1997 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 5

Österreich Grand Prix
A1 Ring 30 May - 01 Jun. 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  1:40.559 *1:40.080       Honda Team Pileri
 2 46 V.ROSSI         ITA  1:41.867 *1:40.126     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN  1:41.561 *1:40.191     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 4  8 K.SAKATA        JPN  1:41.050 *1:40.271     Aprilia UGT 3000
 5  3 T.MANAKO        JPN  1:41.323 *1:40.326       Honda Team UGT 3000
 6 72 G.McCOY         AUS  1:41.335 *1:40.482     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
 7  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA  1:41.977 *1:40.796     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 8 41 Y.UI            JPN  1:41.889 *1:40.899      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 9 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA  1:43.304 *1:40.916       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
10 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA  1:41.788 *1:41.338       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
11 19 F.PETIT         FRA  1:41.674 *1:41.594       Honda Team RMS
12 26 I.GOI           ITA  1:42.021 *1:41.805     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
13 12 D.RAUDIES       GER  1:43.884 *1:41.818       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
14 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA *1:41.832  1:41.980       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
15 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA  1:43.313 *1:41.864       Honda Matteoni Racing
16 33 M.GEISSLER      GER  1:43.178 *1:42.038     Aprilia Team UGT 3000
17 20 M.AZUMA         JPN  1:42.974 *1:42.200       Honda L.B. Racing
18 62 Y.KATOH         JPN *1:42.639  1:42.931      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
19 17 J.MATURANA      SPA  1:44.386 *1:42.781      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
20 39 J.HULES         CZE  1:44.422 *1:42.962       Honda L.B. Racing
21 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  1:43.931 *1:43.395     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
22 22 S.JENKNER       GER  1:44.781 *1:43.753     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
23 24 G.BORSOI        ITA  1:45.498 *1:43.812      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
24 59 H.DANNINGER     AUT  1:45.651 *1:43.940       Honda MSC-Traun
25 25 J.SARDA         SPA  1:44.521 *1:44.183       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
26 63 B.HOLZLEITNER   AUT  1:45.032 *1:44.962      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
27 77 B.JERZENBECK    GER  1:45.527 *1:45.500       Honda UGT 3000
28 60 G.HOFER         AUT  1:48.719 *1:48.147       Honda Hofer Racing Team
29 61 G.SCHARL        AUT *1:48.525  1:49.851       Honda Power Sports Company
30 64 W.BRANDSTETTER  AUT *1:54.011                       AGIP Brandstetter
31 65 J.REICHART      AUT           *1:50.265             RTR - Racing

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

 1  2 R.WALDMANN      GER  1:33.293 *1:32.607       Honda Marlboro Honda
 2 19 O.JACQUE        FRA *1:33.286  1:32.626       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 3  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA  1:34.143 *1:32.650       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 4 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA  1:33.896 *1:32.684     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 5 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA  1:34.670 *1:32.930     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 6 31 T.HARADA        JPN  1:34.460 *1:32.994     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 7  5 T.UKAWA         JPN  1:33.637 *1:32.998       Honda Benetton Honda
 8  7 H.AOKI          JPN  1:34.422 *1:33.508       Honda Matteoni Racing
 9 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN  1:34.055 *1:33.635  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
10 27 S.PORTO         ARG  1:36.520 *1:33.908     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
11 34 M.LUCCHI        ITA  1:34.239 *1:34.022     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
12 20 N.NUMATA        JPN  1:35.772 *1:34.027      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
13 14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:36.045 *1:34.560      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
14 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  1:35.421 *1:34.584       Honda Qub Team Optimum
15 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA  1:36.104 *1:34.602       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
16 16 W.COSTES        FRA  1:36.088 *1:34.850       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
17  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA  1:35.485 *1:34.867      Yamaha Antena 3 S.S.P. Competicion
18  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA  1:36.103 *1:35.068       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
19 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA  1:36.280 *1:35.359      Yamaha Edo Racing
20 29 I.GAVIRA        SPA  1:38.724 *1:35.441     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
21 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  1:36.844 *1:35.486     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
22 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  1:37.164 *1:35.600      Yamaha Edo Racing
23 22 K.ROBERTS       USA  1:38.314 *1:35.633     Aprilia Team PJ1 Oils
24 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA  1:36.938 *1:35.976      Yamaha Antena 3 S.S.P. Competicion
25 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  1:37.669 *1:35.982     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
26 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  1:37.556 *1:37.184       Honda Fortuna Honda
27 60 U.BOLTERAURER   AUT  1:38.630 *1:38.107       Honda Remus Racing
28 59 T.STADLER       AUT  1:41.257 *1:39.462       Honda Stadler Racing
29 64 M.ZEHETNER      AUT  1:41.246 *1:40.009     Aprilia MRV Kirkd. - Micheld.
30 63 J.HAIM          AUT *1:46.039                Yamaha MRSC Horsching

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

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS  1:29.654 *1:28.803       Honda Repsol Honda
 7  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA  1:31.136 *1:29.310       Honda Repsol Honda
 2  7 T.OKADA         JPN  1:29.801 *1:29.113       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:30.258 *1:29.399       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 4  3 L.CADALORA      ITA  1:30.785 *1:29.688      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5 18 N.AOKI          JPN  1:30.970 *1:29.758       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 6  9 A.PUIG          SPA  1:31.087 *1:30.615       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 8  4 A.BARROS        BRA  1:31.351 *1:30.767       Honda Honda Gresini
16 23 A.GOBERT        AUS  1:32.738 *1:30.803      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
12  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS  1:32.199 *1:30.813      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
 9  5 N.ABE           JPN  1:31.688 *1:30.841      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
13 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA  1:32.217 *1:30.906     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
11 14 J.BORJA         SPA  1:31.894 *1:30.941     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
18 24 T.AOKI          JPN  1:32.771 *1:31.161       Honda Repsol Honda
19 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  1:33.255 *1:31.350      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
14 55 R.LACONI        FRA  1:32.397 *1:31.411       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
17 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA  1:32.753 *1:31.513 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
15 16 J.FUCHS         GER  1:32.434 *1:31.539     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
10 12 J.BAYLE         FRA  1:31.754 *1:31.546 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
22 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS  1:33.501 *1:31.827  ROC Yamaha World Champ Motorsports
20 11 T.CORSER        AUS  1:33.415 *1:32.334      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
23 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL  1:33.930 *1:32.812  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing
21 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED  1:33.444 *1:32.968       Honda Team Millar MQP
24 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA  1:34.032 *1:33.140  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
25 15 F.PROTAT        FRA *1:36.601  1:36.677       Honda Soverex FP Racing

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

 1  7 N.UEDA          JPN 40:19.719 154.216                Honda Team Pileri
 2 46 V.ROSSI         ITA 40:19.723 154.216    0.004     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3  3 T.MANAKO        JPN 40:26.005 153.817    6.286       Honda Team UGT 3000
 4 72 G.McCOY         AUS 40:26.140 153.808    6.421     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
 5  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN 40:26.174 153.806    6.455     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6  8 K.SAKATA        JPN 40:38.698 153.016   18.979     Aprilia UGT 3000
 7 41 Y.UI            JPN 40:41.987 152.810   22.268      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 8 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA 40:42.703 152.765   22.984       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 9 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA 40:51.046 152.245   31.327       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
10 19 F.PETIT         FRA 40:51.106 152.242   31.387       Honda Team RMS
11 20 M.AZUMA         JPN 41:13.967 150.835   54.248       Honda L.B. Racing
12 26 I.GOI           ITA 41:17.247 150.635   57.528     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
13 33 M.GEISSLER      GER 41:23.658 150.246 1:03.939     Aprilia Team UGT 3000
14 17 J.MATURANA      SPA 41:25.103 150.159 1:05.384      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
15 22 S.JENKNER       GER 41:44.264 149.010 1:24.545     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
16 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA 41:59.717 148.096 1:39.998     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
17 63 B.HOLZLEITNER   AUT 40:45.171 146.252    1 Lap      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
18 59 H.DANNINGER     AUT 40:52.467 145.817    1 Lap       Honda MSC-Traun
19 60 G.HOFER         AUT 40:55.527 139.304   2 Laps       Honda Hofer Racing Team

NOT CLASSIFIED
    5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA 35:44.359 152.267   3 Laps     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
   39 J.HULES         CZE 14:25.733 143.678  16 Laps       Honda L.B. Racing
   24 G.BORSOI        ITA  9:22.894 138.111  19 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
   61 G.SCHARL        AUT  7:41.406 134.791  20 Laps       Honda Power Sports Company
   10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA  5:16.139 147.546  21 Laps       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
   62 Y.KATOH         JPN  7:10.255 108.412  21 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
   12 D.RAUDIES       GER  3:44.857 138.295  22 Laps       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
   25 J.SARDA         SPA  1:57.261 132.596  23 Laps       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
   77 B.JERZENBECK    GER  1:57.543 132.278  23 Laps       Honda UGT 3000

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA                                  Honda Matteoni Racing
   64 W.BRANDSTETTER  AUT                                        AGIP Brandstetter
   65 J.REICHART      AUT                                        RTR - Racing

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

 1 19 O.JACQUE        FRA 40:29.266 166.411                Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 2  2 R.WALDMANN      GER 40:29.888 166.369    0.622       Honda Marlboro Honda
 3  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA 40:35.678 165.973    6.412       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 4 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA 40:35.681 165.973    6.415     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 5  5 T.UKAWA         JPN 40:52.624 164.826   23.358       Honda Benetton Honda
 6 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA 40:55.558 164.629   26.292     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 7 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN 40:59.257 164.382   29.991  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 8  7 H.AOKI          JPN 41:09.345 163.710   40.079       Honda Matteoni Racing
 9 27 S.PORTO         ARG 41:18.917 163.078   49.651     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
10 20 N.NUMATA        JPN 41:20.712 162.960   51.446      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
11  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA 41:20.819 162.953   51.553      Yamaha Antena 3 S.S.P. Competicion
12 14 J.ROBINSON      GBR 41:32.045 162.219 1:02.779      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
13 16 W.COSTES        FRA 41:33.754 162.108 1:04.488       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
14 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA 41:34.047 162.089 1:04.781      Yamaha Edo Racing
15 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI 41:38.651 161.790 1:09.385     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
16  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA 41:38.876 161.776 1:09.610       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
17 31 T.HARADA        JPN 41:56.450 160.646 1:27.184     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
18 22 K.ROBERTS       USA 40:30.616 159.922    1 Lap     Aprilia Team PJ1 Oils
19 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA 41:02.661 157.841    1 Lap     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
20 60 U.BOLTERAURER   AUT 41:23.765 156.500    1 Lap       Honda Remus Racing
21 59 T.STADLER       AUT 42:00.614 154.212    1 Lap       Honda Stadler Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
   29 I.GAVIRA        SPA 35:44.600 159.500   4 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
   18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  2:44.249  94.663  25 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  6:54.658  37.496  25 Laps       Honda Qub Team Optimum

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA                                  Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
   17 J.CARDOSO       SPA                                 Yamaha Antena 3 S.S.P. Competicion

NOT STARTED
   26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA                                  Honda Fortuna Honda
   34 M.LUCCHI        ITA                                Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
   61 R.ZWIDL         AUT                                Aprilia Team Zwidl
   63 J.HAIM          AUT                                 Yamaha MRSC Horsching
   64 M.ZEHETNER      AUT                                Aprilia MRV Kirkd. - Micheld.

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

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS 41:48.665 173.540                Honda Repsol Honda
 2  7 T.OKADA         JPN 42:10.742 172.026   22.077       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  3 L.CADALORA      ITA 42:11.136 171.999   22.471      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 4 18 N.AOKI          JPN 42:11.328 171.986   22.663       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 5  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA 42:14.127 171.796   25.462       Honda Repsol Honda
 6  8 C.CHECA         SPA 42:17.314 171.581   28.649       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7 23 A.GOBERT        AUS 42:47.675 169.552   59.010      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
 8  9 A.PUIG          SPA 42:48.682 169.485 1:00.017       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9  5 N.ABE           JPN 42:51.050 169.329 1:02.385      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA 42:51.138 169.323 1:02.473     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
11  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS 42:52.110 169.259 1:03.445      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
12 14 J.BORJA         SPA 43:11.315 168.005 1:22.650     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
13  4 A.BARROS        BRA 41:59.560 166.619    1 Lap       Honda Honda Gresini
14 12 J.BAYLE         FRA 42:10.852 165.875    1 Lap Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
15 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL 42:23.297 165.064    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing
16 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA 42:45.113 163.660    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
17 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS 42:48.088 163.470    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha World Champ Motorsports

NOT CLASSIFIED
   10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA 10:55.790 165.965  21 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
   16 J.FUCHS         GER  6:52.094 150.920  24 Laps     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
   11 T.CORSER        AUS  4:50.713 160.451  25 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  2:14.195 115.864  27 Laps      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   15 F.PROTAT        FRA                                  Honda Soverex FP Racing
   21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED                                  Honda Team Millar MQP
   24 T.AOKI          JPN                                  Honda Repsol Honda
   55 R.LACONI        FRA                                  Honda Tecmas Honda Elf

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