1987 FIM Road Racing World Championships

Round 1 Mar 29 Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Nagoya, Japan
5.912 km autodrome 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
R Eddie Lawson 1 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin Tires 2 2:15.07
2 Wayne Gardner 2 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 22 58:05.27 3 2:15.35
1 Randy Mamola 3 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop 22 +0-42.39 8 2:16.40
R Mike Baldwin 4 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop Fell 11 2:17.09
R Rob McElnea 5 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin Tires 7 2:16.29
R Christian Sarron 6 500 Yamaha OW86 Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin Fell 10 2:16.78
R Didier de Radiguès 7 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin DNF 26
10 Raymond Roche 8 500 Cagiva C587 Team Cagiva Alstare Michelin 22 59:51.06 12 2:17.95
5 Ron Haslam 9 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda ELF Team ROC Michelin 22 +0-55.23 9 2:16.58
4 Pierfrancesco Chili 10 500 Honda NS Honda Team Gallina Michelin 22 +0-7.83 17 2:19.78
R Niall MacKenzie 11 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin Fell 1 2:14.43
8 Roger Burnett 12 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Britain Michelin 22 59:31.14 21
R Gustav Reiner 14 500 HG-Honda NS Hein Gericke Team Dunlop DNF 18 2:20.16
R Shunji Yatsushiro 16 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin Fell 4 2:15.37
R Kenny Irons 18 500 Heron-Suzuki XR72 Heron Team Suzuki GB Michelin DNF 24
NP Freddie Spencer 19 500 Honda NSR V4 Honda Racing Corporation Michelin did not practice 31
6 Tadahiko Taira 21 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Tech21 Racing Michelin 22 59:01.56 5 2:15.39
13 Simon Buckmaster 22 500 Honda RS North London Motorcycles Dunlop 21 32
R Alessandro Valesi 23 500 Honda Team Honda Italia DNF 25
14 Wolfgang von Muralt 24 500 Suzuki RGB Team Frankonia Suzuki 21 30
R Marco Gentile 25 500 Fior-Honda RS Team Fior Dunlop DNF 28
3 Takumi Itoh 32 500 Suzuki XR72 Suzuki Japan 22 1:48:52.88 22
7 Hiroyuki Kawasaki 33 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Team Roberts Dunlop 22 +0-49.93 13 2:18.09
R Kevin Magee 40 500 Yamaha OW86 Yamaha Motor Japan Michelin Fell 6 2:15.41
15 Esko Kuparinen 500 Honda RS 21 33
R Norihiko Fujiwara 500 Yamaha DNF 20 2:20.36
R Keiji Kinoshita 500 Honda Fell 16 2:18.61
R Masaru Mizutani 500 Suzuki Suzuki Japan DNF 14 2:18.53
11 Norio Abe 500 Honda 21 23
R Susumu Shimada 500 Suzuki DNF 27
12 Hisashi Yamana 500 Suzuki 21 29
NS Osamu Hiwatashi 500 Suzuki Did not start 15 2:18.54
9 Shinji Katayama 500 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Motor Japan 22 59:39.22 19 2:20.26
Distance 22 laps = 130.1 km Speed 136.0 km/h Weather Rain
PP Niall MacKenzie 2:14.43 - 158.3 km/h FL Randy Mamola 2:34.60 - 137.7 km/h
Started 31 Classified 15 DNF 16 DNS 1
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2