1997 FIM Superbike World Championship
Between March 23 and October 12 1997, 172 riders competed in 24 races on 12 circuits.
Race summary
Key: E = total entries / P = total riders who practised / Q = total qualifiers / S = total starters / C = total classified finishers.
| Date | Circuit | Winner | E | P | Q | S | C | Conditions | Distance | Avg. KMH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-23 |  Phillip Island |  John KOCINSKI / Honda | 41 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 18 | Showers / Drying | 97.90 km | 142.31 km/h |
| 1997-03-23 | Phillip Island |  Aaron SLIGHT / Honda | 41 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 21 | Sunny / Dry | 97.90 km | 165.16 km/h |
| 1997-04-20 |  Misano | Pierfrancesco CHILI / Ducati | 37 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 17 | Raining / Wet | 101.50 km | 124.96 km/h |
| 1997-04-20 | Misano | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 37 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 17 | Raining / Wet | 101.50 km | 127.57 km/h |
| 1997-05-04 |  Donington Park | Aaron SLIGHT / Honda | 32 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 23 | Cloudy / Dry | 100.58 km | 151.36 km/h |
| 1997-05-04 | Donington Park | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 32 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 21 | Cloudy / Dry | 100.58 km | 151.56 km/h |
| 1997-06-08 |  Hockenheim | Aaron SLIGHT / Honda | 44 | 35 | 31 | 28 | 24 | Cloudy / Dry | 95.09 km | 197.41 km/h |
| 1997-06-08 | Hockenheim | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 44 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 23 | Cloudy / Dry | 95.09 km | 197.03 km/h |
| 1997-06-22 | Monza | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 48 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 25 | Overcast / Dry | 103.86 km | 190.57 km/h |
| 1997-06-22 | Monza | Pierfrancesco CHILI / Ducati | 48 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 21 | Raining / Wet | 103.86 km | 169.43 km/h |
| 1997-07-13 | Laguna Seca | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 30 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 16 | Sunny / Dry | 101.08 km | 147.90 km/h |
| 1997-07-13 | Laguna Seca | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 30 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 14 | Sunny / Dry | 101.08 km | 148.08 km/h |
| 1997-08-03 | Brands Hatch | Pierfrancesco CHILI / Ducati | 40 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 20 | Overcast / Dry | 104.63 km | 172.50 km/h |
| 1997-08-03 | Brands Hatch | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 40 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 22 | Variable / Wet | 104.63 km | 158.80 km/h |
| 1997-08-17 |  A1-Ring | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 36 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 25 | Cloudy / Dry | 107.95 km | 169.57 km/h |
| 1997-08-17 | A1-Ring |  Akira YANAGAWA / Kawasaki | 36 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 23 | Overcast / Dry | 107.95 km | 169.10 km/h |
| 1997-08-31 |  Assen | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 44 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 25 | Cloudy / Dry | 96.78 km | 172.94 km/h |
| 1997-08-31 | Assen | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 44 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 23 | Cloudy / Dry | 96.78 km | 173.23 km/h |
| 1997-09-21 |  Albacete | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 20 | Sunny / Dry | 92.02 km | 136.75 km/h |
| 1997-09-21 | Albacete | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 23 | Cloudy / Dry | 92.02 km | 136.78 km/h |
| 1997-10-05 | Sugo | Akira YANAGAWA / Kawasaki | 32 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 28 | Overcast / Dry | 78.49 km | 147.68 km/h |
| 1997-10-05 | Sugo | Noriyuki HAGA / Yamaha | 32 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 17 | Overcast / Dry | 93.44 km | 147.25 km/h |
| 1997-10-12 |  Sentul | John KOCINSKI / Honda | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 13 | Sunny / Dry | 99.13 km | 161.37 km/h |
| 1997-10-12 | Sentul | Carl FOGARTY / Ducati | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 13 | Sunny / Dry | 99.13 km | 162.37 km/h |
Rider statistics
Key: R = total races started / W = total wins / P = total podiums / PP = total pole positions / RT = total retirements / BF = best finish pos. / AF = average finish pos. / AP = average points scored per race / Fin. % = percentage of races finished / TL = total laps completed / BG = best grid position / AG = average grid position.
| Rider | Points | R | W | P | PP | RT | BF | AF | AP | Fin. % | TL | BG | AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aljinović, Luigi | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 66.67 % | 58 | 24 | 26 | |||||
| Arai, Shuya | 2 | 16 | 21 | 100.00 % | 46 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Archibald, Benn | 5.00 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2.50 | 50.00 % | 26 | 29 | 29 | |||
| Asai, Ichiro | 2 | 12 | 18 | 100.00 % | 46 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Assirelli, Redamo | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 66.67 % | 98 | 15 | 19 | |||||
 Baláž Mad'ara, Miloš | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 13 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Bayliss, Troy | 22.00 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11.00 | 100.00 % | 44 | 12 | 12 | ||||
 Berner, Juha | 2 | 19 | 19 | 100.00 % | 31 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Bichler, Hannes | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 6 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Bontempi, Piergiorgio | 118.00 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5.36 | 72.73 % | 408 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Bosch, Joop | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 50.00 % | 28 | 26 | 26 | |||||
| Bosetti, Paolo | 1 | 25 | 25 | 100.00 % | 17 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Buckmaster, Damon | 8.00 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 50.00 % | 29 | 15 | 15 | |||
 Bursa, Michal | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 75.00 % | 49 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Cantalupo, Giorgio | 16 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 87.50 % | 309 | 17 | 22 | |||||
| Chandler, Doug | 11.00 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.50 | 50.00 % | 31 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Chili, Pierfrancesco | 209.00 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9.09 | 60.87 % | 359 | 1 | 4 |
| Connell, Craig | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 50.00 % | 29 | 14 | 14 | |||||
| Crafar, Simon | 234.00 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9.75 | 75.00 % | 460 | 1 | 4 | |
| Craggill, Martin | 17.00 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.50 | 100.00 % | 43 | 16 | 16 | ||||
 Crevier, Steve | 9.00 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4.50 | 100.00 % | 55 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Defago, Richard | 2 | 20 | 20 | 100.00 % | 47 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
 Delétang, Jean-Marc | 3.00 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 1.50 | 100.00 % | 36 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Duhamel, Miguel | 32.00 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16.00 | 100.00 % | 56 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Edwards, Colin | 79.00 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9.88 | 87.50 % | 158 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Emmerson, David | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0.50 | 50.00 % | 21 | 25 | 25 | |||
| Emmett, Sean | 21.00 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2.63 | 62.50 % | 152 | 12 | 15 | |||
| Esterer, Gerhard | 7 | 15 | 19 | 100.00 % | 129 | 20 | 22 | ||||||
| Fath, Harry | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 50.00 % | 24 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| Fogarty, Carl | 358.00 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14.92 | 79.17 % | 494 | 2 | 5 | |
| Fujiwara, Katsuaki | 20.00 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10.00 | 100.00 % | 46 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Fujiwara, Norihiko | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1.50 | 50.00 % | 21 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Giles, Phil | 5.00 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2.50 | 100.00 % | 49 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Giles, Shawn | 2 | 9 | 10 | 100.00 % | 43 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Goddard, Peter | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Gozali, Joenzindy | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 14 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Gruschka, Anton | 16 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 75.00 % | 289 | 19 | 21 | |||||
| Guettouche, Ali | 2 | 20 | 22 | 100.00 % | 46 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| Haga, Noriyuki | 72.00 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18.00 | 100.00 % | 96 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Hale, Mike | 87.00 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3.63 | 66.67 % | 443 | 11 | 14 | |||
| Häusle, Christian | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1.50 | 50.00 % | 24 | 23 | 23 | |||
| Haydon, James | 19.00 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 1.06 | 33.33 % | 226 | 12 | 17 | |||
| Hislop, Steve | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Hodgson, Neil | 137.00 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6.23 | 68.18 % | 373 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ito, Shin'ichi | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 50.00 % | 22 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Jänisch, Rainer | 2 | 16 | 17 | 100.00 % | 32 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
 Jerman, Igor | 50.00 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2.08 | 87.50 % | 495 | 14 | 19 | |||
| Kamada, Manabu | 2 | 13 | 18 | 100.00 % | 46 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| Karban, Vladimír | 2 | 20 | 22 | 100.00 % | 49 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Kipp, Tom | 12.00 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6.00 | 100.00 % | 56 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Kitagawa, Keiichi | 13.00 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6.50 | 50.00 % | 38 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Kocinski, John | 416.00 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17.33 | 95.83 % | 543 | 1 | 4 |
| Korpiaho, Erkka | 7.00 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1.75 | 100.00 % | 83 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Kraus, Lothar | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 6 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Krynock, Mike | 2 | 14 | 15 | 100.00 % | 54 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Kusuma, Simon Yudha | 6.00 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3.00 | 100.00 % | 46 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Lavieille, Christian | 16.00 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2.00 | 75.00 % | 151 | 17 | 19 | |||
| Lavilla Vidal, Gregorio | 18.00 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2.57 | 57.14 % | 109 | 9 | 12 | |||
| Lelek, Ondřej | 8 | 19 | 22 | 100.00 % | 152 | 24 | 27 | ||||||
 Lindholm, Christer | 12.00 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3.00 | 75.00 % | 54 | 13 | 14 | |||
| Love, Jason | 2 | 11 | 14 | 100.00 % | 43 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
| Mackenzie, Niall | 17.00 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5.67 | 66.67 % | 55 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Malvini, Paolo | 4 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 75.00 % | 74 | 22 | 25 | |||||
| Marchetti, Dario | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 14 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
| Mark, Udo | 10 | 9 | 13 | 100.00 % | 198 | 14 | 15 | ||||||
| Marks, Steve | 3 | 16 | 19 | 100.00 % | 63 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
| Martin, Steve | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 50.00 % | 33 | 13 | 13 | |||||
| Maxwell, Alistair | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 1 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
| Mazzali, Andrea | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 13 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Meklau, Andreas | 40.00 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 | 90.00 % | 195 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Middleton, Simon | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 50.00 % | 23 | 31 | 31 | |||||
| Mladin, Mat | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 38 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Moss, Greg | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 50.00 % | 29 | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Mrkývka, Jiří | 12 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 91.67 % | 259 | 20 | 25 | |||||
| Nakatani, Shin'ya | 2 | 17 | 22 | 100.00 % | 45 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| Niederkircher, Ossi | 1.00 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0.50 | 100.00 % | 46 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Nottingham, Nigel | 2 | 17 | 18 | 100.00 % | 48 | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Orchard, John | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 50.00 % | 25 | 34 | 34 | |||||
 Pallis, Emmanouil | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 50.00 % | 22 | 29 | 29 | |||||
| Picotte, Pascal | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1.50 | 50.00 % | 34 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Pittaluga, Lino | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 50.00 % | 19 | 24 | 24 | |||||
| Platacis, Heinz | 2 | 21 | 22 | 100.00 % | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Rechberger, Anton | 2 | 23 | 23 | 100.00 % | 46 | 31 | 31 | ||||||
| Reynolds, John | 21.00 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3.50 | 66.67 % | 99 | 11 | 13 | |||
| Riba Cabana, Pere | 69.00 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3.14 | 95.45 % | 480 | 13 | 18 | |||
| Ritchie, Graeme | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 28 | 28 | |||||||
| Rudroff, Michael | 2 | 17 | 18 | 100.00 % | 32 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Ruggia, Jean-Philippe | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 1.00 | 50.00 % | 20 | 18 | 18 | |||
| Russell, Scott | 226.00 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9.42 | 87.50 % | 516 | 1 | 7 | |
| Rutter, Michael | 21.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10.50 | 100.00 % | 50 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Ryo, Akira | 9.00 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 4.50 | 100.00 % | 46 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Sadowski, David | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 14 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Sampson, Brett | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 25.00 % | 28 | 21 | 22 | |||||
| Scatola, Bruno | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 66.67 % | 53 | 27 | 27 | |||||
| Scatola, Vittorio | 3 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 66.67 % | 27 | 22 | 26 | |||||
| Schmid, Jochen | 46.00 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4.60 | 100.00 % | 198 | 12 | 13 | ||||
 Scudeler, Gilson | 2 | 17 | 19 | 100.00 % | 50 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| Serizawa, Tamaki | 17.00 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8.50 | 100.00 % | 46 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Slight, Aaron | 343.00 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14.29 | 91.67 % | 523 | 1 | 5 |
| Spilt, Gijsbert | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 50.00 % | 19 | 29 | 29 | |||||
| Stafford, Craig | 2 | 15 | 17 | 100.00 % | 41 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Stringer, Ray | 2 | 12 | 14 | 100.00 % | 49 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
 Suter, Eskil | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 7 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Suzuki, Makoto | 15.00 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3.75 | 100.00 % | 96 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| Takeda, Yuichi | 11.00 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5.50 | 100.00 % | 46 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Takeishi, Shin'ya | 10.00 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5.00 | 50.00 % | 45 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Tozer, Stephen | 2 | 17 | 19 | 100.00 % | 40 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Vanolini, Daniele | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 0 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Voukakis, Nikolaos | 1 | 1 | RT | 0.00 % | 0 | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Walker, Chris | 47.00 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5.88 | 100.00 % | 184 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Whitham, James | 140.00 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6.36 | 77.27 % | 411 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Wilshaw, Graeme | 2 | 2 | RT | 0.00 % | 30 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| Wolfsteiner, Johann | 2.00 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1.00 | 50.00 % | 37 | 26 | 26 | |||
| Yanagawa, Akira | 247.00 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11.23 | 81.82 % | 441 | 1 | 4 |
| Yates, Aaron | 5.00 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2.50 | 50.00 % | 39 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Yoshikawa, Wataru | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 50.00 % | 21 | 2 | 2 |
Manufacturer statistics
Key: C = total competitors representing this manufacturer / R = total races started / W = total wins / P = total podiums / PP = total pole positions / RT = total retirements / BF = best finish pos. / AF = average finish pos. / AP = average points scored per race / Fin. % = percentage of races finished / TL = total laps completed / BG = best grid position / AG = average grid position.
| Manufacturer | Points | C | R | W | P | PP | RT | BF | AF | AP | Fin. % | TL | BG | AG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducati | 440.00 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 11 | 18.33 | 64.12 % | 2860 | 1 | 13 |
| Honda | 486.00 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 20.25 | 89.92 % | 2509 | 1 | 14 |
| Kawasaki | 359.00 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 14.96 | 76.24 % | 3261 | 1 | 15 |
| Suzuki | 205.00 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 8.54 | 75.90 % | 1576 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Yamaha | 301.00 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12.54 | 82.42 % | 1758 | 1 | 13 |