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.

  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
Rider Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:25.533
Fastest lap
Rider Wayne Rainey
Time 1:26.206
Podium
First Wayne Rainey
Second Daryl Beattie
Third Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:27.229
Fastest lap
Rider Nobuatsu Aoki
Time 1:27.415
Podium
First Nobuatsu Aoki
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Tadayuki Okada
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Dirk Raudies
Time 1:31.951
Fastest lap
Rider Dirk Raudies
Time 1:32.821
Podium
First Dirk Raudies
Second Kazuto Sakata
Third 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. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 44:54.102 3 25
2 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +6.145 2 20
3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +18.367 1 16
4 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +20.973 5 13
5 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +21.715 4 11
6 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +29.770 6 10
7 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +32.602 7 9
8 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:04.514 9 8
9 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:15.848 10 7
10 Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1 Lap 11 6
11 Laurent Naveau Euro Team Yamaha +1 Lap 17 5
12 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 14 4
13 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 13 3
14 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 21 2
15 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 22 1
16 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 24
17 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 23
18 Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 15
19 Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 25
20 Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 27
21 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 28
22 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 26
23 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18
24 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 20
25 Jean Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team ROC Yamaha +2 Laps 32
26 Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha +2 Laps 30
Ret José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha Retirement 19
Ret Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha Retirement 29
Ret Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Retirement 12
Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement 31
DNS Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha Did not start
DNS Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[2][3]

250 cc classification

Pos. Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 42:36.014 25
2 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha +0.327 20
3 Tadayuki Okada Honda +4.155 16
4 Doriano Romboni Honda +17.065 13
5 John Kocinski Suzuki +17.284 11
6 Helmut Bradl Honda +28.439 10
7 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +34.492 9
8 Alberto Puig Honda +39.311 8
9 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +46.177 7
10 Luis d'Antin Honda +56.627 6
11 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:00.545 5
12 Loris Capirossi Honda +1:03.963 4
13 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1:05.482 3
14 Andy Preining Aprilia +1:10.361 2
15 Eskil Suter Aprilia +1:14.488 1
16 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:14.674
17 Max Biaggi Honda +1:15.699
18 Carlos Cardus Honda +1:22:831
19 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia +1:58.018
20 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1 Lap
21 Luis Carlos Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap
22 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1 Lap
23 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +1 Lap
24 Shahrun Nizan Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Volker Bahr Honda Retirement
Ret Massimo Pennacchioli Honda Retirement
Ret Jochen Schmid Yamaha Retirement
Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Honda Retirement
Ret Veng Kit Tong Yamaha Retirement
Ret Gabriele Debbia Honda Retirement
Ret Noboyuki Wakai Suzuki Retirement
Ret Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia Retirement
DNS Alessandro Gramigni Gilera Did not start
DNS Paolo Casoli Gilera Did not start
DNS Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia Did 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 Prix Next race:
1994 Malaysian Grand Prix
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