1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 49th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Mick Doohan (pictured at the Nürburgring) became the 1997 500cc world champion
Michael Sydney Doohan is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.
Doohan aboard the Rothmans Honda NSR500, 1990
Doohan leads Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski at the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix
Doohan's rally car