1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  1987 Japan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	March 29 1987
Location	Suzuka
Course	Permanent racing facility
500 cc
Pole position Rider Niall Mackenzie Honda Time 2:14.320 Fastest lap Rider Randy Mamola Yamaha Time 2:34.600 Podium First Randy Mamola Yamaha Second Wayne Gardner Honda Third Takumi Ito Suzuki
250 cc
Rider Podium First Masaru Kobayashi Honda Second Sito Pons Honda Third Reinhold Roth Honda

The 1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 March 1987 at the Suzuka circuit.

Classification

500 cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	57'22.880	15
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+42.390	12
3	Takumi Ito	Suzuki	+51.300	10
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+1'20.360	8
5	Ron Haslam	Elf-Honda	+1'22.950	6
6	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+1'38.680	5
7	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Yamaha	+1'40.070	4
8	Roger Burnett	Honda	+2'08.260	3
9	Shinji Katayama	Yamaha	+2'16.340	2
10	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	+2'28.180	1
13	Simon Buckmaster	Honda	0 laps
14	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	0 laps
15	Esko Kuparinen	Honda	0 laps
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Retired