1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Japan  1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Circuit Suzuka.png
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 Italy Max Biaggi Honda
Time 2:05.772
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi Honda
Time 2:06.746
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi Honda
Second Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda
Third Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Time 2:08.430
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha
Time 2:09.284
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato Honda
Second Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha
Third Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda Honda
Time 2:15.162
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma Honda
Time 2:16.128
Podium
First Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia
Second Japan Tomomi Manako Honda
Third Japan 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 Grid Points
1 6 Italy Max Biaggi Honda 21 44:59.478 1 25
2 2 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 21 +5.416 3 20
3 50 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 21 +5.502 6 16
4 4 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 21 +10.532 10 13
5 21 Japan Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 21 +10.879 2 11
6 3 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 21 +13.479 8 10
7 9 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 21 +20.266 13 9
8 8 Spain Carlos Checa Honda 21 +20.439 5 8
9 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Yamaha 21 +20.773 11 7
10 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 21 +47.101 12 6
11 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Modenas KR3 21 +1:13.558 15 5
12 7 Italy Doriano Romboni MuZ 21 +1:22.856 22 4
13 19 United States John Kocinski Honda 21 +1:24.964 9 3
14 5 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha 21 +1:25.293 7 2
15 14 Spain Juan Borja Honda 21 +1:59.992 16 1
16 57 Italy Fabio Carpani Honda 20 +1 lap 24
Ret 1 Australia Mick Doohan Honda 15 Retirement 4
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Honda 11 Retirement 20
Ret 88 United Kingdom Scott Smart Honda 4 Accident 23
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 1 Retirement 19
Ret 23 United States Matt Wait Honda 1 Accident 21
Ret 29 Japan Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 1 Retirement 14
Ret 18 Australia Garry McCoy Honda 0 Retirement 18
Ret 28 Germany Ralf Waldmann Modenas KR3 0 Retirement 17
OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT

250 cc classification

Source:[2]

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 54 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:17.096 1 25
2 50 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 19 +0.896 3 20
3 51 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 +0.962 5 16
4 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 19 +1.094 9 13
5 19 France Olivier Jacque Honda 19 +34.301 4 11
6 55 Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 19 +37.035 14 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia 19 +37.104 6 9
8 17 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 19 +43.094 12 8
9 12 Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 19 +43.105 15 7
10 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 19 +43.909 16 6
11 6 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 19 +44.000 21 5
12 4 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 19 +44.067 13 4
13 52 Japan Choujun Kameya Suzuki 19 +44.168 10 3
14 18 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 +44.637 8 2
15 7 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 19 +44.727 17 1
16 53 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda 19 +53.855 18
17 11 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 19 +1:01.999 11
18 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 19 +1:04.359 20
19 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 19 +1:08.853 22
20 14 Italy Davide Bulega Honda 18 +1 lap 26
Ret 25 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 18 Accident 27
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Yamaha 17 Accident 19
Ret 5 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 14 Retirement 2
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 10 Retirement 7
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 25
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 2 Accident 24
Ret 27 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 1 Accident 23
Ret 41 Argentina Federico Gartner Aprilia 0 Accident 28
DNS 8 Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha
DNS 20 France William Costes Honda
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Source:[3]

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 18 41:23.963 2 25
2 3 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda 18 +0.156 18 20
3 20 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 18 +0.201 6 16
4 10 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 18 +2.783 7 13
5 53 Japan Noboyuki Osaki Yamaha 18 +26.381 9 11
6 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 18 +26.468 10 10
7 52 Japan Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +33.198 12 9
8 5 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 18 +33.422 11 8
9 51 Japan Takashi Akita Yamaha 18 +33.552 23 7
10 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 18 +33.834 14 6
11 9 France Frédéric Petit Honda 18 +34.215 19 5
12 62 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 18 +46.152 26 4
13 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 18 +46.574 16 3
14 54 Japan Kazuhiro Takao Honda 18 +48.281 17 2
15 26 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia 18 +59.684 20 1
16 17 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha 18 +1:03.598 22
17 11 Spain José Ramírez Aprilia 18 +1:12.202 25
18 19 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 18 +1:12.287 27
19 18 Italy Paolo Tessari Aprilia 18 +1:21.902 28
20 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 18 +1:28.393 29
21 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 18 +1:33.214 24
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha 14 Retirement 3
Ret 22 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 13 Retirement 15
Ret 2 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 12 Retirement 1
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda 10 Accident 4
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Retirement 13
Ret 16 Italy Christian Manna Yamaha 6 Retirement 30
Ret 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 4 Accident 8
Ret 50 Japan Yuzo Fujioka Honda 2 Accident 5
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 1 Retirement 21
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT


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

References

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