1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 5 April 1998 | ||
| Official name | Marlboro GP of Japan | ||
| Location | Suzuka | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi) | ||
| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Max Biaggi |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:05.772 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Max Biaggi |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:06.746 on lap 4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Max Biaggi |
Honda | |
| Second |  Tadayuki Okada |
Honda | |
| Third | Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha | |
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:08.430 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Naoki Matsudo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 2:09.284 on lap 8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato |
Honda | |
| Second | Shinya Nakano |
Yamaha | |
| Third | Naoki Matsudo |
Yamaha | |
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:15.162 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Masao Azuma |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:16.128 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | |
| Second | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | |
| Third | Masao Azuma |
Honda | |
The 1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 April 1998 at the Suzuka Circuit.
500 cc classification
Source:[1]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | 21 | 44:59.478 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada |
Honda | 21 | +5.416 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 50 | Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha | 21 | +5.502 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 21 | +10.532 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Kyoji Nanba |
Yamaha | 21 | +10.879 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki | 21 | +13.479 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 21 | +20.266 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Honda | 21 | +20.439 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Yamaha | 21 | +20.773 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Honda | 21 | +47.101 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Modenas KR3 | 21 | +1:13.558 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Doriano Romboni |
MuZ | 21 | +1:22.856 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | John Kocinski |
Honda | 21 | +1:24.964 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 21 | +1:25.293 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Juan Borja |
Honda | 21 | +1:59.992 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Honda | 20 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Honda | 15 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Sébastien Gimbert |
Honda | 11 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Honda | 4 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 23 | Matt Wait |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 29 | Keiichi Kitagawa |
Suzuki | 1 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 18 | Garry McCoy |
Honda | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann |
Modenas KR3 | 0 | Retirement | 17 | |
| DNS | 55 | Régis Laconi |
Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT | |||||||
250 cc classification
Source:[2]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | Daijiro Kato |
Honda | 19 | 41:17.096 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 50 | Shinya Nakano |
Yamaha | 19 | +0.896 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 51 | Naoki Matsudo |
Yamaha | 19 | +0.962 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 19 | +1.094 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 19 | +34.301 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki | 19 | +37.035 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 19 | +37.104 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 19 | +43.094 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 19 | +43.105 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 19 | +43.909 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 19 | +44.000 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 19 | +44.067 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Choujun Kameya |
Suzuki | 19 | +44.168 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 19 | +44.637 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 19 | +44.727 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Makoto Tamada |
Honda | 19 | +53.855 | 18 | |
| 17 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs |
Aprilia | 19 | +1:01.999 | 11 | |
| 18 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:04.359 | 20 | |
| 19 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:08.853 | 22 | |
| 20 | 14 | Davide Bulega |
Honda | 18 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 18 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 17 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 14 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 2 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 27 |  Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 41 | Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 28 | |
| DNS | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 20 | William Costes |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT | |||||||
125 cc classification
Source:[3]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | 18 | 41:23.963 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | 18 | +0.156 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 18 | +0.201 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 18 | +2.783 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 53 | Noboyuki Osaki |
Yamaha | 18 | +26.381 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Honda | 18 | +26.468 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi |
Honda | 18 | +33.198 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome |
Aprilia | 18 | +33.422 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 51 | Takashi Akita |
Yamaha | 18 | +33.552 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | 18 | +33.834 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Honda | 18 | +34.215 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh |
Yamaha | 18 | +46.152 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Aprilia | 18 | +46.574 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Kazuhiro Takao |
Honda | 18 | +48.281 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Aprilia | 18 | +59.684 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana |
Yamaha | 18 | +1:03.598 | 22 | |
| 17 | 11 | José Ramírez |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:12.202 | 25 | |
| 18 | 19 | Andrea Ballerini |
Honda | 18 | +1:12.287 | 27 | |
| 19 | 18 | Paolo Tessari |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:21.902 | 28 | |
| 20 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:28.393 | 29 | |
| 21 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Aprilia | 18 | +1:33.214 | 24 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 22 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 2 | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | 12 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Honda | 10 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna |
Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | 4 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 50 | Yuzo Fujioka |
Honda | 2 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT | |||||||
References
- ↑ "1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "1998 250cc Japanese Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "1998 125cc Japanese Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
| Previous race: 1997 Australian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 Malaysian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 Japanese Grand Prix |
Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Next race: 1999 Japanese Grand Prix |
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