1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

**1997 Malaysian Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 11, 1997
Location	Shah Alam
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.69 km (2.29 mi)
500 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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

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

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	47:11.545	25
2	Alex Criville	Honda	+11.796	20
3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+13.403	16
4	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+22.231	13
5	Takuma Aoki	Honda	+22.609	11
6	Carlos Checa	Honda	+35.000	10
7	Alberto Puig	Honda	+35.000	9
8	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+35.000	8
9	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	+43.000	7
10	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+44.000	6
11	Alex Barros	Honda	+44.178	5
12	Regis Laconi	Honda	+54.819	4
13	Troy Corser	Yamaha	+55.433	3
14	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+56.163	2
15	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:11.991	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Kirk McCarthy	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Retirement

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

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

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