1997 Superbike World Championship season

1997 Superbike World Championship season
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Support series: Supersport World Championship

The 1997 Superbike World Championship season was the 10th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on March 23 at Phillip Island, and finished on October 12 at Sentul after 12 rounds.

John Kocinski won the rider's championship with 9 victories and Honda won the manufacturer's championship.

Season Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider
1	R1	Phillip Island	March 23	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
	R2				Colin Edwards	Aaron Slight
2	R1	Misano	April 20	Akira Yanagawa	Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili
	R2				John Kocinski	John Kocinski
3	R1	Donington	May 4	Neil Hodgson	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aaron Slight
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty
4	R1	Hockenheim	June 8	Simon Crafar	John Kocinski	Aaron Slight
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty
5	R1	Monza	June 22	Scott Russell	Aaron Slight	John Kocinski
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili
6	R1	Laguna Seca	July 13	Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski
	R2				John Kocinski	John Kocinski
7	R1	Brands Hatch	August 3	Pierfrancesco Chili	Niall Mackenzie	Pierfrancesco Chili
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty
8	R1	Zeltweg	August 17	Pierfrancesco Chili	Akira Yanagawa	Carl Fogarty
	R2				Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa
9	R1	Assen	August 31	John Kocinski	Pierfrancesco Chili	John Kocinski
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty
10	R1	Albacete	September 21	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
	R2				Simon Crafar	John Kocinski
11	R1	Sugo	October 5	Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa	Akira Yanagawa
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga
12	R1	Sentul	October 19	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
	R2				John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty

Season standings

Rider standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	John Kocinski	Honda	416	9
2	Carl Fogarty	Ducati	358	6
3	Aaron Slight	Honda	343	3
4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki	247	2
5	Simon Crafar	Kawasaki	234	0
6	Scott Russell	Yamaha	226	0
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Ducati	209	3
8	Jamie Whitham	Suzuki	140	0
9	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	137	0
10	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Kawasaki	118	0
11	Mike Hale	Suzuki	87	0
12	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	79	0
13	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	72	1
14	Pere Riba	Honda	69	0
15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki	50	0
16	Chris Walker	Yamaha	47	0
17	Jochen Schmid	Kawasaki	46	0
18	Andreas Meklau	Ducati	40	0
19	Miguel Duhamel	Honda	32	0
20	Troy Bayliss	Suzuki	22	0
21	Sean Emmett	Ducati	21	0
	John Reynolds	Ducati	21	0
	Michael Rutter	Honda	21	0
24	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki	20	0
25	James Haydon	Ducati	19	0
26	Gregorio Lavilla	Ducati	18	0
27	Martin Craggill	Kawasaki	17	0
	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	17	0
	Tamaki Serizawa	Suzuki	17	0
30	Christian Lavieille	Honda	16	0
31	Makoto Suzuki	Ducati	15	0
32	Keiichi Kitagawa	Suzuki	13	0
33	Tom Kipp	Yamaha	12	0
	Christer Lindholm	Yamaha	12	0
35	Doug Chandler	Kawasaki	11	0
	Yuichi Takeda	Honda	11	0
37	Shinya Takeishi	Kawasaki	10	0
38	Steve Crevier	Honda	9	0
	Akira Ryo	Kawasaki	9	0
40	Damon Buckmaster	Kawasaki	8	0

Manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	486
2	Ducati	440
3	Kawasaki	359
4	Yamaha	301
5	Suzuki	205