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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Suzuka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pole position | |||
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Rider | Tadayuki Okada | ||
Time | 2:07.952 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Mick Doohan | ||
Time | 2:07.782 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mick Doohan | ||
Second | Àlex Crivillé | ||
Third | Tadayuki Okada |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Tetsuya Harada | ||
Time | 2:09.541 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Tetsuya Harada | ||
Time | 2:10.253 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Daijiro Kato | ||
Second | Tohru Ukawa | ||
Third | Tetsuya Harada |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Noboru Ueda | ||
Time | 2:16.879 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Masaki Tokudome | ||
Time | 2:17.462 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Noboru Ueda | ||
Second | Kazuto Sakata | ||
Third | Hideyuki Nakajo |
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.