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Race 2 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 20 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Suzuka Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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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 | |||
Sources: [4][5] |
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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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 |
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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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 |