1997 FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES round 1

AUSTRALIA
Phillip Island 21-23 Mar. 1997
Official Practice Time
Race 1 Classification
Race 2 Classification

Official Practice Time
P. Rider           Time     Motorcycle

 1 A.SLIGHT        1'34.683 Honda
 2 A.YANAGAWA      1'35.139 Kawasaki
 3 S.CRAFAR        1'35.184 Kawasaki
 4 C.EDWARDS II    1'35.204 Yamaha
 5 C.FOGARTY       1'35.222 Ducati
 6 N.HODGSON       1'35.455 Ducati
 7 J.KOCINSKI      1'35.837 Honda
 8 S.RUSSELL       1'35.842 Yamaha
 9 P.GODDARD       1'35.887 Suzuki
10 P.BONTEMPI      1'36.073 Kawasaki
11 P.CHILI         1'36.078 Ducati
12 T.BAYLISS       1'36.203 Suzuki
13 S.MARTIN        1'36.327 Suzuki
14 C.CONNELL       1'36.466 Ducati
15 D.BUCKMASTER    1'36.664 Kawasaki
16 M.CRAGGILL      1'36.962 Kawasaki
17 S.GILES         1'36.994 Honda
18 M.HALE          1'37.113 Suzuki
19 J.WHITHAM       1'37.615 Suzuki
20 G.MOSS          1'38.618 Honda
21 J.LOVE          1'38.905 Ducati
22 P.RIBA CABANA   1'39.104 Honda
23 A.MEKLAU        1'39.113 Ducati
24 J.HAYDON        1'39.251 Ducati
25 D.EMMERSON      1'39.373 Suzuki
26 I.JERMAN        1'39.542 Kawasaki
27 A.MAXWELL       1'40.035 Kawasaki
28 G.WILSHAW       1'40.363 Suzuki
29 B.ARCHIBALD     1'40.517 Kawasaki
30 C.STAFFORD      1'41.462 Yamaha
31 S.MIDDLETON     1'41.470 Kawasaki
32 D.VANOLINI      1'41.554 Ducati
33 J.PHELAN        1'41.830 Kawasaki
34 S.TOZER         1'42.281 Kawasaki
35 J.ORCHARD       1'42.690
36 P.CARIDI        1'44.328 Suzuki
37 S.WEBSTER       1'44.427 Yamaha
38 S.DOYLE         1'47.404 Honda

Race 1 Classification (22 laps)
P.No. Rider           Total Time km/h     Diff.  Motorcycle

 1 J.KOCINSKI         41'16.551 142,310          Honda
 2 C.FOGARTY          41'32.273 141,413   15.722 Ducati
 3 S.CRAFAR           41'45.509 140,666   28.958 Kawasaki
 4 A.YANAGAWA         41'57.457 139,998   40.906 Kawasaki
 5 T.BAYLISS          42'45.500 137,376 1'28.949 Suzuki
 6 M.CRAGGILL         41'23.965 135,436    1 Lap Kawasaki
 7 S.RUSSELL          41'28.785 135,174    1 Lap Yamaha
 8 A.MEKLAU           41'29.507 135,135    1 Lap Ducati
 9 S.GILES            41'49.573 134,054    1 Lap Honda
10 P.RIBA CABANA      41'56.173 133,703    1 Lap Honda
11 J.LOVE             42'10.747 132,933    1 Lap Ducati
12 I.JERMAN           42'18.052 132,550    1 Lap Kawasaki
13 B.ARCHIBALD        42'29.513 131,954    1 Lap Kawasaki
14 G.MOSS             43'01.195 130,334    1 Lap Honda
15 C.STAFFORD         42'16.693 126,306   2 Laps Yamaha
16 S.MARTIN           42'25.336 125,877   2 Laps Suzuki
17 S.TOZER            42'12.408 120,193   3 Laps Kawasaki
18 S.MIDDLETON        42'43.766 118,723   3 Laps Kawasaki

RT G.WILSHAW          32'34.762           6 Laps Suzuki
RT P.BONTEMPI         20'17.686          12 Laps Kawasaki
RT C.EDWARDS II       16'54.723          13 Laps Yamaha
RT D.BUCKMASTER       13'32.350          15 Laps Kawasaki
RT C.CONNELL          14'15.028          15 Laps Ducati
RT M.HALE             11'41.902          16 Laps Suzuki
RT A.SLIGHT            9'34.864          17 Laps Honda
RT J.ORCHARD          12'19.715          18 Laps
RT N.HODGSON           5'39.931          19 Laps Ducati
RT P.GODDARD           2'03.850          21 Laps Suzuki
RT J.WHITHAM           2'04.260          21 Laps Suzuki
RT P.CHILI             2'06.720          21 Laps Ducati
RT J.HAYDON               0.000          22 Laps Ducati
RT D.EMMERSON             0.000          22 Laps Suzuki
RT A.MAXWELL              0.000          22 Laps Kawasaki
RT D.VANOLINI             0.000          22 Laps Ducati

Race 2 Classification (22 laps)
P.No. Rider           Total Time km/h     Diff.  Motorcycle

 1 A.SLIGHT           35'33.916 165,161          Honda
 2 C.EDWARDS II       35'33.949 165,158    0.033 Yamaha
 3 S.CRAFAR           35'34.673 165,102    0.757 Kawasaki
 4 C.FOGARTY          35'42.145 164,526    8.229 Ducati
 5 T.BAYLISS          35'51.923 163,779   18.007 Suzuki
 6 S.RUSSELL          35'56.570 163,426   22.654 Yamaha
 7 J.KOCINSKI         35'58.133 163,307   24.217 Honda
 8 D.BUCKMASTER       36'01.409 163,060   27.493 Kawasaki
 9 M.CRAGGILL         36'17.132 161,882   43.216 Kawasaki
10 S.GILES            36'17.185 161,878   43.269 Honda
11 C.CONNELL          36'17.226 161,875   43.310 Ducati
12 P.BONTEMPI         36'23.763 161,391   49.847 Kawasaki
13 J.WHITHAM          36'39.483 160,237 1'05.567 Suzuki
14 J.HAYDON           36'47.159 159,680 1'13.243 Ducati
15 A.MEKLAU           36'51.669 159,354 1'17.753 Ducati
16 J.LOVE             36'55.875 159,052 1'21.959 Ducati
17 P.RIBA CABANA      37'03.152 158,531 1'29.236 Honda
18 D.EMMERSON         35'35.890 157,508    1 Lap Suzuki
19 C.STAFFORD         36'28.712 153,706    1 Lap Yamaha
20 S.TOZER            36'29.272 153,667    1 Lap Kawasaki
21 J.ORCHARD          36'32.231 153,460    1 Lap

RT I.JERMAN           32'13.262           3 Laps Kawasaki
RT M.HALE             25'08.788           7 Laps Suzuki
RT A.YANAGAWA         22'39.595           8 Laps Kawasaki
RT G.WILSHAW          23'46.780           8 Laps Suzuki
RT S.MARTIN           21'18.908           9 Laps Suzuki
RT G.MOSS             13'37.856          14 Laps Honda
RT B.ARCHIBALD         8'38.318          17 Laps Kawasaki
RT N.HODGSON           6'36.555          18 Laps Ducati
RT S.MIDDLETON         7'17.548          18 Laps Kawasaki
RT A.MAXWELL           1'50.488          21 Laps Kawasaki
RT D.VANOLINI             0.000          22 Laps Ducati

NS P.GODDARD              0.000                  Suzuki
NS P.CHILI                0.000                  Ducati

Schedule & Results 1997
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