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Race 2 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 4 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Malaysia Grand Prix [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Shah Alam Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
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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] |
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