1993 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1993 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 April 1993
Location	Shah Alam
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

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.

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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	44:54.102	3	25
2	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+6.145	2	20
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+18.367	1	16
4	Mick Doohan	Honda	+20.973	5	13
5	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+21.715	4	11
6	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+29.770	6	10
7	Alex Barros	Suzuki	+32.602	7	9
8	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	+1:04.514	9	8
9	Doug Chandler	Cagiva	+1:15.848	10	7
10	Matthew Mladin	Cagiva	+1 Lap	11	6
11	Laurent Naveau	Yamaha	+1 Lap	17	5
12	John Reynolds	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	14	4
13	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	13	3
14	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	21	2
15	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	22	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	24
17	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	23
18	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	15
19	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	25
20	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	27
21	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	28
22	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	26
23	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	18
24	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	20
25	Jean Luc Romanens	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps	32
26	Alan Scott	Harris Yamaha	+2 Laps	30
Ret	José Kuhn	ROC Yamaha	Retirement	19
Ret	Tsutomu Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	Retirement	29
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	Retirement	12
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti	Retirement	31

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

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