World Championship Road Racing Series
Round 3: Japanese Grand Prix
SUZUKA, JAPAN, APR. 9
500cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Norick Abe (Yam); 2. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Suz); 3. Tadayuki Okada (Hon); 4. Nobuatsu Aoki (Suz); 5. Carlos Checa (Yam); 6. Alex Criville (Hon); 7. Alex Barros (Hon); 8. Jeremy McWilliams (Apr); 9. Garry McCoy (Yam); 10. Akira Ryo (Suz); 11. Valentino Rossi (Hon); 12. Loris Capirossi (Hon); 13. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (Hon); 14. Regis Laconi (Yam); 15. David de Gea (Mod); 16. Yoshiteru Konishi (Hon); 17. Sebastien Gimbert (Hon); 18. Shane Norval (Hon).
500cc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Kenny Roberts Jr. (55/1 win); 2. Carlos Checa (51); 3. Garry McCoy (48/1); 4. Norick Abe (34/1); 5. Nobuatsu Aoki (32); 6. Alex Barros (30); 7. Tadayuki Okada (26); 8. Alex Criville (21); 9. Loris Capirossi (20); 10. Regis Laconi (16); 11. (TIE) Jeremy McWilliams/Jurgen van den Goorbergh (14); 13. Max Biaggi (14); 14. Sete Gibernau (9); 15. Jose Luis Cardoso (8).
250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Daijiro Katoh (Hon); 2. Tohru Ukawa (Hon); 3. Shinya Nakano (Yam); 4. Olivier Jacque (Yam); 5. Marco Melandri (Apr); 6. Naoki Matsudo (Yam); 7. Anthony West (Hon); 8. Franco Battaini (Apr); 9. Osamu Miyazaki (Yam); 10. Shinichi Nakatomi (Hon); 11. Nobuyuki Ohsaki (Yam); 12. Luca Boscoscuro (Apr); 13. Sebastian Porto (Yam); 14. Klaus Nohles (Apr); 15. Taro Sekiguchi (Yam); 16. Alex Hofmann (Apr); 17. Jason Vincent (Apr); 18. Tekkyu Kayo (Hon); 19. Johan Stigefelt (Hon); 20. Shahrol Yuzy (Yam); 21. Daisaku Sakai (Hon); 22. Jarno Janssen (Hon); 23. Fonsi Nieto (Yam); 24. David Checa (Hon).
250cc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Shinya Nakano (66/2 wins); 2. Daijiro Katoh (61/1); 3. Olivier Jacque (46); 4. Tohru Ukawa (36); 5. Anthony West (30); 6. Marco Melandri (25); 7. Ralf Waldmann (22); 8. (TIE) Franco Battaini/Naoki Matsudo (21); 10. Sebastian Porto (19); 11. Luca Boscoscuro (13); 12. (TIE) Alex Debon/Jason Vincent (11); 14. Osamu Miyazaki (7); 15. (TIE) Alexander Hofmann/Shinichi Nakatomi (6).
125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Yoichi Ui (Der); 2. Noboru Ueda (Hon); 3. Masao Azuma (Hon); 4. Gino Borsoi (Apr); 5. Emilio Alzamora (Hon); 6. Ivan Goi (Hon); 7. Hideyuki Nakajoh (Hon); 8. Arnaud Vincent (Apr); 9. Yuzo Fujioka (Hon); 10. Randy de Puniet (Apr); 11. Pablo Nieto (Der); 12. Marco Petrini (Apr); 13. Steve Jenkner (Hon); 14. Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Hon); 15. Katsuji Uezu (Yam); 16. Reinhard Stoltz (Hon); 17. Antonio Elias (Hon); 18. William de Angelis (Apr); 19. Max Sabbatani (Hon); 20. Adrian Araujo (Hon).
125cc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Youichi Ui (45/1); 2. Noboru Ueda (42); 3. Emilio Alzamora (40); 4. Roberto Locatelli (38/1); 5. Mirko Giansanti (36); 6. Arnaud Vincent (33/1); 7. Masao Azuma (31); 8. Gino Borsoi (29); 9. Ivan Goi (24); 10. Steve Jenkner (20); 11. Gianluigi Scalvini (18); 12. Pablo Nieto (11); 13. Hideyuki Nakajo (9); 14. Randy de Puniet (8); 15. (TIE) Yuzo Fujioka/Angel Nieto Jr. (7).