1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 20 September 1998 | ||
| Official name | GP Marlboro de Catalunya | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.727 km (2.937 mi) | ||
| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Àlex Crivillé |
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| Time | 1:45.583 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Alex Barros |
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| Time | 1:46.810 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Mick Doohan |
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| Second |  Tadayuki Okada |
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| Third | Norick Abe |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Loris Capirossi |
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| Time | 1:47.457 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi |
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| Time | 1:47.585 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi |
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| Second | Tetsuya Harada |
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| Third | Loris Capirossi |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Roberto Locatelli |
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| Time | 1:52.641 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Mirko Giansanti |
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| Time | 1:53.142 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Tomomi Manako |
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| Second | Mirko Giansanti |
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| Third | Masao Azuma |
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The 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 September 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan |
Honda | 25 | 44:53.264 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada |
Honda | 25 | +1.974 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 25 | +8.260 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Honda | 25 | +20.865 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Yamaha | 25 | +22.967 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Honda | 25 | +24.933 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Alex Barros |
Honda | 25 | +25.764 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 |  Régis Laconi |
Yamaha | 25 | +28.571 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 |  John Kocinski |
Honda | 25 | +41.358 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Modenas KR3 | 25 | +41.373 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki | 25 | +48.310 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann |
Modenas KR3 | 25 | +50.942 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Honda | 25 | +1:10.545 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Matt Wait |
Honda | 25 | +1:14.721 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Honda | 25 | +1:14.779 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 43 | Paolo Tessari |
Paton | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 42 | Craig Connell |
Honda | 18 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Honda | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Honda | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Eskil Suter |
MuZ | 11 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja |
Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 4 | Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| DSQ | 6 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | 18 | Black flag | 2 | |
| Source: [1] | |||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 23 | 41:48.737 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 23 | +3.922 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 23 | +14.048 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 23 | +17.698 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 23 | +29.855 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 23 | +38.668 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 23 | +38.701 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +38.926 | 20 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 23 | +39.048 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 23 | +46.392 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +46.431 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +46.953 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 23 | +49.845 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 23 | +51.142 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 23 | +1:09.499 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 23 | +1:12.604 | 16 | |
| 17 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 23 | +1:18.459 | 23 | |
| 18 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:18.836 | 21 | |
| 19 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive |
Honda | 23 | +1:36.751 | 25 | |
| 20 | 92 | David García |
Yamaha | 23 | +1:49.034 | 24 | |
| 21 | 74 | Lucas Oliver Bultó |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 22 | 94 | David Ortega |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 19 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi |
Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 41 |  Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 93 | Iván Silva |
Honda | 13 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 58 | Eustaquio Gavira |
Honda | 6 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 14 | Davide Bulega |
ERP Honda | 6 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Source: [2] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | 22 | 42:10.704 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | 22 | +0.079 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 22 | +0.096 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 22 | +0.172 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Honda | 22 | +0.336 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | 22 | +0.724 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh |
Yamaha | 22 | +0.942 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | 22 | +1.027 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | 22 | +1.062 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Honda | 22 | +1.540 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Aprilia | 22 | +1.737 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 22 | +2.063 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome |
Aprilia | 22 | +2.607 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Aprilia | 22 | +3.046 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Honda | 22 | +5.025 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 22 | +14.377 | 19 | |
| 17 | 60 | Fonsi Nieto |
Aprilia | 22 | +14.503 | 15 | |
| 18 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Aprilia | 22 | +16.024 | 22 | |
| 19 | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 22 | +23.779 | 24 | |
| 20 | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 22 | +33.882 | 17 | |
| 21 | 19 | Andrea Ballerini |
Yamaha | 22 | +33.932 | 25 | |
| 22 | 79 | Pablo Nieto |
Aprilia | 22 | +37.248 | 26 | |
| 23 | 71 | Josep Sardá |
Honda | 22 | +47.529 | 29 | |
| 24 | 65 | Andrea Iommi |
Honda | 22 | +47.597 | 23 | |
| 25 | 58 | Álvaro Molina |
Honda | 22 | +47.856 | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Maturana |
Yamaha | 20 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Yamaha | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 73 | Iván Martínez |
Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 70 | Adrián Araujo |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 28 | |
| DNS | 14 | Federico Cerroni |
Aprilia | Did not start | |||
| Source: [3] | |||||||
References
- ↑ "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
| Previous race: 1998 City of Imola Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 Australian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 Catalan Grand Prix |
Catalan Grand Prix | Next race: 1999 Catalan Grand Prix |
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