1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1997 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13 April 1997
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1][2]
Location	Shah Alam Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.505 km (2.178 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Tadayuki Okada Time 1:23.485 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:24.840 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Àlex Crivillé Third Nobuatsu Aoki
250cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:25.380 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:26.835 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Tetsuya Harada Third Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:30.720 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:37.824 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Kazuto Sakata Third Noboru Ueda

500 cc classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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