1997 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 1

Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix
Shah Alam 11-13 Apr. 1997
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1 46 V.ROSSI         ITA *1:30.720  1:31.210     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN  1:31.734 *1:31.007     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 3 41 Y.UI            JPN  1:31.724 *1:31.389      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
 4  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA *1:31.698  1:31.712     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 5 62 Y.KATOH         JPN  1:32.502 *1:31.766      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
 6  7 N.UEDA          JPN  1:32.472 *1:31.830       Honda Team Pileri
 7  3 T.MANAKO        JPN *1:31.964  1:32.290       Honda Team UGT 3000
 8 72 G.McCOY         AUS  1:32.069 *1:32.011     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Bieffe
 9 19 F.PETIT         FRA *1:32.016  1:33.380       Honda Team RMS
10  8 K.SAKATA        JPN  1:32.771 *1:32.057     Aprilia UGT 3000
11 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA  1:32.878 *1:32.058       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
12 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA *1:32.079  1:32.388       Honda Spidi Honda Lcr
13 42 S.YUZY          MAL  1:32.868 *1:32.271       Honda Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
14 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA  1:32.642 *1:32.313       Honda Matteoni Racing
15 26 I.GOI           ITA  1:32.612 *1:32.493     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Bieffe
16 12 D.RAUDIES       GER  1:33.496 *1:32.512       Honda Finsco Racing
17 20 M.AZUMA         JPN  1:34.591 *1:32.564       Honda L.B. Racing
18 88 P.OETTL         GER  1:32.992 *1:32.588     Aprilia UGT 3000
19 39 J.HULES         CZE *1:32.686  1:32.890       Honda L.B. Racing
20 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA *1:33.108  1:33.197       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
21 25 J.SARDA         SPA  1:34.057 *1:33.409       Honda Finsco Racing
22 33 M.GEISSLER      GER  1:34.273 *1:33.490       Honda Team UGT 3000
23 17 J.MATURANA      SPA  1:34.116 *1:33.525      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
24 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA  1:33.578 *1:33.530     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
25 24 G.BORSOI        ITA  1:34.343 *1:33.542      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
26 22 S.JENKNER       GER  1:35.356 *1:33.640     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
27 45 P.KALACHAN      THA *1:35.194  1:36.009      Yamaha Motosport Promotions
28 43 C.CHEE HOU      MAL  1:38.257 *1:37.501      Yamaha Motosport Promotions

NOT CLASSIFIED
   44 A.ALI           MAL  1:42.546 *1:40.228       Honda Team GM Malaysian Boleh

250cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA  1:26.060 *1:25.380       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 2 31 T.HARADA        JPN  1:26.756 *1:25.740     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 3  5 T.UKAWA         JPN *1:26.319  1:26.528       Honda Benetton Honda
 4 19 O.JACQUE        FRA  1:26.784 *1:26.400       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 5 65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA  1:27.249 *1:26.620     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 6 12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN  1:27.293 *1:26.793  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
 7  2 R.WALDMANN      GER *1:26.875  1:26.954       Honda Marlboro Honda
 8 20 N.NUMATA        JPN  1:28.337 *1:27.110      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
 9 15 S.PERUGINI      ITA  1:27.636 *1:27.224     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
10  7 H.AOKI          JPN  1:27.306 *1:27.242       Honda Matteoni Racing
11 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA  1:28.045 *1:27.436       Honda Fortuna Honda
12  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA  1:28.058 *1:27.528       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
13 27 S.PORTO         ARG  1:29.932 *1:27.547     Aprilia PR2  YPF - Esco
14  6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA  1:28.314 *1:27.658      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
15 14 J.ROBINSON      GBR  1:29.082 *1:27.816      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
16 17 J.CARDOSO       SPA *1:28.303  1:28.348      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
17 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR  1:28.946 *1:28.620       Honda Qub Team Optimum
18 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN  1:29.750 *1:28.666      Yamaha Edo Racing
19 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA  1:29.793 *1:29.062       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team
20 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI  1:29.902 *1:29.215     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
21 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA  1:31.439 *1:29.509      Yamaha Edo Racing
22 16 W.COSTES        FRA  1:29.884 *1:29.663       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
23 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA  1:30.617 *1:30.403     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
24 29 I.GAVIRA        SPA  1:31.098 *1:30.620     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
25 22 K.ROBERTS       USA  1:32.883 *1:31.577     Aprilia Team PJ1 Oils

500cc Official Practice Time
                           Best Time
P.No. Rider           Nat  1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess. Motorcycle Team

 1  7 T.OKADA         JPN  1:23.945 *1:23.485       Honda Repsol Honda
 2  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS  1:24.867 *1:23.904       Honda Repsol Honda
 3 18 N.AOKI          JPN  1:24.912 *1:24.182       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 4  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA  1:24.311 *1:24.195       Honda Repsol Honda
 5  3 L.CADALORA      ITA *1:24.282  1:24.703      Yamaha Yamaha Promotor Racing
 6 24 T.AOKI          JPN  1:25.024 *1:24.302       Honda Repsol Honda
 7  4 A.BARROS        BRA  1:25.252 *1:24.417       Honda Honda Gresini
 8  8 C.CHECA         SPA  1:25.343 *1:24.556       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9  9 A.PUIG          SPA *1:24.900  1:24.967       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
10  5 N.ABE           JPN  1:25.763 *1:25.195      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
11 11 T.CORSER        AUS *1:25.277  1:25.462      Yamaha Yamaha Promotor Racing
12  6 D.BEATTIE       AUS *1:25.331  1:25.808      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
13 55 R.LACONI        FRA  1:26.790 *1:25.636       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
14 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA  1:26.216 *1:25.917      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
15 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED  1:27.432 *1:26.232       Honda Team Millar MQP
16 14 J.BORJA         SPA  1:26.666 *1:26.296     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
17 12 J.BAYLE         FRA  1:26.904 *1:26.654 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
18 39 A.GRAMIGNI      ITA  1:27.382 *1:26.706     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
19 10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA  1:27.346 *1:26.838 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
20 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA  1:27.562 *1:26.906  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
21 15 F.PROTAT        FRA  1:28.779 *1:26.923  ROC Yamaha Soverex FP Racing
22 22 K.McCARTHY      AUS  1:28.095 *1:27.165  ROC Yamaha World Champ Motorsports
23 16 J.FUCHS         GER *1:27.864 *1:27.955     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
24 23 A.GOBERT        AUS *1:28.324                Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
25 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL           *1:28.864  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 V.ROSSI         ITA 48:09.930 126.619              Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2  8 K.SAKATA        JPN 48:10.924 126.576    0.994     Aprilia UGT 3000
 3  7 N.UEDA          JPN 48:42.128 125.224   32.198       Honda Team Pileri
 4 32 M.GIANSANTI     ITA 48:46.763 125.026   36.833       Honda Matteoni Racing
 5  2 M.TOKUDOME      JPN 48:47.432 124.997   37.502     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6  5 J.MARTINEZ      SPA 48:55.852 124.639   45.922     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
 7  3 T.MANAKO        JPN 48:56.288 124.620   46.358       Honda Team UGT 3000
 8 62 Y.KATOH         JPN 48:56.836 124.597   46.906      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse
 9 19 F.PETIT         FRA 49:08.660 124.097   58.730       Honda Team RMS
10 10 L.CECCHINELLO   ITA 49:09.547 124.060   59.617       Honda Spidi Honda Lcr
11 39 J.HULES         CZE 49:14.796 123.840 1:04.866       Honda L.B. Racing
12 20 M.AZUMA         JPN 49:27.468 123.311 1:17.538       Honda L.B. Racing
13 26 I.GOI           ITA 49:31.896 123.127 1:21.966     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Bieffe
14 12 D.RAUDIES       GER 49:34.711 123.010 1:24.781       Honda Finsco Racing
15 25 J.SARDA         SPA 49:41.365 122.736 1:31.435       Honda Finsco Racing
16 21 G.SCALVINI      ITA 49:49.947 122.384 1:40.017       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
17 15 R.LOCATELLI     ITA 49:49.998 122.382 1:40.068       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
18 33 M.GEISSLER      GER 48:10.955 122.210    1 Lap       Honda Team UGT 3000
19 29 A.NIETO Jr.     SPA 48:29.465 121.432    1 Lap     Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar
20 43 C.CHEE HOU      MAL 48:56.190 120.327    1 Lap      Yamaha Motosport Promotions
21 22 S.JENKNER       GER 48:22.724 117.367   2 Laps     Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachsen
22 24 G.BORSOI        ITA 49:06.344 115.630   2 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse

NOT CLASSIFIED
   42 S.YUZY          MAL 31:46.469 119.133  11 Laps       Honda Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
   17 J.MATURANA      SPA 22:48.068 119.901  16 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
   41 Y.UI            JPN 20:22.371 123.870  17 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz
   88 P.OETTL         GER 10:02.104 104.782  24 Laps     Aprilia UGT 3000
   72 G.McCOY         AUS  4:47.629  87.738  27 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Bieffe

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   45 P.KALACHAN      THA                                 Yamaha Motosport Promotions

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 M.BIAGGI        ITA 45:29.692 143.297                Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda
 2 31 T.HARADA        JPN 45:43.562 142.573   13.870     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
 3 19 O.JACQUE        FRA 46:01.026 141.671   31.334       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 4  2 R.WALDMANN      GER 46:04.291 141.503   34.599       Honda Marlboro Honda
 5  7 H.AOKI          JPN 46:04.449 141.495   34.757       Honda Matteoni Racing
 6  5 T.UKAWA         JPN 46:33.290 140.034 1:03.598       Honda Benetton Honda
 7 26 E.ALZAMORA      SPA 45:32.751 138.519    1 Lap       Honda Fortuna Honda
 8  8 C.MIGLIORATI    ITA 45:43.195 137.992    1 Lap       Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel
 9 11 J.McWILLIAMS    GBR 45:48.762 137.712    1 Lap       Honda Qub Team Optimum
10 25 O.PETRUCCIANI   SUI 45:52.063 137.547    1 Lap     Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Racing Team
11 18 O.MIYAZAKI      JPN 45:55.409 137.380    1 Lap      Yamaha Edo Racing
12 28 E.GAVIRA        SPA 46:04.102 136.948    1 Lap     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
13 21 F.BATTAINI      ITA 46:06.394 136.835    1 Lap      Yamaha Edo Racing
14 20 N.NUMATA        JPN 46:11.986 136.559    1 Lap      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
15 10 L.BOSCOSCURO    ITA 46:36.241 135.374    1 Lap       Honda Dee Cee Racing Team

NOT CLASSIFIED
   27 S.PORTO         ARG 38:11.641 137.652   6 Laps     Aprilia PR2  YPF - Esco
   65 L.CAPIROSSI     ITA 24:38.946 136.508  15 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team
   14 J.ROBINSON      GBR 21:27.128 137.245  17 Laps      Suzuki Arie Molenaar Racing
   16 W.COSTES        FRA 15:33.088 135.228  21 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   29 I.GAVIRA        SPA 12:29.404 134.699  23 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV
    6 L.D'ANTIN       SPA 13:08.062 128.091  23 Laps      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion
   12 T.TSUJIMURA     JPN 13:09.223 127.903  23 Laps  T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports
   15 S.PERUGINI      ITA  4:45.564 132.558  28 Laps     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
   17 J.CARDOSO       SPA  5:12.844 120.999  28 Laps      Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion

NOT FINISHED FIRST LAP
   22 K.ROBERTS       USA                                Aprilia Team PJ1 Oils

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider           Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 M.DOOHAN        AUS 47:11.545 147.055                Honda Repsol Honda
 2  2 A.CRIVILLE      SPA 47:23.341 146.445   11.796       Honda Repsol Honda
 3 18 N.AOKI          JPN 47:24.948 146.362   13.403       Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S.
 4  3 L.CADALORA      ITA 47:33.776 145.909   22.231      Yamaha Yamaha Promotor Racing
 5 24 T.AOKI          JPN 47:34.154 145.890   22.609       Honda Repsol Honda
 6  8 C.CHECA         SPA 47:46.060 145.284   34.515       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7  9 A.PUIG          SPA 47:46.413 145.266   34.868       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 8  5 N.ABE           JPN 47:46.453 145.264   34.908      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 9 20 S.GIBERNAU      SPA 47:54.678 144.848   43.133      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10  7 T.OKADA         JPN 47:55.398 144.812   43.853       Honda Repsol Honda
11  4 A.BARROS        BRA 47:55.723 144.796   44.178       Honda Honda Gresini
12 55 R.LACONI        FRA 48:06.364 144.262   54.819       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
13 11 T.CORSER        AUS 48:06.978 144.231   55.433      Yamaha Yamaha Promotor Racing
14 14 J.BORJA         SPA 48:07.708 144.195   56.163     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
15 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH NED 48:23.536 143.409 1:11.991       Honda Team Millar MQP
16 17 L.PEDERCINI     ITA 47:51.614 140.609    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini
17 25 L.NAVEAU        BEL 47:58.031 140.295    1 Lap  ROC Yamaha Millet Racing

NOT CLASSIFIED
   22 K.McCARTHY      AUS 26:57.727 140.396  15 Laps  ROC Yamaha World Champ Motorsports
   39 A.GRAMIGNI      ITA 16:32.246 139.882  22 Laps     Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team
   10 K.ROBERTS Jr.   USA 16:44.519 138.173  22 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
    6 D.BEATTIE       AUS 10:36.451 138.778  26 Laps      Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
   15 F.PROTAT        FRA  7:46.970 135.105  28 Laps  ROC Yamaha Soverex FP Racing
   16 J.FUCHS         GER  6:19.832 132.879  29 Laps     ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc
   12 J.BAYLE         FRA  3:02.112 138.574  31 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts

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