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.
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| Race 1 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 13 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shah Alam Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification edit
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Mick Doohan
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Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 47:11.545 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Àlex Crivillé
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Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +11.796 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Nobuatsu Aoki
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Rheos Elf FCC TS | Honda | +13.403 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Luca Cadalora
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Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | +22.231 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Takuma Aoki
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Repsol Honda | Honda | +22.609 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Carlos Checa
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Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +35.000 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Alberto Puig
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Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | +35.000 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Norifumi Abe
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Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +35.000 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Sete Gibernau
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Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | +43.000 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Tadayuki Okada
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Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | +44.000 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Alex Barros
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Honda Gresini | Honda | +44.178 | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Regis Laconi
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Team Tecmas | Honda | +54.819 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Troy Corser
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Yamaha Promotor Racing | Yamaha | +55.433 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Juan Borja
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +56.163 | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh
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Team Millar MQP | Honda | +1:11.991 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Lucio Pedercini
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Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 |  Laurent Naveau
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Millet Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret |  Jürgen Fuchs
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Alessandro Gramigni
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IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Kirk McCarthy
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World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat
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Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Kenny Roberts Jr.
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Daryl Beattie
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [3][4] | |||||||
250 cc classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Max Biaggi
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Honda | 45:29.692 | 25 |
| 2 | Tetsuya Harada
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Aprilia | +13.870 | 20 |
| 3 | Olivier Jacque
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Honda | +31.334 | 16 |
| 4 | Ralf Waldmann
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Honda | +34.599 | 13 |
| 5 | Haruchika Aoki
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Honda | +34.757 | 11 |
| 6 | Tohru Ukawa
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Honda | +1:04.000 | 10 |
| 7 | Emilio Alzamora
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Honda | +1 Lap | 9 |
| 8 | Cristiano Migliorati
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Honda | +1 Lap | 8 |
| 9 |  Jeremy McWilliams
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Honda | +1 Lap | 7 |
| 10 |  Oliver Petrucciani
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Aprilia | +1 Lap | 6 |
| 11 | Osamu Miyazaki
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Yamaha | +1 Lap | 5 |
| 12 | Eustaquio Gavira
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Aprilia | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 13 | Franco Battaini
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Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 14 | Noriyasu Numata
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Suzuki | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Luca Boscoscuro
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Honda | +1 Lap | 1 |
| Ret | Idalio Gavira
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Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takeshi Tsujimura
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TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luis d'Antin
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Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kurtis Roberts
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Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso
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Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | William Costes
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Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson
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Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini
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Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret |  Sebastian Porto
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Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loris Capirossi
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Aprilia | Retirement |
125 cc classification edit
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Valentino Rossi
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Aprilia | 48:09.930 | 25 |
| 2 | Kazuto Sakata
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Aprilia | +0.994 | 20 |
| 3 | Noboru Ueda
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Honda | +32.198 | 16 |
| 4 | Mirko Giansanti
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Honda | +36.833 | 13 |
| 5 | Masaki Tokudome
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Aprilia | +37.502 | 11 |
| 6 | Jorge Martinez
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Aprilia | +46.000 | 10 |
| 7 | Tomomi Manako
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Honda | +47.000 | 9 |
| 8 | Yoshiaki Katoh
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Yamaha | +47.000 | 8 |
| 9 | Frederic Petit
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Honda | +59.000 | 7 |
| 10 | Lucio Cecchinello
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Honda | +1:00.000 | 6 |
| 11 |  Jaroslav Hules
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Honda | +1:04.866 | 5 |
| 12 | Masao Azuma
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Honda | +1:17.538 | 4 |
| 13 | Ivan Goi
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Aprilia | +1:21.966 | 3 |
| 14 | Dirk Raudies
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Honda | +1:24.784 | 2 |
| 15 | Josep Sarda
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Honda | +1:31.435 | 1 |
| 16 | Gianluigi Scalvini
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Honda | +1:40.017 | |
| 17 | Roberto Locatelli
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Honda | +1:40.068 | |
| 18 | Manfred Geissler
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Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Angel Nieto Jr
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Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 20 |  Chao Chee Hou
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Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 21 | Steve Jenkner
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Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | Gino Borsoi
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Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Shahrol Yuzy
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Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Peter Öttl
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Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Enrique Maturana
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Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Youichi Ui
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Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Garry McCoy
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Aprilia | Retirement |
References edit
- ^ "1997 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Podium: race winner Mick Doohan, second place Alex Criville, third place Nobuatsu Aoki at 500cc: Malaysian GP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "1997 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1997". www.motogp.com.