1997 Japanese GP results

500cc 21 laps

Pole: Tadayuki Okada

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Mick Doohan	Honda	45:11.995
2+20	Alex Criville	Honda	+0.431
3+16	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+6.047
4+13	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+23.619
5+11	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+23.895
6+10	Carlos Checa	Honda	+24.402
7+9	Norick Abe	Yamaha	+24.715
8+8	Alberto Puig	Honda	+43.913
9+7	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	+44.003
10+6	Alex Barros	Honda	+58.871
11+5	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+59.605
12+4	Regis Laconi	Honda	+59.879
13+3	Peter Goddard	Suzuki	+1:00.634
14+2	Jean Michel Bayle	Modenas KR3	+1:17.974
15+1	Jurgen Vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:35.154
16	Kirk Mccarthy	ROC Yamaha	+1:38.308
17	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1 lap
—	Jurgen Fuchs	ELF 500	DNF
—	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	DNF
—	Juan Borja	ELF 500	DNF
—	Troy Corser	Yamaha	DNF
—	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	DNF
—	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	DNF
—	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	DNF
—	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas KR3	DNF

Pole: Tetsuya Harada

This race has no result in the official data. Source: Wikipedia (italiano)

Pos	No.	Rider	Time/Gap
1+25	35	Daijiro Kato	41:42.226
2+20	5	Tohru Ukawa	+0.208
3+16	31	Tetsuya Harada	+0.318
4+13	12	Takeshi Tsujimura	+1.008
5+11	2	Ralf Waldmann	+5.564
6+10	38	Yukio Kagayama	+21.038
7+9	1	Max Biaggi	+27.881
8+8	7	Haruchika Aoki	+27.921
9+7	20	Noriyasu Numata	+28.318
10+6	36	Naoki Matsudo	+30.174
11+5	65	Loris Capirossi	+37.714
12+4	27	Sebastian Porto	+41.832
13+3	39	Naoto Ogura	+49.898
14+2	14	Jamie Robinson	+50.584
15+1	37	Choujun Kameya	+50.714
16	11	Jeremy Mcwilliams	+1:07.061
17	6	Luis D'antin	+1:12.344
18	25	Oliver Petrucciani	+1:12.989
19	10	Luca Boscoscuro	+1:13.669
20	17	Jose Luis Cardoso	+1:14.013
21	21	Franco Battaini	+1:32.370
22	8	Cristiano Migliorati	+1 lap
—	18	Osamu Miyazaki	DNF
—	16	William Costes	DNF
—	33	Kensuke Haga	DNF
—	22	Kurtis Roberts	DNF
—	15	Stefano Perugini	DNF
—	28	Eustaquio Gavira	DNF
—	19	Olivier Jacque	Did not start
—	26	Emilio Alzamora	Did not start
—	29	Idalio Gavira	Did not start

Pole: Noboru Ueda

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Noboru Ueda	Honda	41:48.072
2+20	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+0.365
3+16	Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	+0.506
4+13	Masao Azuma	Honda	+2.154
5+11	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+2.156
6+10	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+2.254
7+9	Garry Mccoy	Aprilia	+5.880
8+8	Kazuhiro Takao	Honda	+9.231
9+7	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+22.218
10+6	Frederic Petit	Honda	+22.284
11+5	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+23.974
12+4	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+24.535
13+3	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+35.450
14+2	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+35.703
15+1	Gino Borsoi	Yamaha	+35.747
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	Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:20.341
—	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	DNF
—	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	DNF
—	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	DNF
—	Toshiaki Ozawa	Honda	Out on lap 1
—	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Out on lap 1
—	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Out on lap 1
—	Peter Oettl	Aprilia	DNF