1997 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 13

Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya
Catalunya 12-14 Sep. 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 *1:53.476  1:53.692     Aprilia UGT 3000
 2 41 Y.UI            JPN  1:54.486 *1:53.941      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 3  3 T.MANAKO        JPN  1:54.416 *1:54.004       Honda Team UGT 3000
 4 46 V.ROSSI         ITA  1:54.199 *1:54.091     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 5  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA  1:54.533 *1:54.126     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 6 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA  1:54.620 *1:54.321       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 7  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN *1:54.346  1:55.246     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 8 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA  1:54.630 *1:54.458       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
 9 33 M.GEISSLER      GER  1:56.225 *1:54.465     Aprilia UGT 3000
10  7 N.UEDA          JPN  1:55.513 *1:54.510       Honda Team Pileri
11 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA  1:55.779 *1:54.545       Honda Matteoni Racing
12 17 J.MATURANA      SPA  1:55.169 *1:54.622      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
13 19 F.PETIT         FRA *1:54.829  1:55.020       Honda Team RMS
14 72 G.McCOY         AUS  1:56.103 *1:54.920     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
15 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA  1:55.797 *1:55.025       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
16 20 M.AZUMA         JPN  1:55.854 *1:55.071       Honda L.B. Racing
17 62 Y.KATOH         JPN  1:55.277 *1:55.210      Yamaha Team Semprucci
18 39 J.HULES         CZE  1:57.285 *1:55.397       Honda L.B. Racing
19 22 S.JENKNER       GER  1:57.106 *1:55.679     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
20 25 J.SARDA         SPA  1:56.593 *1:55.725       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
21 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  1:56.352 *1:56.113     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
22 24 G.BORSOI        ITA  1:56.461 *1:56.352      Yamaha Team Semprucci
23 52 A.MOLINA        SPA  1:57.306 *1:56.353       Honda Centro Comercial Neptuno
24 43 X.SOLER         SPA  1:58.043 *1:57.805     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
25 45 I.MARTINEZ      SPA  1:58.037 *1:57.837     Aprilia Aprilia - Motorrad PS Racing
26 51 V.ESPARRAGOSO   SPA *1:57.873  1:58.248      Yamaha Esparragoso-Sevilla 99
27 12 D.RAUDIES       GER  1:58.003 *1:57.983       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
28 44 J.MONTERO       SPA  1:58.890 *1:58.327       Honda T.M.R.
29 98 C.BURNS         GBR  1:59.809 *1:58.363       Honda Team UGT 3000
30 42 D.ORTEGA        SPA *2:00.058  2:00.724       Honda Team Ortega

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

 1  2 R.WALDMANN      GER  1:48.301 *1:47.621       Honda Marlboro Honda
 2  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA  1:48.857 *1:47.690       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 3  5 T.UKAWA         JPN  1:49.389 *1:48.192       Honda Benetton Honda
 4 31 T.HARADA        JPN  1:48.841 *1:48.632     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 5 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA *1:48.676  1:48.726     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 6 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA *1:49.129  1:49.533     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 7 19 O.JACQUE        FRA  1:49.539 *1:49.326       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 8 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN *1:49.384  1:49.509  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 9 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  1:51.186 *1:49.437       Honda QUB Team Optimum
10  7 H.AOKI          JPN  1:50.266 *1:49.734       Honda Matteoni Racing
11 20 N.NUMATA        JPN  1:50.545 *1:49.958      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
12 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  1:51.455 *1:50.269      Yamaha Edo Racing
13 14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:51.730 *1:50.294      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
14 16 W.COSTES        FRA  1:50.812 *1:50.345       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
15  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA  1:50.893 *1:50.395       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
16 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA *1:50.430  1:51.340      Yamaha Edo Racing
17 99 G.FIORILLO      ITA  1:51.465 *1:50.622     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
18 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  1:50.928 *1:50.655       Honda Fortuna Honda
19 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  1:50.937 *1:50.694     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
20  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA  1:51.411 *1:50.789      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
21 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA *1:50.862  1:51.469      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
22 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA  1:53.065 *1:51.184       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
23 27 S.PORTO         ARG  1:52.065 *1:51.924     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
24 22 K.ROBERTS       USA *1:52.034  1:52.305       Honda Team PJ1 Oils
25 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  1:52.625 *1:52.424     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
26 43 M.LUQUE         SPA  1:54.671 *1:52.973     Aprilia Equipo Competition M3
27 48 J.DE GEA        SPA  1:54.602 *1:53.184      Yamaha Team Sotano
28 47 J.MARSELLA      SPA  1:58.000 *1:53.268       Honda SBK Sport
29 51 J.PEREZ G.      SPA  1:54.044 *1:53.717       Honda SBK Sport
30 50 I.BONILLA       SPA  1:55.504 *1:54.701       Honda Equipo Escuela Bonilla
31 44 D.GUARDIOLA     SPA  1:55.808 *1:55.316       Honda T.M.R.

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

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS  1:46.560 *1:45.990       Honda Repsol Honda
 2  8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:46.736 *1:46.126       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 3 18 N.AOKI          JPN  1:48.048 *1:46.143       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 4 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA  1:47.108 *1:46.297     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
 5  7 T.OKADA         JPN  1:47.027 *1:46.507       Honda Repsol Honda
 6  3 L.CADALORA      ITA  1:47.404 *1:46.511      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 7  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA  1:47.014 *1:46.693       Honda Repsol Honda
 8 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA  1:47.443 *1:46.959 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 9 24 T.AOKI          JPN  1:47.530 *1:47.124       Honda Repsol Honda
10 12 J.BAYLE         FRA  1:47.590 *1:47.206 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
11  4 A.BARROS        BRA  1:48.278 *1:47.279       Honda Honda Gresini
12 14 J.BORJA         SPA  1:48.000 *1:47.521     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
13 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED  1:47.851 *1:47.651       Honda Team Millar MQP
14 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  1:47.859 *1:47.734      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
15  5 N.ABE           JPN  1:48.208 *1:48.043      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
16  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS *1:48.323  1:48.417      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
17 55 R.LACONI        FRA  1:49.183 *1:48.401       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
18 16 J.FUCHS         GER  1:50.010 *1:48.411     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
19  9 A.PUIG          SPA  1:49.045 *1:48.616       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
20 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA  1:49.797 *1:48.966  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
21 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS  1:49.490 *1:49.050      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
22 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL  1:51.679 *1:50.859  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing
23 15 F.PROTAT        FRA  1:52.163 *1:51.269       Honda Soverex FP Racing

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

 1 46 V.ROSSI         ITA 42:14.687 147.702              Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2  8 K.SAKATA        JPN 42:20.689 147.353    6.002     Aprilia UGT 3000
 3  7 N.UEDA          JPN 42:24.214 147.148    9.527       Honda Team Pileri
 4 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA 42:25.872 147.053   11.185       Honda Matteoni Racing
 5  3 T.MANAKO        JPN 42:25.883 147.052   11.196       Honda Team UGT 3000
 6 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA 42:25.956 147.048   11.269       Honda Spidi Honda LCR
 7 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA 42:26.041 147.043   11.354       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 8 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA 42:33.013 146.641   18.326       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 9 72 G.McCOY         AUS 42:33.053 146.639   18.366     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
10 19 F.PETIT         FRA 42:33.242 146.628   18.555       Honda Team RMS
11  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN 42:33.290 146.625   18.603     Aprilia Docshop Racing
12  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA 42:33.474 146.615   18.787     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
13 62 Y.KATOH         JPN 42:44.790 145.968   30.103      Yamaha Team Semprucci
14 22 S.JENKNER       GER 43:13.504 144.352   58.817     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
15 52 A.MOLINA        SPA 43:28.389 143.528 1:13.702       Honda Centro Comercial Neptuno
16 24 G.BORSOI        ITA 43:28.472 143.524 1:13.785      Yamaha Team Semprucci
17 12 D.RAUDIES       GER 43:32.888 143.281 1:18.201       Honda Finsco Chasis Team
18 41 Y.UI            JPN 43:49.006 142.403 1:34.319      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
19 44 J.MONTERO       SPA 43:53.427 142.163 1:38.740       Honda T.M.R.
20 51 V.ESPARRAGOSO   SPA 42:45.667 139.285    1 Lap      Yamaha Esparragoso-Sevilla 99
21 42 D.ORTEGA        SPA 43:11.380 137.903    1 Lap       Honda Team Ortega

NOT CLASSIFIED
   45 I.MARTINEZ      SPA 18:17.013  77.561  17 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia - Motorrad PS Racing
   29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  8:00.077 141.787  18 Laps     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
   17 J.MATURANA      SPA  5:54.093 144.175  19 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
   39 J.HULES         CZE  6:00.416 141.646  19 Laps       Honda L.B. Racing
   43 X.SOLER         SPA  4:16.465 132.705  20 Laps     Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe
   98 C.BURNS         GBR  4:20.618 130.591  20 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
   20 M.AZUMA         JPN  4:58.545 114.000  20 Laps       Honda L.B. Racing

NOT STARTED
   25 J.SARDA         SPA                                  Honda Finsco Chasis Team
   33 M.GEISSLER      GER                                Aprilia UGT 3000

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

 1  2 R.WALDMANN      GER 42:05.928 154.951                Honda Marlboro Honda
 2  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA 42:06.478 154.917    0.550       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 3  5 T.UKAWA         JPN 42:08.868 154.771    2.940       Honda Benetton Honda
 4 31 T.HARADA        JPN 42:08.888 154.769    2.960     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 5 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA 42:19.688 154.111   13.760     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 6 19 O.JACQUE        FRA 42:30.093 153.482   24.165       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 7 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN 42:33.321 153.288   27.393  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 8  7 H.AOKI          JPN 42:50.326 152.274   44.398       Honda Matteoni Racing
 9 20 N.NUMATA        JPN 42:54.968 152.000   49.040      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki
10 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN 42:55.045 151.995   49.117      Yamaha Edo Racing
11 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR 42:55.470 151.970   49.542       Honda QUB Team Optimum
12 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA 42:55.955 151.941   50.027       Honda Fortuna Honda
13  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA 43:01.096 151.639   55.168      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
14 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA 43:01.194 151.633   55.266      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
15 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA 43:01.485 151.616   55.557      Yamaha Edo Racing
16  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA 43:02.141 151.577   56.213       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
17 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA 43:21.335 150.459 1:15.407       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
18 27 S.PORTO         ARG 43:27.320 150.114 1:21.392     Aprilia PR2  YPF - ESCO
19 22 K.ROBERTS       USA 44:01.300 148.182 1:55.372       Honda Team PJ1 Oils
20 50 I.BONILLA       SPA 42:28.896 146.878    1 Lap       Honda Equipo Escuela Bonilla

NOT CLASSIFIED
   16 W.COSTES        FRA 32:34.908 147.982   6 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   99 G.FIORILLO      ITA 43:47.686  84.189  10 Laps     Aprilia Radiant Racing Team
   15 S.PERUGINI      ITA 22:40.600 150.085  11 Laps     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
   47 J.MARSELLA      SPA 21:07.573 147.675  12 Laps       Honda SBK Sport
   28 E.GAVIRA        SPA 17:14.265 148.080  14 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
   48 J.DE GEA        SPA 13:29.413 147.168  16 Laps      Yamaha Team Sotano
   51 J.PEREZ G.      SPA 13:34.043 146.331  16 Laps       Honda SBK Sport
   43 M.LUQUE         SPA  5:50.249 145.758  20 Laps     Aprilia Equipo Competition M3
   25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  3:53.407 145.815  21 Laps     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
   14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:57.928 144.301  22 Laps      Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   44 D.GUARDIOLA     SPA                                  Honda T.M.R.

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

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS 44:56.149 157.791                Honda Repsol Honda
 2  8 C.CHECA         SPA 44:56.581 157.766    0.432       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 3  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA 44:57.899 157.689    1.750       Honda Repsol Honda
 4  3 L.CADALORA      ITA 44:58.941 157.628    2.792      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5 18 N.AOKI          JPN 45:04.308 157.315    8.159       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 6  7 T.OKADA         JPN 45:20.780 156.363   24.631       Honda Repsol Honda
 7 24 T.AOKI          JPN 45:20.975 156.352   24.826       Honda Repsol Honda
 8 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA 45:37.518 155.407   41.369 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 9 14 J.BORJA         SPA 45:37.954 155.382   41.805     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
10 19 D.ROMBONI       ITA 45:41.640 155.173   45.491     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
11 55 R.LACONI        FRA 45:42.587 155.119   46.438       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
12  5 N.ABE           JPN 45:43.677 155.058   47.528      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
13 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS 45:51.591 154.612   55.442      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED 45:53.644 154.497   57.495       Honda Team Millar MQP
15  9 A.PUIG          SPA 45:57.959 154.255 1:01.810       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
16 16 J.FUCHS         GER 45:58.440 154.228 1:02.291     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
17  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS 45:59.679 154.159 1:03.530      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
18 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA 46:42.515 151.802 1:46.366  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
19 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL 45:13.761 150.496    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
   12 J.BAYLE         FRA 35:06.890 153.461   6 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
    4 A.BARROS        BRA 32:51.324 155.382   7 Laps       Honda Honda Gresini
   15 F.PROTAT        FRA 17:18.301 147.505  16 Laps       Honda Soverex FP Racing

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA                                 Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey

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