1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  1997 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 18, 1997
Location	Suzuka
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.821 km (3.618 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

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

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	45:11.995	25
2	Alex Criville	Honda	+0.431	20
3	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+6.047	16
4	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+23.619	13
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+23.895	11
6	Carlos Checa	Honda	+24.402	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+24.715	9
8	Alberto Puig	Honda	+43.913	8
9	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Yamaha	+44.003	7
10	Alex Barros	Honda	+59.879	6
11	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+59.605	5
12	Regis Laconi	Honda	+59.876	4
13	Peter Goddard	Suzuki	+1:00.634	3
14	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	+1:17.974	2
15	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:35.154	1
16	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	+1:38.308
17	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Troy Corser	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Retirement

250cc 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 Kagatama	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	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eustaquio Gavira	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	William Costes	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement

125cc 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