1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 6 September 1998 | ||
| Official name | Gran Premio Cirio "Città di Imola" | ||
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.930 km (3.063 mi) | ||
| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jean-Michel Bayle |
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| Time | 1:49.345 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Max Biaggi |
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| Time | 1:49.556 on lap 22 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Mick Doohan |
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| Second |  Àlex Crivillé |
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| Third | Max Biaggi |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Tetsuya Harada |
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| Time | 1:53.560 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Tetsuya Harada |
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| Time | 1:52.533 on lap 21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi |
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| Second | Loris Capirossi |
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| Third | Stefano Perugini |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Marco Melandri |
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| Time | 1:59.795 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Tomomi Manako |
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| Time | 1:58.880 on lap 15 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Tomomi Manako |
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| Second | Marco Melandri |
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| Third | Masao Azuma |
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The 1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 September 1998 at Imola.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan |
Honda | 25 | 46:00.092 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 25 | +6.564 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | 25 | +8.721 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 25 | +11.244 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha | 25 | +21.672 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 25 | +28.407 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada |
Honda | 25 | +36.627 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Honda | 25 | +36.876 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki | 25 | +37.332 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Honda | 25 | +47.677 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Yamaha | 25 | +55.890 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Régis Laconi |
Yamaha | 25 | +57.040 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 |  John Kocinski |
Honda | 25 | +58.878 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:06.104 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann |
Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:18.308 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Suzuki | 25 | +1:19.432 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Juan Borja |
Honda | 25 | +1:28.491 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Matt Wait |
Honda | 25 | +1:50.817 | 20 | |
| 19 | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Eskil Suter |
MuZ | 18 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Bernard Garcia |
Honda | 16 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Honda | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Honda | 12 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Honda | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 43 | Paolo Tessari |
Paton | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Source: [1] | |||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 23 | 43:43.815 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 23 | +2.687 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 23 | +4.175 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 23 | +6.524 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 23 | +29.180 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 23 | +31.615 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +32.948 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +33.614 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 23 | +35.892 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 23 | +39.595 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 23 | +53.590 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 23 | +53.988 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 23 | +54.686 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 23 | +56.383 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:00.924 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Davide Bulega |
ERP Honda | 23 | +1:13.181 | 16 | |
| 17 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.205 | 21 | |
| 18 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 23 | +1:25.369 | 17 | |
| 19 | 48 | Igor Antonelli |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:29.514 | 22 | |
| 20 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 23 | +1:33.769 | 24 | |
| 21 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 23 | +1:35.296 | 23 | |
| 22 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive |
Honda | 23 | +1:38.260 | 25 | |
| 23 | 49 | Filippo Cotti |
Honda | 23 | +1:42.065 | 26 | |
| 24 | 41 |  Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 6 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi |
Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Source: [2] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | 21 | 42:05.831 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | 21 | +0.087 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 21 | +10.394 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | 21 | +10.466 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome |
Aprilia | 21 | +22.699 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Yamaha | 21 | +26.133 | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Honda | 21 | +26.546 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh |
Yamaha | 21 | +28.161 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 21 | +30.584 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Aprilia | 21 | +48.516 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Honda | 21 | +48.656 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Honda | 21 | +1:02.010 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Aprilia | 21 | +1:12.085 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 21 | +1:12.337 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 49 | Andrea Zappa |
Honda | 21 | +1:12.408 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana |
Yamaha | 21 | +1:13.006 | 25 | |
| 17 | 48 | Max Sabbatani |
Honda | 21 | +1:15.643 | 21 | |
| 18 | 14 | Federico Cerroni |
Aprilia | 21 | +1:24.081 | 20 | |
| 19 | 65 | Andrea Iommi |
Honda | 21 | +1:33.199 | 24 | |
| Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | 17 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 63 | Marco Tresoldi |
Honda | 14 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal |
Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 47 | Riccardo Chiarello |
Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 0 | Retirement | 15 | |
| DNS | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 55 |  Manuel Poggiali |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 16 | Christian Manna |
Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| Source: [3] | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Gran Premio Cirio "Città di Imola" – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "Gran Premio Cirio "Città di Imola" – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "Gran Premio Cirio "Città di Imola" – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 Catalan Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 Imola Grand Prix |
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