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.
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 KR3 +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 KR3 Retirement Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Sources:
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
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