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 km ( mi)
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
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