Wikipedia

1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The1997 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prixwas the second round of the1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.It took place on 20 April 1997 at theSuzuka Circuit.

Japan1997 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date20 April 1997
Official nameMarlboroGrand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider JapanTadayuki Okada
Time 2:07.952
Fastest lap
Rider AustraliaMick Doohan
Time 2:07.782
Podium
First AustraliaMick Doohan
Second SpainÀlex Crivillé
Third JapanTadayuki Okada
250cc
Pole position
Rider JapanTetsuya Harada
Time 2:09.541
Fastest lap
Rider JapanTetsuya Harada
Time 2:10.253
Podium
First JapanDaijiro Kato
Second JapanTohru Ukawa
Third JapanTetsuya Harada
125cc
Pole position
Rider JapanNoboru Ueda
Time 2:16.879
Fastest lap
Rider JapanMasaki Tokudome
Time 2:17.462
Podium
First JapanNoboru Ueda
Second JapanKazuto Sakata
Third JapanHideyuki Nakajo

500 cc classification

edit
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 ModenasKR3 +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 ModenasKR3 Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification

edit
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

edit
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

References

edit
  1. ^"1997 Japanese MotoGP".Motorsportmagazine.13 June 2017.Retrieved16 May2018.
  2. ^"1997 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".progcovers.
  3. ^Mitchell, Malcolm."Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".Progcovers.Retrieved16 May2018.
  4. ^"1997 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".13 June 2017.
  5. ^"motogp · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997".motogp.


Previous race:
1997 Malaysian Grand Prix 		FIMGrand PrixWorld Championship
1997 season 		Next race:
1997 Spanish Grand Prix
Previous race:
1995 Japanese Grand Prix 		Japanese Grand Prix Next race:
1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_Japanese_motorcycle_Grand_Prix&oldid=1176907275"