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| Race 2 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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