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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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The1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13 April 1997 at theShah Alam Circuit.
| 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 | ModenasKR3 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Team Roberts | ModenasKR3 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Sources:[3][4] | |||||||
| 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 |
| Previous race: 1996 Australian Grand Prix | FIMGrand Prix World Championship 1997 season | Next race: 1997 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1996 Malaysian Grand Prix | Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 1998 Malaysian Grand Prix |