1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
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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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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.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 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] | |||||||
