1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 March 1987 at the Suzuka Circuit.

  1987 Japan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	March 29 1987
Official name	Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Niall Mackenzie Honda Time 2:14.320 Fastest lap Rider Randy Mamola Yamaha Time 2:34.600 Podium First Randy Mamola Second Wayne Gardner Third Takumi Ito
250 cc
Pole position Rider Masahiro Shimizu Honda Time 2:18.720 Fastest lap Rider Masaru Kobayashi Honda Time 2:19.680 Podium First Masaru Kobayashi Second Sito Pons Third Reinhold Roth
125 cc
Pole position Rider No 125cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 125cc was held Podium First No 125cc was held Second No 125cc was held Third No 125cc was held
80 cc
Pole position Rider No 80cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 80cc was held Podium First No 80cc was held Second No 80cc was held Third No 80cc was held

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	57'22.880	15
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+42.390	12
3	Takumi Ito	Suzuki Japan	Suzuki	+51.300	10
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1'20.360	8
5	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+1'22.950	6
6	Tadahiko Taira	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1'38.680	5
7	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+1'40.070	4
8	Roger Burnett	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+2'08.260	3
9	Shinji Katayama	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+2'16.340	2
10	Raymond Roche	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	+2'28.180	1
11	Norio Iobe		Honda	+1 lap
12	Hisashi Yamana		Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 lap
14	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Esko Kuparinen		Honda	+1 lap
Ret	Mike Baldwin	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Norihiko Fujiwara	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retired
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior	Fior	Retired
Ret	Kenny Irons	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Keiji Kinoshita		Honda	Accident
Ret	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Kevin Magee	Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	Accident
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Masaru Mizutani		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare	Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Accident
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retired
Ret	Susumada Shimada		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Alessandro Valesi		Honda	Retired
DNS	Osamu Hiwatashi		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Freddie Spencer	Team HRC	Honda	Did not start
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