1997 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Malaysia  1997 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the
1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 April 1997
Official nameMarlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationShah Alam Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.505 km (2.178 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:23.485
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:24.840
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:25.380
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:26.835
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third France Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:30.720
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:37.824
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

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.

  1. ^ "1997 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Podium: race winner Mick Doohan, second place Alex Criville, third place Nobuatsu Aoki at 500cc: Malaysian GP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.