Optimum
11 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN 41:15.298 161.725 1:05.563      Yamaha Edo Racing
12 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA 41:22.114 161.281 1:12.379      Yamaha Edo Racing
13  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA 41:29.285 160.817 1:19.550       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
14  7 H.AOKI          JPN 41:29.418 160.808 1:19.683       Honda Matteoni Racing
15 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA 41:29.475 160.804 1:19.740       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
16  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA 41:31.716 160.660 1:21.981      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
17 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI 41:50.406 159.464 1:40.671     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
18 58 W.STRUGNELL     AUS 41:04.164 155.958    1 Lap       Honda West Coast Motorsports
19 56 S.WEEKS         AUS 41:10.858 155.535    1 Lap       Honda West Coast Motorsports
20 84 B.REID          AUS 41:27.083 154.521    1 Lap      Yamaha VTI Racing Amsoil
21 83 M.CLUNIE        NZL 40:22.158 152.052   2 Laps      Yamaha Cempac Woodchipping

NOT CLASSIFIED
   16 W.COSTES        FRA 28:32.684 158.942   8 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   99 G.FIORILLO      ITA 28:43.752 157.921   8 Laps     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
   28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  3:32.484 150.720  23 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
   26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  3:38.229 146.752  23 Laps       Honda Fortuna Honda
   14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:46.345 150.574  24 Laps      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
   17 J.CARDOSO       SPA  1:47.184 149.395  24 Laps      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion

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

 1  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA 42:53.362 168.008                Honda Repsol Honda
 2 24 T.AOKI          JPN 42:55.630 167.860    2.268       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  5 N.ABE           JPN 43:21.481 166.192   28.119      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 4  7 T.OKADA         JPN 43:28.592 165.739   35.230       Honda Repsol Honda
 5 55 R.LACONI        FRA 43:28.902 165.719   35.540       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
 6 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA 43:29.040 165.710   35.678      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7 26 Y.KAGAYAMA      JPN 43:29.132 165.704   35.770      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
 8  4 A.BARROS        BRA 43:29.622 165.673   36.260       Honda Honda Gresini
 9 27 P.GODDARD       AUS 43:30.157 165.639   36.795      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
10  8 C.CHECA         SPA 43:30.908 165.592   37.546       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
11 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA 43:31.123 165.578   37.761     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
12 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED 43:50.351 164.368   56.989       Honda Team Millar MQP
13 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS 43:54.553 164.105 1:01.191      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA 43:55.618 164.039 1:02.256 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
15  9 A.PUIG          SPA 43:55.862 164.024 1:02.500       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
16 12 J.BAYLE         FRA 44:18.178 162.647 1:24.816 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
17 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA 43:22.044 160.002    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
18 15 F.PROTAT        FRA 43:24.478 159.852    1 Lap       Honda Soverex FP Racing
19 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL 43:24.622 159.843    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
   18 N.AOKI          JPN 40:16.549 165.657   2 Laps       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
   14 J.BORJA         SPA 37:22.486 164.234   4 Laps     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
    1 M.DOOHAN        AUS 25:19.184 168.646  11 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda
    3 L.CADALORA      ITA 16:17.639 163.790  17 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   16 J.FUCHS         GER 10:17.758 155.524  21 Laps     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc

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