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.
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:
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
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