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
NS Carlos Lavado 1 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Venemotos Michelin Did not start 36
2 Sito Pons 2 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 20 51:42.61 8 2:20.59
R Dominique Sarron 3 250 Honda NSR Honda France Michelin Fell 5 2:20.09
8 Anton Mang 4 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation Michelin 20 52:35.67 10 2:21.15
15 Jean-François Baldé 5 250 Honda RS Team Pole-Position 19 25
5 Martin Wimmer 6 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 20 52:06.11 2 2:18.85
R Jacques Cornu 7 250 Honda NSR Team Parisienne ELF Dunlop Fell 9 2:21.12
R Fausto Ricci 8 250 Honda RS Team Honda Italia Michelin DNF 35
R Donnie McLeod 10 250 EMC-Honda RS Ehrlich Automotive DNF 26
R Carlos Cardus 12 250 Honda NSR Honda Team Nieto Michelin DNF 32
R Virginio Ferrari 15 250 Armstrong-Rotax Racing Team Katayama DNF 34
19 Maurizio Vitali 16 250 Garelli 250 GP Team Italia Garelli Michelin 19 23
7 Patrick Igoa 17 250 Yamaha YZR Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin 20 52:23.27 6 2:20.34
R Jean-Philippe Ruggia 21 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin Fell 19 2:23.04
13 Luca Cadalora 22 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Team Agostini Michelin 19 15 2:22.44
3 Reinhold Roth 24 250 Honda NSR Honda Römer Team Michelin 20 51:43.15 7 2:20.58
18 Jean-Michel Mattioli 25 250 Honda RS Honda France Michelin 19 30
R Manfred Herweh 27 250 Honda RS Manfred Herweh DNF 22
6 Juan Garriga 31 250 Yamaha YZR Yamaha Racing Michelin 20 52:17.02 11 2:21.16
16 Guy Bertin 36 250 Honda RS Guy Bertin 19 27
R Kevin Mitchell 38 250 Yam-Honda Spl Danny Gallacher DNF 28
4 Masahiro Shimizu 43 250 Honda NSR Honda Ajinomoto Michelin 20 51:54.71 1 2:18.72
1 Masaru Kobayashi 44 250 Honda NSR Honda Ajinomoto Michelin 20 +0-39.11 3 2:19.66
R Shosuke Kita 250 Honda DNF 16 2:22.76
14 Harald Eckl 250 Honda RS Honda Römer Team Michelin 19 14 2:22.17
R Alan Carter 250 Honda NSR Honda Team Moriwaki Fell 13 2:22.16
9 Masamitsu Taguchi 250 Honda NSR Honda Racing Corporation 20 52:46.49 4 2:19.68
R Hideshi Tomita 250 Honda DNF 24
10 Takayoshi Yamamoto 250 Yamaha 20 53:41.66 20 2:23.07
20 Bruno Bonhuil 250 Honda RS Motor Team Development 19 33
11 Toshihiro Wakayama 250 Yamaha 20 53:47.43 29
17 Hiroho Takemura 250 Honda 19 31
12 Keiji Tamura 250 Yamaha 20 53:48.25 18 2:22.93
NS Hiroshi Okumura 250 Honda Did not start 12 2:21.22
NS Yoshihasa Hasegawa 250 Honda Did not start 21
R Stéphane Mertens 250 Honda NSR Team Sekitoba Dunlop Fell 17 2:22.88
Distance 20 laps = 118.2 km Speed 138.4 km/h Weather Drizzle
PP Masahiro Shimizu 2:18.72 - 153.4 km/h FL Masaru Kobayashi 2:19.68 - 152.4 km/h
Started 33 Classified 20 DNF 13 DNS 3
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, GP Motorcycle Yearbook #2