The 1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 March 1987 at the Suzuka Circuit.
Classification
500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Randy Mamola Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 57'22.880 15 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +42.390 12 3 Takumi Ito Suzuki Japan Suzuki +51.300 10 4 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1'20.360 8 5 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Honda +1'22.950 6 6 Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1'38.680 5 7 Hiroyuki Kawasaki Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +1'40.070 4 8 Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda +2'08.260 3 9 Shinji Katayama Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +2'16.340 2 10 Raymond Roche Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva +2'28.180 1 11 Norio Iobe Technical Sports Kanto Honda +1 lap 12 Hisashi Yamana Suzuki +1 lap 13 Simon Buckmaster Honda +1 lap 14 Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki +1 lap 15 Esko Kuparinen Honda +1 lap Ret Mike Baldwin Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Accident Ret Norihiko Fujiwara Moto Shop Kajigaya Racing Yamaha Retired Ret Marco Gentile Fior Fior Retired Ret Kenny Irons Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki Retired Ret Keiji Kinoshita Team HRC Honda Accident Ret Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retired Ret Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retired Ret Kevin Magee Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Accident Ret Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda Accident Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain Yamaha Accident Ret Masaru Mizutani Walter Wolf Suzuki MIIP Suzuki Retired Ret Didier de Radiguès Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retired Ret Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda Accident Ret Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Retired Ret Susumu Shimada SRS Sugaya Suzuki Retired Ret Alessandro Valesi Honda Retired DNS Osamu Hiwatashi Moriwaki Racing Honda Did not start DNS Freddie Spencer Team HRC Honda Did not start Sources:
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