title: 1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 1987 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  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 | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Randy Mamola | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 57'22.880 | 15 |
  | 2 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +42.390 | 12 |
  | 3 | Takumi Ito | Suzuki Japan | Suzuki | +51.300 | 10 |
  | 4 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1'20.360 | 8 |
  | 5 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +1'22.950 | 6 |
  | 6 | Tadahiko Taira | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +1'38.680 | 5 |
  | 7 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +1'40.070 | 4 |
  | 8 | Roger Burnett | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +2'08.260 | 3 |
  | 9 | Shinji Katayama | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +2'16.340 | 2 |
  | 10 | Raymond Roche | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | +2'28.180 | 1 |
  | 11 | Norio Iobe | | Honda | +1 lap | |
  | 12 | Hisashi Yamana | | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
  | 13 | Simon Buckmaster | | Honda | +1 lap | |
  | 14 | Wolfgang von Muralt | | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
  | 15 | Esko Kuparinen | | Honda | +1 lap | |
  | Ret | Mike Baldwin | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Accident | |
  | Ret | Norihiko Fujiwara | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retired | |
  | Ret | Marco Gentile | Fior | Fior | Retired | |
  | Ret | Kenny Irons | Heron Suzuki GB | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | Keiji Kinoshita | | Honda | Accident | |
  | Ret | Rob McElnea | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | Kevin Magee | Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Accident | |
  | Ret | Niall Mackenzie | Team HRC | Honda | Accident | |
  | Ret | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain | Yamaha | Accident | |
  | Ret | Masaru Mizutani | | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | Didier de Radiguès | Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare | Cagiva | Retired | |
  | Ret | Shunji Yatsushiro | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Accident | |
  | Ret | Gustav Reiner | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retired | |
  | Ret | Susumada Shimada | | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | Alessandro Valesi | | Honda | Retired | |
  | DNS | Osamu Hiwatashi | | Suzuki | Did not start | |
  | DNS | Freddie Spencer | Team HRC | Honda | Did not start | |
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