ROAD RACE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES
impres ively behind him, Both passed
luckless Masaki Tokudome and the
Aprilia on the second-to-Iast lap, his
tires shot.
Apriba-mounted Jorge Martinez was
sixth, narrowly ahead of Manako,
Yamaha-mounted Yoshiako Katoh and
the Honda of Fred Petit.
Garry McCoy retired on the third lap,
after a strong top-ID start was spoiled
when the bleed screw on his water
pump came loose,
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Shah Alam Circuit
Shah Alam, Malaysia
Results: April 12-13, 1997 (Round 1 of 15)
USee CP QUA1.IFYING: 1. Masaki Tokudome
(1:31.007); 2. Valentino Rossi (1:31.210); 3. Youichi Vi
(1:31.389); 4. Jorge Martinez (1:31.712); 5. Yoshiaki
Katoh (1:31.766); 6. aboru Ueda (1:31.830); 7. Garry
McCoy (1:32.011); 8. Kazu'o Sakata (1:32.057); 9. Roberto
Locatelli (1:32.058); 10. ShahTol Yuzy (1:32.271); It.
oTomomi Manako (1:32.290); 12. Mirko Ciansanti
(1:32313~ 13. Ludo Ceo:hinelIo (1:32388); 14: Ivan Goi
(1:32.493~ IS. Did< Raud'" (1:32.512~ 16. Masao Azuma
(1:32.564); 17. Peter Clettl (1:32.588); 18. Jaroslay Hules
(1:32.890); 19. Gianluigi Scalvini (1:33.197); 20. Frederic
Petit (1:33.380); 21. Josep SaTda (1:33.409~ 22. Manfred
Geissler (1:33.490); 23. Juan Enrique Maturana
(1:33525~ 24. Angel Nieto Jr. (1:33530); 25. Gino Borsa.
(1:33542); 26. Steve Jenkner (1:33.640); 27. Paholayuth
Kalachan (1:36.009); 28. Cllao Chee Hou (1:37.501).
2SO
