1993 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4 April 1993 at the Shah Alam Circuit.

Malaysia  1993 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 April 1993
Official nameMalaysia Grand Prix[1]
LocationShah Alam Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.69 km (2.29 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
RiderUnited States Kevin Schwantz
Time1:25.533
Fastest lap
RiderUnited States Wayne Rainey
Time1:26.206
Podium
FirstUnited States Wayne Rainey
SecondAustralia Daryl Beattie
ThirdUnited States Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
RiderItaly Loris Capirossi
Time1:27.229
Fastest lap
RiderJapan Nobuatsu Aoki
Time1:27.415
Podium
FirstJapan Nobuatsu Aoki
SecondJapan Tetsuya Harada
ThirdJapan Tadayuki Okada
125 cc
Pole position
RiderGermany Dirk Raudies
Time1:31.951
Fastest lap
RiderGermany Dirk Raudies
Time1:32.821
Podium
FirstGermany Dirk Raudies
SecondJapan Kazuto Sakata
ThirdJapan Takeshi Tsujimura

500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz got the second pole in a row, but got a bad start while Wayne Rainey got a good one, then it's Àlex Crivillé, Daryl Beattie and Mick Doohan. Rainey ran away with it on a hot day with Dunlops.

500 cc classification

Pos.RiderTeamManufacturerTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 Wayne RaineyMarlboro Team RobertsYamaha44:54.102325
2 Daryl BeattieRothmans Honda TeamHonda+6.145220
3 Kevin SchwantzLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki+18.367116
4 Mick DoohanRothmans Honda TeamHonda+20.973513
5 Àlex CrivilléMarlboro Honda PonsHonda+21.715411
6 Shinichi ItohHRC Rothmans HondaHonda+29.770610
7 Alex BarrosLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki+32.60279
8 Niall MackenzieValvoline Team WCMROC Yamaha+1:04.51498
9 Doug ChandlerCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+1:15.848107
10 Matthew MladinCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+1 Lap116
11 Laurent NaveauEuro TeamYamaha+1 Lap175
12 John ReynoldsPadgett's MotorcyclesHarris Yamaha+1 Lap144
13 Juan Lopez MellaLopez Mella Racing TeamROC Yamaha+1 Lap133
14 Sean EmmettShell Team HarrisHarris Yamaha+1 Lap212
15 Renato ColleoniTeam ElitROC Yamaha+1 Lap221
16 Lucio PederciniTeam PederciniROC Yamaha+1 Lap24
17 Michael RudroffRallye SportHarris Yamaha+1 Lap23
18 Serge DavidTeam ROCROC Yamaha+1 Lap15
19 Cees DoorakkersDoorakkers RacingHarris Yamaha+1 Lap25
20 Thierry CrineVille de ParisROC Yamaha+1 Lap27
21 Andreas MeklauAustrian Racing CompanyROC Yamaha+1 Lap28
22 Bruno BonhuilMTD Objectif 500ROC Yamaha+1 Lap26
23 Toshiyuki ArakakiTeam ROCROC Yamaha+1 Lap18
24 Kevin MitchellMBM RacingHarris Yamaha+1 Lap20
25 Jean Luc RomanensArgus Racing TeamROC Yamaha+2 Laps32
26 Alan ScottTeam HarrisHarris Yamaha+2 Laps30
Ret José KuhnEuromotoROC YamahaRetirement19
Ret Tsutomu UdagawaTeam UdagawaROC YamahaRetirement29
Ret Bernard GarciaYamaha Motor FranceYamahaRetirement12
Ret Marco PapaLibrenti CorseLibrentiRetirement31
DNS Jeremy McWilliamsMillar RacingYamahaDid not start
DNS Luca CadaloraMarlboro Team RobertsYamahaDid not start
Sources:[2][3]

250 cc classification

Pos.RiderManufacturerTime/RetiredPoints
1 Nobuatsu AokiHonda42:36.01425
2 Tetsuya HaradaYamaha+0.32720
3 Tadayuki OkadaHonda+4.15516
4 Doriano RomboniHonda+17.06513
5 John KocinskiSuzuki+17.28411
6 Helmut BradlHonda+28.43910
7 Loris ReggianiAprilia+34.4929
8 Alberto PuigHonda+39.3118
9 Pierfrancesco ChiliYamaha+46.1777
10 Luis d'AntinHonda+56.6276
11 Adrian BosshardHonda+1:00.5455
12 Loris CapirossiHonda+1:03.9634
13 Patrick van den GoorberghAprilia+1:05.4823
14 Andy PreiningAprilia+1:10.3612
15 Eskil SuterAprilia+1:14.4881
16 Jean-Michel BayleAprilia+1:14.674
17 Max BiaggiHonda+1:15.699
18 Carlos CardusHonda+1:22:831
19 Jean-Philippe RuggiaAprilia+1:58.018
20 Jurgen van den GoorberghAprilia+1 Lap
21 Luis Carlos MaurelAprilia+1 Lap
22 Bernd KassnerAprilia+1 Lap
23 Bernard HaenggeliAprilia+1 Lap
24 Shahrun NizanYamaha+1 Lap
Ret Volker BahrHondaRetirement
Ret Massimo PennacchioliHondaRetirement
Ret Jochen SchmidYamahaRetirement
Ret Frédéric ProtatApriliaRetirement
Ret Juan BorjaHondaRetirement
Ret Veng Kit TongYamahaRetirement
Ret Gabriele DebbiaHondaRetirement
Ret Noboyuki WakaiSuzukiRetirement
Ret Wilco ZeelenbergApriliaRetirement
DNS Alessandro GramigniGileraDid not start
DNS Paolo CasoliGileraDid not start
DNS Jean-Pierre JeandatApriliaDid not start

References


Previous race:
1993 Australian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1993 season
Next race:
1993 Japanese Grand Prix
Previous race:
1992 Malaysian Grand Prix
Malaysian Grand PrixNext race:
1994 Malaysian Grand Prix