World Championship Grand Prix 1997

Pos. Rider CZS SW GER GB POL DEN Pts 1 Greg Hancock USA 25 20 18 12 25 18 118 2 Billy Hamill USA 20 12 16 20 20 13 101 3 Tomasz Gollob Poland 18 25 1 14 18 16 92 4 Tony Rickardsson Sweden 11 18 14 13 14 20 90 5 Mark Loram GB 7 13 8 16 12 25 81 6 Brian Anderson Denmark 9 14 20 25 4 8 80 7 Hans Nielsen Denmark 8 16 25 7 7 12 75 8 Jimmy Nilsen Sweden 13 7 13 18 9 11 71 9 Chris Louis GB 12 4 12 4 13 14 59 10 Leigh Adams Australia 6 6 9 9 3 9 42 11 Sławomir Drabik Poland 16 2 6 2 11 1 38 12 Peter Karlsson Sweden 4 11 3 6 6 7 37 13 Piotr Protasiewicz Poland 1 ns 11 0 16 3 31 14 Andy Smith GB ns 9 4 3 ns 6 22 15 Henrik Gustafsson Sweden 14 3 – 1 2 ns 20 16 Mikael Karlsson Sweden ns 1 ns 11 ns 2 14 17 Simon Wigg GB 3 ns 2 ns 8 ns 13 18 Jason Crump Australia – 8 – – – – 8 19 Joe Screen GB – – – 8 – – 8 20 Robert Barth Germany – – 7 – – – 7 21 Jesper B. Jensen Norway – – – – – 4 4 22 Tomáš Topinka Czech Republic 2 – – – – – 2 23 Rafał Dobrucki Poland – – – – 1 – 1
World Championship Qualifying Rounds
17 May 1997 Marketa Stadium, Czech Republic 1st Greg Hancock 2nd Billy Hamill 3rd Tomasz Gollob Meeting Details 14 June 1997 Linkoping, Sweden 1st Tomasz Gollob 2nd Greg Hancock 3rd Tony Rickardsson Meeting Details 5 July 1997 Landshut, Germany 1st Hans Nielsen 2nd Brian Andersen 3rd Greg Hancock Meeting Details 9 August 1997 Bradford, England 1st Brian Andersen 2nd Billy Hamill 3rd Jimmy Nilsen Meeting Details 30 August 1997 Wroclaw, Poland 1st Greg Hancock 2nd Billy Hamill 3rd Tomasz Gollob Meeting Details 20 September 1997 Vogens, Denmark 1st Mark Loram 2nd Tony Rickardsson 3rd Greg Hancock Meeting Details