# Gran Premio de Japón de Motociclismo de 1997

El Gran Premio de Japón de Motociclismo de 1997 fue la segunda prueba del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo de 1997. Tuvo lugar en el fin de semana del 18 al 20 de abril de 1997 en el Circuito de Suzuka, situado en Suzuka, Prefectura de Mie, Japón. La carrera de 500cc fue ganada por Mick Doohan, seguido de Àlex Crivillé y Tadayuki Okada. Daijirō Katō ganó la prueba de 250cc, por delante de Tohru Ukawa y Tetsuya Harada. La carrera de 125cc fue ganada por Noboru Ueda, Kazuto Sakata fue segundo y Hideyuki Nakajoh tercero.

## Resultados 500cc

| Pos. | N.º | Piloto | Constructor | Vueltas | Tiempo | Parrilla | Pts. |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 21 | 45:11.995 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 21 | +0.431 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 21 | +6.047 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Takuma Aoki | Honda | 21 | +23.619 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 21 | +23.895 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 21 | +24.402 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 21 | +24.715 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 21 | +43.913 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 51 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | 21 | +44.003 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 21 | +59.879 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 21 | +59.605 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 21 | +59.876 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 27 | Peter Goddard | Suzuki | 21 | +1:00.634 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +1:17.974 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 21 | +1:35.154 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Kirk McCarthy | ROC Yamaha | 21 | +1:38.308 | 19 | |
| 17 | 15 | Frédéric Protat | ROC Yamaha | 20 | +1 Vuelta | 25 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jürgen Fuchs | ELF 500 | 14 | | 22 | |
| Ret | 20 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | 12 | | 10 |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 11 | | 17 | |
| Ret | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha | 11 | | 11 | |
| Ret | 6 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | 8 | | 20 | |
| Ret | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr | Modenas KR3 | 6 | | 15 | |
| Ret | 17 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 6 | | 24 | |
| Ret | 25 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | 6 | | 26 | |
| DNS | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | | | 23 | |
* Pole Position: Tadayuki Okada, 2:07.952
* Vuelta Rápida: Mick Doohan, 2:07.782

## Resultados 250cc

| Pos. | N.º | Piloto | Constructor | Vueltas | Tiempo | Parrilla | Pts. |
| 1 | 35 | Daijirō Katō | Honda | 19 | 41:42.226 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 19 | +0.208 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 19 | +0.318 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Takeshi Tsujimura | TSR Honda | 19 | +1.008 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 19 | +5.564 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | 38 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 19 | +21.038 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 19 | +27.881 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 19 | +27.921 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 19 | +28.318 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 19 | +30.174 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 19 | +37.714 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 19 | +41.832 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 39 | Naoto Ogura | Yamaha | 19 | +49.898 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Jamie Robinson | Suzuki | 19 | +50.584 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 37 | Choujun Kameya | Suzuki | 19 | +50.714 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Honda | 19 | +1:07.061 | 20 | |
| 17 | 6 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 19 | +1:12.344 | 21 | |
| 18 | 25 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 19 | +1:12.989 | 23 | |
| 19 | 10 | Luca Boscoscuro | Honda | 19 | +1:13.669 | 24 | |
| 20 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 19 | +1:14.013 | 22 | |
| 21 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 19 | +1:32.370 | 25 | |
| 22 | 8 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | 18 | +1 Vuelta | 27 | |
| Ret | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 14 | | 11 | |
| Ret | 16 | William Costes | Honda | 12 | | 26 | |
| Ret | 33 | Kensuke Haga | Yamaha | 10 | | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Kurtis Roberts | Aprilia | 6 | | 30 | |
| Ret | 15 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 4 | | 8 | |
| Ret | 28 | Eustaquio Gavira | Aprilia | 3 | | 29 | |
| DNS | 29 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | | | 28 | |
| DNS | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | | | 5 | |
| DNS | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | | | 31 | |
* Pole Position: Tetsuya Harada, 2:09.541
* Vuelta Rápida: Tetsuya Harada, 2:10.253

## Resultados 125cc

| Pos. | N.º | Piloto | Constructor | Vueltas | Tiempo | Parrilla | Pts. |
| 1 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 18 | 41:48.072 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 18 | +0.365 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | 18 | +0.506 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | +2.154 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 18 | +2.156 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 18 | +2.254 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 72 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 18 | +5.880 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 34 | Kazuhiro Takao | Honda | 18 | +9.231 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 18 | +22.218 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 18 | +22.284 | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 18 | +23.974 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 18 | +24.535 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 2 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 18 | +35.450 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 18 | +35.703 | 29 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Gino Borsoi | Yamaha | 18 | +35.747 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Katsuji Uezu | Yamaha | 18 | +36.244 | 17 | |
| 17 | 37 | Jun Inageda | Honda | 18 | +36.295 | 24 | |
| 18 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 18 | +37.144 | 27 | |
| 19 | 25 | Josep Sarda | Honda | 18 | +47.462 | 25 | |
| 20 | 38 | Yuzo Fujioka | Honda | 18 | +47.548 | 8 | |
| 21 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 18 | +1:04.521 | 30 | |
| 22 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | 18 | +1:20.060 | 31 | |
| 23 | 33 | Manfred Geissler | Honda | 18 | +1:20.170 | 28 | |
| 24 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 18 | +1:20.341 | 26 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 16 | | 7 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 7 | | 16 | |
| Ret | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 6 | | 14 | |
| Ret | 88 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | 4 | | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 0 | | 20 | |
| Ret | 35 | Toshiaki Ozawa | Honda | 0 | | 19 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 0 | | 4 | |
* Pole Position: Noboru Ueda, 2:16.879
* Vuelta Rápida: Masaki Tokudome, 2:17.462