| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 |  Yuichi TAKEDA | Honda | 2:10.187 | 162.15 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | Katsuaki FUJIWARA | Suzuki | 2:10.694 | 0.507 | 161.53 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 14 | Hitoyasu IZUTSU | Ducati | 2:10.780 | 0.593 | 161.42 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 9 | Akira YANAGAWA | Kawasaki | 2:11.077 | 0.890 | 161.05 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 20 | Wataru YOSHIKAWA | Yamaha | 2:11.398 | 1.211 | 160.66 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | Akira RYO | Kawasaki | 2:11.440 | 1.253 | 160.61 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | 77 | Kousuke AKIYOSHI | Suzuki | 2:13.131 | 2.944 | 158.57 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | 31 | Shin'ya NAKATANI | Kawasaki | 2:13.579 | 3.392 | 158.04 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 90 | Yoshiteru KONISHI | Suzuki | 2:13.941 | 3.754 | 157.61 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | 67 | Tamotsu MIZUSAWA | Kawasaki | 2:14.280 | 4.093 | 157.21 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 25 | Toshiya KOBAYASHI | Honda | 2:14.433 | 4.246 | 157.03 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 23 | Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI | Honda | 2:14.797 | 4.610 | 156.61 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 17 | Katsunori HASEGAWA | Yamaha | 2:14.843 | 4.656 | 156.56 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | 34 | Takahiro FUKAMI | Yamaha | 2:14.956 | 4.769 | 156.42 | 9 | 10 |
| 15 | 29 | Yuji HARAGUCHI | Honda | 2:15.347 | 5.160 | 155.97 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | 43 | Takaharu KISHIDA | Honda | 2:15.463 | 5.276 | 155.84 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | 61 | Eiji SASAKI | Suzuki | 2:15.913 | 5.726 | 155.32 | 7 | 10 |
| 18 | 49 | Hiroaki YABUMOTO | Yamaha | 2:15.965 | 5.778 | 155.26 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 880 | Yuichiro TAGA | Honda | 2:16.518 | 6.331 | 154.63 | 9 | 10 |
| 20 | 65 | Masaaki TSUKAMOTO | Honda | 2:16.606 | 6.419 | 154.53 | 10 | 10 |
| 21 | 47 | Kiyokazu SATO | Honda | 2:16.681 | 6.494 | 154.45 | 9 | 10 |
| 22 | 36 | Noriyuki TSUJIMOTO | Honda | 2:17.222 | 7.035 | 153.84 | 7 | 9 |
| 23 | 53 | Hiroki KOBAYASHI | Suzuki | 2:17.346 | 7.159 | 153.70 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 38 | Hideki ONISHI | Kawasaki | 2:17.381 | 7.194 | 153.66 | 9 | 10 |
| 25 | 57 | Shogo TAKEMI | Yamaha | 2:17.431 | 7.244 | 153.61 | 7 | 11 |
| 26 | 51 | Hiroshi OTA | Honda | 2:17.970 | 7.783 | 153.01 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 | 59 | Yukio NARIMATSU | Kawasaki | 2:18.851 | 8.664 | 152.04 | 9 | 9 |
| 28 | 63 | Ryuichi OSAKI | Suzuki | 2:19.004 | 8.817 | 151.87 | 5 | 11 |
| 29 | 69 | Naoki YOSHIOKA | Honda | 2:19.067 | 8.880 | 151.80 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | 71 | Yu MATSUSHIMA | Yamaha | 2:19.229 | 9.042 | 151.62 | 4 | 11 |
| 31 | 75 | Kazuto ANZAI | Honda | 2:24.161 | 13.974 | 146.44 | 5 | 9 |
1997-05-30 to 1997-06-01
Suzuka Superbike 200km Race
Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 20,000
Entries: 68 / Practised: 63 / Qualified: 44
Sessions
Qualifying 1 - Group A
Scheduled duration: ?
Started: 31 / Classified: 31
Scheduled start time: ?
Weather: Overcast / Track: Dry
Results
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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/ Motoracing-japan.com/ procione.com/suzukaland/ yamaha-motor.co.jp