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1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Malaysia  1997 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 April 1997
Official nameMarlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationShah Alam Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.505 km (2.178 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:23.485
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:24.840
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:25.380
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:26.835
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third France Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:30.720
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:37.824
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

The 1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13 April 1997 at the Shah Alam Circuit.

500 cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 47:11.545 25
2 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +11.796 20
3 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Rheos Elf FCC TS Honda +13.403 16
4 Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha Promotor Racing Yamaha +22.231 13
5 Japan Takuma Aoki Repsol Honda Honda +22.609 11
6 Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda +35.000 10
7 Spain Alberto Puig Movistar Honda Pons Honda +35.000 9
8 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +35.000 8
9 Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha +43.000 7
10 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda +44.000 6
11 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda +44.178 5
12 France Regis Laconi Team Tecmas Honda +54.819 4
13 Australia Troy Corser Yamaha Promotor Racing Yamaha +55.433 3
14 Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +56.163 2
15 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Millar MQP Honda +1:11.991 1
16 Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Belgium Laurent Naveau Millet Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Germany Jürgen Fuchs Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Italy Alessandro Gramigni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Retirement
Ret Australia Kirk McCarthy World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement
Ret France Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Retirement
Ret Australia Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Max Biaggi Honda 45:29.692 25
2 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia +13.870 20
3 France Olivier Jacque Honda +31.334 16
4 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda +34.599 13
5 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda +34.757 11
6 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +1:04.000 10
7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +1 Lap 9
8 Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda +1 Lap 8
9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Honda +1 Lap 7
10 Switzerland Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia +1 Lap 6
11 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha +1 Lap 5
12 Spain Eustaquio Gavira Aprilia +1 Lap 4
13 Italy Franco Battaini Yamaha +1 Lap 3
14 Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +1 Lap 2
15 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Honda +1 Lap 1
Ret Spain Idalio Gavira Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Takeshi Tsujimura TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Kurtis Roberts Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Retirement
Ret France William Costes Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Suzuki Retirement
Ret Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
Ret Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 48:09.930 25
2 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +0.994 20
3 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +32.198 16
4 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda +36.833 13
5 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +37.502 11
6 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +46.000 10
7 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +47.000 9
8 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +47.000 8
9 France Frederic Petit Honda +59.000 7
10 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +1:00.000 6
11 Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda +1:04.866 5
12 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +1:17.538 4
13 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia +1:21.966 3
14 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +1:24.784 2
15 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +1:31.435 1
16 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +1:40.017
17 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda +1:40.068
18 Germany Manfred Geissler Honda +1 Lap
19 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1 Lap
20 Malaysia Chao Chee Hou Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +1 Lap
22 Italy Gino Borsoi Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha Retirement
Ret Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement
Ret Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement

References

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  1. ^ "1997 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Podium: race winner Mick Doohan, second place Alex Criville, third place Nobuatsu Aoki at 500cc: Malaysian GP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1997 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.


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