# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 1997

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 1997 was de tweede race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1997. De race werd verreden op 20 april 1997 op het Suzuka International Racing Course nabij Suzuka, Japan.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 ronde | 25 | |
| DNF | 16 | Jurgen Fuchs | ELF 500 | 14 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 20 | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | 12 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 14 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 11 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha | 11 | Uitgevallen | 11 | |
| DNF | 6 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | 8 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Modenas KR3 | 6 | Uitgevallen | 15 | |
| DNF | 17 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 6 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 25 | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | 6 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNS | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 23 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 35 | Daijiro Kato | 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 | Choyun 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 ronde | 27 | |
| DNF | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 14 | Uitgevallen | 11 | |
| DNF | 16 | William Costes | Honda | 12 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 33 | Kensuke Haga | Yamaha | 10 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 22 | Kurtis Roberts | Aprilia | 6 | Uitgevallen | 30 | |
| DNF | 15 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNF | 28 | Eustáquio Gavira | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNS | 29 | Idalio Gavira | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 28 | |
| DNS | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 5 | |
| DNS | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 31 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 Sardá | 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 | Juan Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 18 | +1:20.341 | 26 | |
| DNF | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 16 | Uitgevallen | 7 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 7 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNF | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 6 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 88 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 12 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 0 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 35 | Toshiaki Ozawa | Honda | 0 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 0 | Uitgevallen | 4 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 50 |
| 2 | 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 40 |
| 3 | 18 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 27 |
| 4 | 24 | Takuma Aoki | Honda | 24 |
| 5 | 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 22 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 36 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 34 |
| 3 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 30 |
| 4 | 35 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 25 |
| 5 | 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 24 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 7 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 41 |
| 2 | 8 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 40 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 25 |
| 4 | 5 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 21 |
| 5 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 18 |
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