1998 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 August 1998 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

  1998 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 August 1998
Official nameGrand Prix České republiky[1][2]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 2:01.585
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 2:02.335 on lap 22
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Àlex Crivillé
Third Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 2:03.974
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 2:04.614 on lap 9
Podium
First Tetsuya Harada
Second Loris Capirossi
Third Marcellino Lucchi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:11.302
Fastest lap
Rider Masao Azuma
Time 2:10.899 on lap 16
Podium
First Marco Melandri
Second Kazuto Sakata
Third Lucio Cecchinello

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 22 45:12.043 2 25
2 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 22 +0.768 6 20
3 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 22 +1.546 5 16
4 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 22 +2.235 7 13
5 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 22 +11.817 12 11
6 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 22 +11.946 16 10
7 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 22 +16.317 10 9
8 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 22 +18.526 3 8
9 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +24.157 13 7
10 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 22 +30.549 8 6
11 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +34.563 11 5
12 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 22 +38.113 9 4
13 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 22 +38.525 4 3
14 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 22 +46.145 14 2
15 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 22 +53.129 17 1
16 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +54.201 15
17 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 22 +1:22.039 18
18 27 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 22 +1:30.723 20
19 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 22 +1:33.693 19
20 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 22 +1:33.862 23
21 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 22 +1:57.956 21
Ret 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 13 Retirement 1
Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 0 Accident 22
DNS 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda Did not start
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20 41:52.318 4 25
2 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 20 +5.207 1 20
3 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 20 +28.254 3 16
4 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 20 +30.432 6 13
5 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 20 +30.703 8 11
6 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 20 +31.090 10 10
7 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 20 +49.163 13 9
8 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 20 +49.284 11 8
9 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 20 +49.398 16 7
10 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 20 +50.301 19 6
11 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 20 +57.812 7 5
12 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 20 +57.996 15 4
13 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 20 +1:01.297 12 3
14 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 20 +1:10.103 9 2
15 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 20 +1:15.633 17 1
16 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 20 +1:15.721 20
17 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 20 +1:37.942 23
18 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 20 +1:39.729 18
19 22 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 20 +1:39.892 24
20 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 20 +1:40.228 21
21 88 Vladimír Častka ERP Honda 20 +1:49.466 22
22 89 Radomil Rous Yamaha 19 +1 lap 26
Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 11 Retirement 5
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 11 Retirement 14
Ret 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 8 Retirement 25
Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 0 Accident 2
DNQ 90 Lukáš Vavrečka Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 91 Lars Langer Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Marco Melandri Honda 19 42:05.161 7 25
2 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 19 +0.038 1 20
3 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 19 +0.364 3 16
4 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +3.745 14 13
5 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 19 +3.794 11 11
6 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +7.082 13 10
7 52 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 19 +7.144 12 9
8 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 19 +7.260 9 8
9 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 19 +9.179 15 7
10 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 19 +12.170 16 6
11 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +15.272 10 5
12 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 19 +33.909 20 4
13 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 19 +35.083 22 3
14 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +35.333 19 2
15 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 19 +54.524 17 1
16 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 19 +1:14.415 26
17 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 19 +1:30.848 24
18 89 Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +2:05.233 27
19 92 Michal Březina Honda 19 +2:06.630 28
20 93 Bohuslav Seifert Honda 18 +1 lap 30
Ret 20 Masao Azuma Honda 18 Accident 4
Ret 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 15 Retirement 2
Ret 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 14 Accident 8
Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 8 Retirement 6
Ret 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 7 Accident 5
Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 6 Accident 18
Ret 91 Martin Psotný Honda 4 Retirement 29
Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 2 Accident 23
Ret 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 0 Accident 21
Ret 90 Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 25
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. "1998 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "1998 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "Grand Prix České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 August 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  6. "Grand Prix České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 August 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. "Grand Prix České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 August 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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