# 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 | 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 | |
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## 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 | |