1997 Superbike World Championship

none Superbike World Championship 1997 Support series:Supersport World Series The 1997 Superbike World Championship was the tenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 23 March at Phillip Island and finished on 12 October at Sentul after 12 rounds. John Kocinski won the riders' championship with 9 victories and Honda won the manufacturers' championship. Race calendar and results 1997 Superbike World Championship Calendar https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1997 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 AUS Phillip Island 23 March NZL Aaron Slight USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 USA Colin Edwards NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda 2 R1 SMR 1862 Misano 20 April JPN Akira Yanagawa ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing Report R2 USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda 3 R1 GBR Donington 4 May GBR Neil Hodgson ITA Pierfrancesco Chili NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 4 R1 DEU Hockenheim 8 June NZL Simon Crafar USA John Kocinski NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 5 R1 ITA Monza 22 June USA Scott Russell NZL Aaron Slight USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing 6 R1 USA Laguna Seca 13 July ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Carl Fogarty USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda 7 R1 EUR Brands Hatch 3 August ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Niall Mackenzie ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Gattolone Racing Report R2 GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 8 R1 AUT A1-Ring 17 August ITA Pierfrancesco Chili JPN Akira Yanagawa GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF Report R2 JPN Akira Yanagawa JPN Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing 9 R1 NLD Assen 31 August USA John Kocinski ITA Pierfrancesco Chili USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF 10 R1 ESP Albacete 21 September USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 NZL Simon Crafar USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda 11 R1 JPN Sugo 5 October JPN Akira Yanagawa JPN Akira Yanagawa JPN Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Report R2 JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike 12 R1 IDN Sentul 12 October USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Castrol Honda Report R2 USA John Kocinski GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse ADVF Championship standings Riders' standings Riders entered into the European Superbike Championship—who scored points towards a separate championship— were not eligible to score World Championship points.https://superbike-archives.net/rules.php?ssnID=97WSB 1997 World Superbike - Rules and Regulations superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023 1997 final riders' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=97WSB&chpID=97WSBRID 1997 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023https://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=97WSB 1997 FIM Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023 Pos Rider Bike AUSAUS SMRSMR 1862 GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD ESPESP JPNJPN INAIDN PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 USA John Kocinski Honda 1 7 2 1 10 5 2 14 1 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 1 3 1 1 9 3 1 Ret 416 2 GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 4 2 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret Ret 13 Ret 3 1 358 3 NZL Aaron Slight Honda Ret 1 4 2 1 3 1 Ret 2 5 7 10 6 8 3 2 4 4 2 3 6 4 2 4 343 4 JPN Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 4 Ret Ret 5 DNS DNS 8 2 8 Ret 10 5 5 4 2 1 8 7 4 4 1 Ret 4 2 247 5 NZL Simon Crafar Kawasaki 3 3 5 7 3 4 Ret 6 4 7 4 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 9 6 3 2 3 2 Ret Ret 234 6 USA Scott Russell Yamaha 7 6 Ret 6 6 7 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 5 7 4 6 8 Ret 5 14 Ret 6 5 226 7 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati Ret DNS 1 Ret Ret 2 5 7 7 1 Ret 6 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 2 5 7 12 Ret Ret Ret 209 8 GBR James Whitham Suzuki Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 10 14 3 6 3 8 Ret 7 9 10 6 7 11 Ret 10 DNS DNS 9 6 140 9 GBR Neil Hodgson Ducati Ret Ret 7 4 4 9 6 8 Ret 9 4 6 8 Ret 5 5 Ret 8 18 Ret Ret 7 137 10 ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret 10 8 Ret 11 Ret 11 11 9 6 9 7 8 12 9 5 Ret 10 6 6 Ret Ret DNS DNS 118 11 USA Mike Hale Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 10 9 14 Ret 9 11 11 7 11 Ret 8 9 21 10 8 Ret 87 12 USA Colin Edwards Yamaha Ret 2 6 8 5 6 7 5 DNS DNS WD WD 79 13 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 2 1 5 3 72 14 ESP Pere Riba Honda 10 17 9 9 18 15 NC 22 18 11 13 13 16 12 12 15 11 13 23 15 11 11 69 15 SVN Igor Jerman Kawasaki 12 Ret 13 Ret 20 17 16 16 15 16 15 13 Ret 15 17 13 16 14 13 20 28 14 10 9 50 16 GBR Chris Walker Yamaha 10 10 12 10 10 9 10 11 47 17 DEU Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 13 9 13 10 14 11 13 12 9 12 46 18 AUT Andreas Meklau Ducati 8 15 17 14 10 10 11 Ret DNS DNS 15 8 40 19 CAN Miguel Duhamel Honda 3 3 32 20 AUS Troy Bayliss Suzuki 5 5 22 21 GBR Michael Rutter Honda 11 3 21 22 GBR John Reynolds Ducati 9 11 19 Ret 7 Ret 21 23 GBR Sean Emmett Ducati 14 12 Ret Ret 20 9 Ret 8 21 24 JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 8 5 20 25 GBR James Haydon Ducati Ret 14 Ret 11 16 DSQ DNS Ret 12 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 19 26 ESP Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 13 13 DNS 13 Ret Ret 7 Ret 18 27 JPN Tamaki Serizawa Suzuki 10 6 17 28 AUS Martin Craggill Kawasaki 6 9 17 29 GBR Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 7 8 DSQ Ret 17 30 FRA Christian Lavielle Honda 10 10 19 16 17 Ret Ret 12 16 31 JPN Makoto Suzuki Ducati 25 11 12 10 15 32 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 4 Ret 13 33 USA Tom Kipp Yamaha 12 8 12 34 SWE Christer Lindholm Yamaha 12 Ret 12 12 12 35 USA Doug Chandler Kawasaki 5 Ret 11 36 JPN Yuichi Takeda Honda 16 7 11 37 JPN Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 7 Ret 10 38 JPN Akira Ryō Kawasaki 17 8 9 39 CAN Steve Crevier Honda 11 12 9 40 AUS Damon Buckmaster Kawasaki Ret 8 8 41 FIN Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki 15 17 18 16 7 42 IDN Simon Yudha Kusuma Kawasaki 13 13 6 43 USA Aaron Yates Suzuki Ret 11 5 44 AUS Benn Archibald Kawasaki 13 Ret 5 45 GBR Phil Giles Kawasaki 15 14 5 46 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 15 Ret 3 47 AUT Christian Häusle Ducati Ret 16 3 48 CAN Pascal Picotte Suzuki 13 Ret 3 49 FRA Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha 16 14 3 50 AUT Johann Wolfsteiner Kawasaki NC 19 2 51 FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 14 Ret 2 52 AUT Ossi Niederkircher Suzuki 22 22 1 53 AUS David Emmerson Suzuki Ret 18 1 Riders not eligible to score points, with at least a top-15 finish JPN Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 5 Ret 0 AUS Shawn Giles Honda 9 10 0 DEU Udo Mark Suzuki 15 15 17 12 13 9 14 13 12 14 0 ITA Giorgio Cantalupo Ducati 11 13 Ret 19 21 20 20 15 17 22 19 17 23 Ret 14 17 0 AUS Jason Love Ducati 11 16 0 JPN Shinichi Ito Honda 11 Ret 0 AUS Craig Connell Ducati Ret 11 0 GBR Ray Stringer Kawasaki 12 16 0 ITA Redamo Assirelli Yamaha 12 17 21 21 Ret Ret 0 JPN Ichiro Asai Ducati 24 12 0 JPN Manabu Kamada Honda 22 13 0 CZE Jiří Mrkývka Honda 14 15 22 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 19 21 25 18 Ret 20 15 18 0 ITA Bruno Scatola Kawasaki 15 14 Ret DNS 0 DEU Anton Gruschka Yamaha Ret Ret 21 18 18 17 19 18 Ret 19 18 14 20 Ret 16 19 0 USA Mike Krynock Suzuki 16 14 0 GBR Brett Sampson Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 Ret 0 AUS Greg Moss Honda 14 Ret 0 AUT Gerhard Esterer Kawasaki 16 DNS 20 19 24 19 20 15 0 AUS Craig Stafford Yamaha 15 19 0 Riders not eligible to finish and to start the race INA Joenzindy Gozali Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 INA Affandi Bar Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 INA Jimmy Tanujaya Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUSAUS SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD ESPESP JPNJPN INAIDN Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap Manufacturers' standings 1997 final manufacturers' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=97WSB&chpID=97WSBMAN 1997 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023 Pos. Manufacturer AUSAUS SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD ESPESP JPNJPN INAIDN PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 JPN Honda 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 14 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 6 3 1 4 486 2 ITA Ducati 2 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 2 1 5 7 11 9 3 1 440 3 JPN Kawasaki 3 3 5 5 3 4 8 2 4 6 4 5 5 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 2 4 2 359 4 JPN Yamaha 7 2 6 6 5 6 3 4 5 8 6 4 2 5 7 4 6 8 10 5 2 1 5 3 301 5 JPN Suzuki 5 5 Ret 12 8 10 9 3 6 3 8 11 7 9 10 6 7 11 8 9 4 5 8 6 205 Pos. Manufacturer AUSAUS SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD ESPESP JPNJPN INAIDN Pts External links https://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=97WSB 1997 FIM Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.net References Michael Scott (1997) Motocourse 1997-98, The World's Leading Road Racing Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-1874557524 Superbike racing Category:Superbike World Championship seasons