1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 April 1997 at the Suzuka Circuit.

  1997 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 April 1997
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Tadayuki Okada Time 2:07.952 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:07.782 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Àlex Crivillé Third Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position Rider Tetsuya Harada Time 2:09.541 Fastest lap Rider Tetsuya Harada Time 2:10.253 Podium First Daijiro Kato Second Tohru Ukawa Third Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Time 2:16.879 Fastest lap Rider Masaki Tokudome Time 2:17.462 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Kazuto Sakata Third Hideyuki Nakajo

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:11.995	25
2	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+0.431	20
3	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+6.047	16
4	Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+23.619	13
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+23.895	11
6	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+24.402	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+24.715	9
8	Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+43.913	8
9	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	+44.003	7
10	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+59.879	6
11	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha Promotor Racing	Yamaha	+59.605	5
12	Regis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+59.876	4
13	Peter Goddard	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:00.634	3
14	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	+1:17.974	2
15	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:35.154	1
16	Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1:38.308
17	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Troy Corser	Yamaha Promotor Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Retirement
Sources: [4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Daijiro Kato	Honda	41:42.226	25
2	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+0.208	20
3	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+0.318	16
4	Takeshi Tsujimura	TSR-Honda	+1.008	13
5	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+5.564	11
6	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	+21.038	10
7	Max Biaggi	Honda	+27.881	9
8	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+27.921	8
9	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+28.318	7
10	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+30.174	6
11	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+37.714	5
12	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+41.832	4
13	Naoto Ogura	Yamaha	+49.898	3
14	Jamie Robinson	Suzuki	+50.584	2
15	Choyun Kameya	Suzuki	+50.714	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Honda	+1:07.061
17	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	+1:12.344
18	Oliver Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:12.989
19	Luca Boscoscuro	Honda	+1:13.669
20	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:14.013
21	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	+1:32.370
22	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Kurtis Roberts	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Idalio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kensuke Haga	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	41:48.072	25
2	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+0.365	20
3	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	+0.506	16
4	Masao Azuma	Honda	+2.154	13
5	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+2.156	11
6	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+2.254	10
7	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+5.000	9
8	Kazuhiro Takao	Honda	+9.000	8
9	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+12.000	7
10	Frederic Petit	Honda	+12.544	6
11	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+23.974	5
12	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+24.535	4
13	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+35.450	3
14	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+35.703	2
15	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+35.747	1
16	Katsuji Uezu	Yamaha	+36.244
17	Jun Inageda	Honda	+36.295
18	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+37.144
19	Josep Sarda	Honda	+47.462
20	Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	+47.548
21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:04.521
22	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:20.060
23	Manfred Geissler	Honda	+1:20.170
24	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:20.341
Ret	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	Retirement

References

1. "1997 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. "1997 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. "1997 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.