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.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	45:11.995	25
2	Template:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+0.431	20
3	Template:Flagicon Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	+6.047	16
4	Template:Flagicon Takuma Aoki	Repsol Honda	Honda	+23.619	13
5	Template:Flagicon Nobuatsu Aoki	Rheos Elf FCC TS	Honda	+23.895	11
6	Template:Flagicon Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+24.402	10
7	Template:Flagicon Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	+24.715	9
8	Template:Flagicon Alberto Puig	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	+43.913	8
9	Template:Flagicon Katsuaki Fujiwara	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	+44.003	7
10	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	+59.879	6
11	Template:Flagicon Luca Cadalora	Yamaha Promotor Racing	Yamaha	+59.605	5
12	Template:Flagicon Regis Laconi	Team Tecmas	Honda	+59.876	4
13	Template:Flagicon Peter Goddard	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:00.634	3
14	Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	+1:17.974	2
15	Template:Flagicon Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Millar MQP	Honda	+1:35.154	1
16	Template:Flagicon Kirk McCarthy	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1:38.308
17	Template:Flagicon Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Sete Gibernau	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Troy Corser	Yamaha Promotor Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Laurent Naveau	Millet Racing	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Retirement
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250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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