1997 Suzuka Superbike 100 miles - Suzuka - Overall qualifying

1997 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

1997-03-14 to 1997-03-16

Suzuka Superbike 100 miles

Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 15,000
Entries: 58 / Practised: 55 / Qualified: 43

Sessions

Entry list

15 Mar, Sat

Qualifying 1 - Group A

Qualifying 1 - Group B

Qualifying 2 - Group A

Qualifying 2 - Group B

Overall qualifying

16 Mar, Sun

Warm-Up

Final

Overall qualifying

Results

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P.	#	Rider	Bike	Q1	Q2	Time	KM/H
1	4	Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	2:30.807	2:15.832	2:15.832	155.42
2	20	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	2:31.133	2:16.977	2:16.977	154.12
3	8	Noriyuki HAGA	Yamaha	2:27.761	2:16.362	2:16.362	154.81
4	5	Katsuaki FUJIWARA	Suzuki	2:31.030	2:17.585	2:17.585	153.44
5	14	Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Ducati		2:16.367	2:16.367	154.81
6	45	Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	2:30.703	2:19.275	2:19.275	151.57
7	72	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	2:26.172	2:18.073	2:18.073	152.89
8	11	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Suzuki	2:30.323	2:19.906	2:19.906	150.89
9	6	Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	2:29.148	2:18.393	2:18.393	152.54
10	2	Akira RYO	Kawasaki	2:27.361	2:22.189	2:22.189	148.47
11	31	Shin'ya NAKATANI	Kawasaki	2:35.200	2:19.394	2:19.394	151.44
12	27	Shuya ARAI	Honda	2:30.904	2:23.438	2:23.438	147.17
13	51	Osamu NISHIJIMA	Kawasaki	2:31.125	2:20.039	2:20.039	150.75
14	41	Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	2:26.771	2:23.928	2:23.928	146.67
15	29	Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	2:38.062	2:21.097	2:21.097	149.62
16	30	Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	2:39.318	2:24.817	2:24.817	145.77
17	17	Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	2:34.574	2:21.105	2:21.105	149.61
18	74	Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	2:32.831	2:26.046	2:26.046	144.55
19	21	Manabu KAMADA	Honda	2:33.965	2:21.141	2:21.141	149.57
20	24	Hideo SENMYO	Honda	2:38.872	2:26.558	2:26.558	144.04
21	34	Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	2:35.844	2:21.220	2:21.220	149.49
22	48	Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	2:38.550	2:26.578	2:26.578	144.02
23	43	Takaharu KISHIDA	Honda	2:36.126	2:21.546	2:21.546	149.14
24	37	Hideaki TSUTSUI	Kawasaki	2:37.222	2:26.788	2:26.788	143.82
25	25	Toshiya KOBAYASHI	Honda	2:32.005	2:21.919	2:21.919	148.75
26	66	Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	2:38.460	2:27.675	2:27.675	142.95
27	47	Kiyokazu SATO	Honda	2:36.573	2:23.078	2:23.078	147.54
28	62	Yoshifumi TAKAMIYA	Kawasaki	2:42.685	2:29.202	2:29.202	141.49
29	65	Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	2:38.683	2:23.700	2:23.700	146.91
30	58	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	2:38.583	2:29.820	2:29.820	140.91
31	55	Yasuhiko GORIKU	Yamaha	2:41.068	2:24.020	2:24.020	146.58
32	71	Yu MATSUSHIMA	Yamaha	2:43.420	2:29.895	2:29.895	140.83
33	67	Tamotsu MIZUSAWA	Kawasaki	2:35.763	2:24.310	2:24.310	146.29
34	831	Noboru KAMIYA	Honda	2:40.951	2:25.594	2:25.594	144.99
35	70	Shin'ichi NAKAUE	Honda	2:41.827	2:26.700	2:26.700	143.90
36	49	Katsuhito KOSHIYAMA	Honda	2:39.945	2:26.875	2:26.875	143.73
37	36	Noriyuki TSUJIMOTO	Honda	2:35.940	2:27.068	2:27.068	143.54
38	40	Masana SASAKI	Ducati	2:41.745	2:27.395	2:27.395	143.22
39	68	Hiroaki KAWASE	Suzuki	2:36.510	2:30.734	2:30.734	140.05
40	50	Izumi MATSUBARA	Kawasaki	2:40.477	2:31.171	2:31.171	139.65
41	54	Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	2:47.921	2:31.711	2:31.711	139.15
42	89	Tomonao AOKI	Kawasaki	2:40.911	2:33.235	2:33.235	137.76
43	52	Kosei KIKUGAWA	Kawasaki	2:44.274	2:35.468	2:35.468	135.79
44	46	Atsushi YOSHIHIRO	Honda	2:43.996	2:35.899	2:35.899	135.41
(45)	53	Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	2:38.401	2:27.450	2:27.450	143.17
(46)	60	Mamoru YAMAKAWA	Kawasaki	2:40.874	2:36.201	2:36.201	135.15
(47)	38	Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	2:38.334	2:27.479	2:27.479	143.14
(48)	35	Kazuhiro IMURA	Kawasaki	2:42.500	2:38.192	2:38.192	133.45
(49)	63	Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	2:40.229	2:28.126	2:28.126	142.52
(50)	33	Masayuki YAMANAKA	Honda		2:39.589	2:39.589	132.28
(51)	61	Eiji SASAKI	Suzuki	2:41.382	2:28.419	2:28.419	142.24
(52)	64	Yasunari KAWAMURA	Honda	2:43.358	2:39.706	2:39.706	132.18
(53)	57	Shogo TAKEMI	Yamaha	2:41.127	2:29.192	2:29.192	141.50
(54)	42	Hideaki NARUMI	Honda	2:50.486	2:40.516	2:40.516	131.52
(55)	83	Mitsuteru TASHIRO	Yamaha	2:45.170	2:38.556	2:38.556	133.14

Positions in parentheses denote riders who either did not receive a grid space, failed to meet qualifying requirements or withdrew after qualifying.

Sources:

Official results/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ MFJ Magazine No. 330 1997⁠-⁠01/02 pg15/ MFJ Magazine No. 341 1998⁠-⁠01/02 pg64⁠-⁠66/ europark.com/ mmjp.or.jp/bike3/ Motoracing⁠-⁠japan.com/ procione.com/suzukaland/ Photos from roadrace.jog.buttobi.net