1997 Suzuka Superbike 200km Race - Suzuka - Overall qualifying

1997 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

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

Entry list

31 May, Sat

Qualifying 1 - Group A

Qualifying 1 - Group B

Qualifying 2 - Group A

Qualifying 2 - Group B

Overall qualifying

1 Jun, Sun

Warm-Up

Final

Overall qualifying

Results

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P.	#	Rider	Bike	Q1	Q2	Time	KM/H
1	8	Noriyuki HAGA	Yamaha	2:09.756	2:10.039	2:09.756	162.69
2	45	Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	2:10.187	2:09.854	2:09.854	162.57
3	72	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	2:10.989	2:10.434	2:10.434	161.85
4	5	Katsuaki FUJIWARA	Suzuki	2:10.694	2:10.190	2:10.190	162.15
5	6	Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	2:11.112	2:10.534	2:10.534	161.72
6	2	Akira RYO	Kawasaki	2:11.440	2:10.337	2:10.337	161.97
7	3	Norihiko FUJIWARA	Yamaha	2:11.311	2:11.100	2:11.100	161.03
8	20	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	2:11.398	2:10.491	2:10.491	161.78
9	41	Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	2:11.375	2:11.597	2:11.375	160.69
10	9	Akira YANAGAWA	Kawasaki	2:11.077	2:10.504	2:10.504	161.76
11	11	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Suzuki	2:12.457		2:12.457	159.38
12	14	Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Ducati	2:10.780	2:12.499	2:10.780	161.42
13	39	Piergiorgio BONTEMPI	Kawasaki	2:12.601	2:12.832	2:12.601	159.20
14	90	Yoshiteru KONISHI	Suzuki	2:13.941	2:13.092	2:13.092	158.62
15	76	Osamu NISHIJIMA	Kawasaki	2:13.174	2:13.428	2:13.174	158.52
16	77	Kousuke AKIYOSHI	Suzuki	2:13.131	2:13.345	2:13.131	158.57
17	21	Manabu KAMADA	Honda	2:13.868	2:13.216	2:13.216	158.47
18	31	Shin'ya NAKATANI	Kawasaki	2:13.579	2:13.663	2:13.579	158.04
19	18	Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	2:14.642	2:13.997	2:13.997	157.54
20	23	Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	2:14.797	2:13.955	2:13.955	157.59
21	58	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	2:15.848	2:14.444	2:14.444	157.02
22	67	Tamotsu MIZUSAWA	Kawasaki	2:14.280	2:15.247	2:14.280	157.21
23	24	Hideo SENMYO	Honda	2:15.349	2:14.882	2:14.882	156.51
24	17	Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	2:14.843	2:14.289	2:14.289	157.20
25	27	Shuya ARAI	Honda	2:15.430	2:17.567	2:15.430	155.88
26	25	Toshiya KOBAYASHI	Honda	2:14.433	2:15.102	2:14.433	157.03
27	30	Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	2:15.803	2:15.730	2:15.730	155.53
28	29	Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	2:15.347	2:14.606	2:14.606	156.83
29	48	Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	2:17.744	2:15.999	2:15.999	155.22
30	34	Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	2:14.956	2:15.488	2:14.956	156.42
31	74	Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	2:16.023	2:16.321	2:16.023	155.20
32	880	Yuichiro TAGA	Honda	2:16.518	2:15.234	2:15.234	156.10
33	56	Nobumichi TOMITA	Honda	2:16.737	2:16.042	2:16.042	155.18
34	43	Takaharu KISHIDA	Honda	2:15.463	2:15.615	2:15.463	155.84
35	68	Hiroaki KAWASE	Suzuki	2:16.212	2:16.395	2:16.212	154.98
36	47	Kiyokazu SATO	Honda	2:16.681	2:15.821	2:15.821	155.43
37	37	Hideaki TSUTSUI	Kawasaki	2:16.846	2:16.229	2:16.229	154.96
38	61	Eiji SASAKI	Suzuki	2:15.913	2:16.451	2:15.913	155.32
39	54	Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	2:17.593	2:16.730	2:16.730	154.39
40	53	Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	2:17.346	2:15.961	2:15.961	155.27
41	33	Masayuki YAMANAKA	Honda	2:17.235	2:16.861	2:16.861	154.25
42	49	Hiroaki YABUMOTO	Yamaha	2:15.965	2:16.292	2:15.965	155.26
43	70	Shin'ichi NAKAUE	Honda	2:18.131	2:17.284	2:17.284	153.77
44	65	Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	2:16.606	2:16.720	2:16.606	154.53
(45)	91	Masaki TOKUNO	Honda	2:17.292	2:17.584	2:17.292	153.76
(46)	36	Noriyuki TSUJIMOTO	Honda	2:17.222	2:17.008	2:17.008	154.08
(47)	66	Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	2:17.761	2:17.386	2:17.386	153.66
(48)	57	Shogo TAKEMI	Yamaha	2:17.431	2:17.023	2:17.023	154.06
(49)	62	Kozo MINAMIKAWA	Yamaha	2:19.543	2:17.463	2:17.463	153.57
(50)	51	Hiroshi OTA	Honda	2:17.970	2:17.275	2:17.275	153.78
(51)	50	Izumi MATSUBARA	Kawasaki	2:18.118	2:17.495	2:17.495	153.54
(52)	38	Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	2:17.381	2:17.490	2:17.381	153.66
(53)	42	Katsutoshi ABIKO	Honda	2:19.128	2:17.620	2:17.620	153.40
(54)	63	Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	2:19.004	2:17.721	2:17.721	153.28
(55)	35	Kazuhiro IMURA	Kawasaki	2:18.027	2:18.795	2:18.027	152.94
(56)	59	Yukio NARIMATSU	Kawasaki	2:18.851	2:17.762	2:17.762	153.24
(57)	89	Tomonao AOKI	Suzuki	2:19.249	2:18.082	2:18.082	152.88
(58)	71	Yu MATSUSHIMA	Yamaha	2:19.229	2:18.738	2:18.738	152.16
(59)	83	Mitsuteru TASHIRO	Yamaha	2:21.869	2:21.663	2:21.663	149.02
(60)	69	Naoki YOSHIOKA	Honda	2:19.067	2:19.007	2:19.007	151.87
(61)	46	Atsushi YOSHIHIRO	Honda	2:22.842	2:24.806	2:22.842	147.79
(62)	75	Kazuto ANZAI	Honda	2:24.161	2:22.973	2:22.973	147.65
(63)	64	Yasunari KAWAMURA	Honda	2:23.918		2:23.918	146.68
	73	Tohru AIKAWA	Honda			--.---

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

Rider notes

#73 Aikawa: Practised only.

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