1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 May 1998 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

  1998 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 May 1998
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de España[1][2]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Carlos Checa Honda
Time 1:43.467
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé Honda
Time 1:44.448 on lap 6
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé Honda
Second Mick Doohan Honda
Third Max Biaggi Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Time 1:44.431
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Time 1:45.250 on lap 4
Podium
First Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Second Valentino Rossi Aprilia
Third Olivier Jacque Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Roberto Locatelli Honda
Time 1:49.281
Fastest lap
Rider Tomomi Manako Honda
Time 1:49.360 on lap 7
Podium
First Kazuto Sakata Aprilia
Second Tomomi Manako Honda
Third Mirko Giansanti Honda

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 27 47:21.522 3 25
2 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 27 +0.393 5 20
3 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 27 +0.870 4 16
4 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +2.368 1 13
5 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 27 +13.311 8 11
6 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 27 +13.933 11 10
7 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 27 +14.471 2 9
8 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +24.127 10 8
9 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 +26.700 7 7
10 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 +29.597 9 6
11 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +31.561 6 5
12 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 27 +36.141 12 4
13 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +41.486 16 3
14 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +54.947 13 2
15 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 27 +55.158 20 1
16 21 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 27 +1:01.172 14
17 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1:05.910 19
18 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:10.801 18
19 25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +1:32.385 15
20 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 27 +1:33.597 21
21 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 26 +1 lap 22
22 58 Felisberto Teixeira Shell Advance Racing Honda 26 +1 lap 24
Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 15 Retirement 23
Ret 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 13 Retirement 17
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 26 46:00.131 1 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 26 +3.415 3 20
3 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 26 +7.576 6 16
4 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 +8.186 8 13
5 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 26 +14.337 2 11
6 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +24.939 10 10
7 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 26 +28.435 9 9
8 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 26 +31.492 11 8
9 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 26 +45.003 15 7
10 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 26 +45.558 16 6
11 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 26 +45.999 18 5
12 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 26 +49.032 20 4
13 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 26 +1:04.043 19 3
14 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 26 +1:07.866 17 2
15 20 William Costes Honda 26 +1:37.376 22 1
16 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 25 +1 lap 23
17 59 Ismael Bonilla Honda 25 +1 lap 27
18 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 25 +1 lap 26
Ret 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 23 Retirement 5
Ret 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 18 Accident 21
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 12 Retirement 12
Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 9 Retirement 7
DSQ 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 9 Disqualified 4
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 4 Accident 14
Ret 58 Eustaquio Gavira Honda 4 Retirement 25
Ret 14 Davide Bulega Honda 2 Retirement 24
Ret 60 Agustín Escobar Honda 0 Retirement 28
Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 0 Accident 13
DNQ 61 Manuel Luque Yamaha Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 23 42:19.751 6 25
2 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 23 +2.101 9 20
3 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +2.229 2 16
4 20 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +2.731 8 13
5 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +8.516 4 11
6 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +17.476 12 10
7 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +28.751 3 9
8 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 23 +28.950 5 8
9 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +29.204 10 7
10 13 Marco Melandri Honda 23 +29.213 13 6
11 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 23 +35.679 17 5
12 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 23 +42.314 11 4
13 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 23 +42.872 24 3
14 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +49.952 22 2
15 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +52.822 26 1
16 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +53.236 19
17 11 José Ramírez Aprilia 23 +53.534 18
18 18 Paolo Tessari Aprilia 23 +1:13.081 14
19 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 23 +1:14.135 25
Ret 19 Andrea Ballerini Honda 16 Accident 20
Ret 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 11 Accident 23
Ret 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 10 Accident 7
Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 9 Retirement 27
Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 4 Accident 15
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 3 Accident 1
Ret 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 3 Accident 21
Ret 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 1 Accident 16
Ret 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 1 Retirement 28
DNS 61 Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha 0 Did not start 29
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[6]

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

References
  1. "1998 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "1998 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT" (PDF).
  5. "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  6. "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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