1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season Grand Prix motorcycle racing F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1998 1998 World Champions500cc – Mick Doohan (Honda)250cc – Loris Capirossi (Aprilia)125cc – Kazuto Sakata (Aprilia) thumb|Mick Doohan (pictured at Phillip Island) became the 1998 500cc world champion The 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 50th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Season summary Mick Doohan and Honda continued to dominate the 500 class with the Australian taking 8 victories and Honda winning all but one race.Dennis Noyes 1999 Michael Scott Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1-874557-83-7 Simon Crafar winning the British Grand Prix for Yamaha's lone victory. After being shocked by 500 class rookie Max Biaggi's opening round victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, Doohan went on to claim his fifth world championship in as many years, finishing off the season with four consecutive wins. A controversial finish marked the 250 title race. Aprilia teammates Tetsuya Harada and Loris Capirossi both went into the final race in Argentina with a chance to win the title, Capirossi leading Harada by 4 points. With one corner to go, Harada was in second, with Capirossi third, which would have given Harada the championship on tiebreak. Entering the final turn, his bike was struck from behind by Capirossi's machine, sending both riders off the track. Valentino Rossi took the win with Capirossi recovering to finish in second and claiming the title. Afterwards, Aprilia would release Capirossi from his contract. Kazuto Sakata would win his second 125 title for Aprilia after a tight battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. 1998 Grand Prix season calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1998:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998 motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1998 www.motogp.com 2010-06-09 2012-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120210102534/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998 dead RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 5 April JPN Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit 2 19 April MYS Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix Johor Circuit 3 3 May ESP Gran Premio Marlboro de España Circuito Permanente de Jerez 4 17 May ITA Gran Premio Q8 d'Italia Mugello Circuit 5 31 May FRA Grand Prix de France Circuit Paul Ricard 6 14 June Madrid Gran Premio Comunidad de Madrid Circuito Permanente del Jarama 7 27 June †† NLD Rizla Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen 8 5 July GBR British Grand Prix Donington Park 9 19 July DEU Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring 10 23 August CZE Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit 11 6 September Bologna Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 12 20 September Catalonia Grand Prix Marlboro de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya 13 4 October AUS Qantas Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 14 25 October ARG Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez †† = Saturday race Calendar changes The Malaysian Grand Prix and Japanese Grand Prix swapped places, with Japan hosting the opening round Grand Prix, instead of Malaysia. The Malaysian Grand Prix moved from the Shah Alam Circuit to the Johor Circuit. The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Sachsenring because of the very low number of spectators who came to view the race there. The Austrian Grand Prix was removed from the calendar, mainly because of a low number of spectators. The Rio Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of organisational problems. The Indonesian Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of 1997 Asian financial crisis that affected the country and was replaced by the Argentine Grand Prix. The Madrid Grand Prix was added as an extra, one-off Grand Prix. 1998 Grand Prix season results Round Date Race Location 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report 1 5 April JPN Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka JPN Kazuto Sakata JPN Daijiro Kato ITA Max Biaggi Report 2 19 April MYS Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Johor JPN Noboru Ueda JPN Tetsuya Harada AUS Mick Doohan Report 3 3 May ESP Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez JPN Kazuto Sakata ITA Loris Capirossi ESP Àlex Crivillé Report 4 17 May ITA Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello JPN Tomomi Manako ITA Marcellino Lucchi AUS Mick Doohan Report 5 31 May FRA French motorcycle Grand Prix Paul Ricard JPN Kazuto Sakata JPN Tetsuya Harada ESP Àlex Crivillé Report 6 14 June Madrid Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix Jarama ITA Lucio Cecchinello JPN Tetsuya Harada ESP Carlos Checa Report 7 27 June †† NLD Dutch TT Assen ITA Marco Melandri ITA Valentino Rossi AUS Mick Doohan Report 8 5 July GBR British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington JPN Kazuto Sakata ITA Loris Capirossi NZL Simon Crafar Report 9 19 July DEU German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring JPN Tomomi Manako JPN Tetsuya Harada AUS Mick Doohan Report 10 23 August CZE Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno ITA Marco Melandri JPN Tetsuya Harada ITA Max Biaggi Report 11 6 September Bologna City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix Imola JPN Tomomi Manako ITA Valentino Rossi AUS Mick Doohan Report 12 20 September Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya JPN Tomomi Manako ITA Valentino Rossi AUS Mick Doohan Report 13 4 October AUS Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island JPN Masao Azuma ITA Valentino Rossi AUS Mick Doohan Report 14 25 October ARG Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Buenos Aires JPN Tomomi Manako ITA Valentino Rossi AUS Mick Doohan Report †† = Saturday race Participants 500cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo. Bike numberRiderRounds JPN Repsol Honda Honda Honda NSR500 1 AUS Mick Doohan All 2 JPN Tadayuki Okada 1–4, 7, 10–14 4 ESP Àlex Crivillé All Honda NSR500V 15 ESP Sete Gibernau All JPN Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XR88) 3 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki All 20 ITA Luca Cadalora 7 25 JPN Yukio Kagayama 2–5 27 JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara 10–12 29 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa 1 33 AUS Mark Willis 13 JPN/USA Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWK1) 5 JPN Norick Abe All 12 FRA Jean-Michel Bayle 10–12, 14 20 ITA Luca Cadalora 5–6 21 JPN Kyoji Nanba 1–4, 9 JPN Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda Honda NSR500 6 ITA Max Biaggi All DEU/FRA/MAS MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ MuZ 500 7 ITA Doriano Romboni 1–2 16 FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia 7 20 ITA Luca Cadalora 14 77 CHE Eskil Suter 4–6, 8–12 SPA Movistar Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 8 ESP Carlos Checa 1–8, 10–14 14 ESP Juan Borja 8 19 USA John Kocinski 1–7, 10–14 39 ESP Gregorio Lavilla 9 ITA Honda Gresini Honda Honda NSR500 9 BRA Alex Barros All MAS/USA Team RobertsMarlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR Modenas KR3 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. All 28 DEU Ralf Waldmann 1–7, 9–14 GBR Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 11 NZL Simon Crafar All 55 FRA Régis Laconi 1, 3–14 AUS Shell Advance Racing Honda Honda NSR500V 14 ESP Juan Borja 1–7, 10–14 18 AUS Garry McCoy 1–10, 13 26 FRA Bernard Garcia 11 42 AUS Craig Connell 12, 14 42 AUS Craig Connell 13 53 SAF Russel Wood 2 58 PRT Felisberto Teixeira 3 71 ARG Juan Pablo Gianini 14 72 ESP Fernando Cristóbal 6 72 ESP Fernando Cristóbal 8–9 NLD Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500V 17 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh All FRA Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Honda NSR500V 22 FRA Sébastien Gimbert 1–6, 10–14 26 FRA Bernard Garcia 7–9 JPN F.C.C. TSR Honda Honda NSR500V 23 USA Matt Wait All ITA Team Paton Paton Paton V70 C10/4 43 ITA Paolo Tessari 11–12 63 ITA Gianmaria Liverani 4 JPN Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 50 JPN Noriyuki Haga 1 JPN BP Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 52 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara 2 ITA Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda Honda NSR500V 57 ITA Fabio Carpani All DEU Team Zupin Honda Honda NSR500V 60 DEU Jörg Schöllhorn 9 GBR Team Vimto Honda/Paul Bird Honda Honda NSR500V 68 GBR John McGuinness 8 GBR Team Millar Honda Britain Honda Honda NSR500V 88 GBR Scott Smart 1, 3–14Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider 250cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNoRiderRounds ITA Castrol 250 Team Honda Honda NSR250 4 ITA Stefano Perugini All ITA Benetton Honda Honda Honda NSR250 5 JPN Tohru Ukawa All JPN F.C.C. TSR Honda Honda NSR250 6 JPN Haruchika Aoki All ITA Team Semprucci Biesse Group Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 7 JPN Takeshi Tsujimura All ESP Antena 3 Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 8 ESP Luis D'Antin All 17 ESP José Luis Cardoso All 92ESP David García 12 GBR QUB Team Optimum TSR–Honda Honda NSR250 9 GBR Jeremy McWilliams All GER Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 GER Jürgen Fuchs 1–9 15AUS Martin Craggill 13 34ITA Marcellino Lucchi 10–11 45ITA Diego Giugovaz 12, 14 85GER Mathias Neukirchen 9 JPN Team Rizla Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV250 12 JPN Noriyasu Numata All 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt All ITA OXS Matteoni Racing ERP Honda Honda NSR250 14 ITA Davide Bulega 5–14 Honda 1–4 49ITA Filippo Cotti 11 GER Edo Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 18 JPN Osamu Miyazaki 1–5, 7, 10–14 21 ITA Franco Battaini 1–6, 10–14 33GBR Jamie Robinson 8–9 47ITA Ivan Clementi 6–9 FRA Chesterfield Elf Tech 3 Honda Honda NSR250 19 FRA Olivier Jacque 1–7, 10–14 20 FRA William Costes 1–9 22FRA Matthieu Lagrive 10–14 68FRA Julien Allemand 8–9 GBR Padgetts HRC Shop TSR–Honda Honda NSR250 24 GBR Jason Vincent 1–13 Honda 82GBR Woolsey Coulter 8 82GBR Woolsey Coulter 14 JPN Penguin Racing ERP–Honda Honda NSR250 25JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama 4–9 Honda 1–3, 10–14 ESP PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 27 ARG Sebastián Porto All 40GBR Gary May 8 41 ARG Federico Gartner 1–7, 9–14 ITA Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 31 JPN Tetsuya Harada All 34ITA Marcellino Lucchi 3–4, 12 65 ITA Loris Capirossi All ITA Scuderia AGV Carrizosa TSR–Honda Honda NSR250 37 ITA Luca Boscoscuro All 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo All AUS Strugnell Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 42AUS William Strugnell 13 AUS Team Taylor Racing Honda Honda NSR250 43AUS David Horton 13 ITA Team Italia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 45ITA Diego Giugovaz 11 ITA Nastro Azzurro Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 46 ITA Valentino Rossi All ITA Team RCGM Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 48ITA Igor Antonelli 11 JPN BP Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 50JPN Shinya Nakano 1, 13 JPN Y.E.S.S. Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 51JPN Naoki Matsudo 1 JPN Team Suzuki All Japan Suzuki Suzuki RGV250 52JPN Choujun Kameya 1 55JPN Yukio Kagayama 1 JPN Team Kotake Honda Honda NSR250 53JPN Makoto Tamada 1 JPN Castrol Honda Honda Honda NSR250 54JPN Daijiro Kato 1 MAS Petronas Sprinta Team TVK Honda Honda NSR250 56MAS Shahrol Yuzy 2 ESP SBK Sport Honda Honda NSR250 58ESP Eustaquio Gavira 3, 12 59ESP Ismael Bonilla 3, 6 60ESP Agustín Escobar 3 ESP Equipo Competition M-3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 61ESP Manuel Luque 3 AUS Brunskill Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 62AUS Adam Brunskill 13 NZL Allect Racing Honda Honda NSR250 63NZL Craig Frederickson 13 AUS Rgv Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 64AUS Shaun Geronimi 13 GER Racing Factory Honda Honda NSR250 66GER Alex Hofmann 9 FRA Equipe de France Honda Honda NSR250 67FRA Matthieu Lagrive 5 68FRA Julien Allemand 5 69FRA Vincent Philippe 5 FRA F.P. Racing Honda Honda NSR250 70FRA Franck Poulle 5 FRA Aprilia France Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 71FRA Hervé Mora 5 ESP Team Sotano Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 72ESP José David de Gea 6 ESP Hernandez Team Honda Honda NSR250 73ESP Alex Debón 6 ESP Team Chupa Chups Honda Honda NSR250 74ESP Lucas Oliver Bultó 12 93ESP Iván Silva 12 NED MRTT Team Bolwerk Honda Honda NSR250 75NED Maurice Bolwerk 7 NED Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 76NED Jarno Janssen 7 NED Racing Team Twello Honda Honda NSR250 77NED André Romein 7 NED Johan Jong Brandbom Team Honda Honda NSR250 78NED Rudie Markink 7 NED Schoenkaper O.Z. Honda Honda NSR250 79NED Henk van der Lagemaat 7 GBR Aprilia UK / Blacks Bikeshop Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 80GBR Paul Jones 8 GBR Honda Britain / QUB Team Optimum Honda Honda NSR250 81GBR Callum Ramsay 8 GBR Team Colin Appleyard Racing Honda Honda NSR250 83RSA Shane Norval 8 GER Team Klingels Honda Honda NSR250 84GER Mike Baldinger 9 GER RS Rallye Sport Gmbh Honda Honda NSR250 86GER Markus Ober 9 GER Imt Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 87GER Adrian Schmidt 9 SVK Slovnaft Sport Moto Team ERP–Honda Honda NSR250 88SVK Vladimír Častka 10 CZE Klub Racing Team Znojmo Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 89CZE Radomil Rous 10 CZE Moto Racing Club Ostrava Honda Honda NSR250 90CZE Lukáš Vavrečka 10 GER Muller Maler Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 91GER Lars Langer 10 ESP Costa Azamar Honda Honda NSR250 94ESP David Ortega 12 ARG Mitsubishi Mondial Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 95ARG Matías Ríos 14 ARG Pablo Lessio Competicion Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 96ARG Leandro Mulet 14 ARG Honda Castrol Gregorio Honda Honda NSR250 97ARG Diego Ruabén 14 ARG Recouso Oscar Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 98ARG Gabriel Borgmann 14Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider 125cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNoRiderRounds MCO Givi Honda LCR Honda Honda RS125R 2 JPN Noboru Ueda 1–5, 12–14 10 ITA Lucio Cecchinello All 52JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi 6–10 GER Team UGT 3000 Honda Honda RS125R 3 JPN Tomomi Manako All 39 CZE Jaroslav Huleš All GER UGT 3000 Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 4 JPN Kazuto Sakata All Honda Honda RS125R 9 FRA Frédéric Petit All 85GER Klaus Nöhles 9 GER Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 5 JPN Masaki Tokudome All ESP Via Digital Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 7 ESP Emilio Alzamora All 29 ESP Ángel Nieto Jr. All 60ESP Fonsi Nieto 3, 6, 12 79ESP Pablo Nieto 12 ITA Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda Honda RS125R 8 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini All 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli All 49ITA Andrea Zappa 11 70ESP Adrián Araujo 12 ESP Team Valencia Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 11 ESP Jose Ramon Ramirez 1–3 59ESP Jerónimo Vidal 3 59ESP Jerónimo Vidal 4–11, 13–14 73ESP Iván Martínez 6 73ESP Iván Martínez 12 ITA Benetton Matteoni OXS Matteoni Honda Honda RS125R 13 ITA Marco Melandri All 32 ITA Mirko Giansanti All 55SMR Manuel Poggiali 11 ITA Scuderia Alfa Nolan Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 14ITA Federico Cerroni 6–12, 14 18 ITA Paolo Tessari 1–5 24ITA Alessandro Romagnoli 13 ITA Team Semprucci Biesse Group Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 16 ITA Christian Manna 1–11, 14 19ITA Andrea Ballerini 12–13 62 JPN Yoshiaki Katoh All GER Team Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 17 ESP Juan Enrique Maturana All 41 JPN Youichi Ui All ITA Team Pileri Honda Honda RS125R 19 ITA Andrea Ballerini 1–3 65ITA Andrea Iommi 4–14 JPN Mac Motors Liegeois Competicion Honda Honda RS125R 20 JPN Masao Azuma All FRA SCRAB Compétition Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent All GER Marlboro Team ADAC Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 22 GER Steve Jenkner All ITA Motoracing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 23 ITA Gino Borsoi All ITA Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 26 ITA Ivan Goi All AUS Fairbarin Cranes–Black Mamba Honda Honda RS125R 42AUS Chedryian Bresland 13 AUS Teknic Motorcycle Clothing Honda Honda RS125R 43AUS Peter Galvin 13 AUS Southern Cross Sports Honda Honda RS125R 44AUS Judd Greedy 13 AUS Team Taylor Racing Honda Honda RS125R 45AUS Jay Taylor 13 AUS Christopher West Plumbing Honda Honda RS125R 46AUS Anthony West 13 ITA Team Italia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 47ITA Riccardo Chiarello 11 ITA Team RS Honda Honda RS125R 48ITA Max Sabbatani 11 JPN M'Project Honda Honda RS125R 50JPN Yuzo Fujioka 1 JPN J. Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 51JPN Takashi Akita 1 JPN Tube Riders & Ablecom Honda Honda RS125R 52JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi 1 JPN S.P. Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 53JPN Nobuyuki Osaki 1 JPN Castrol Team Harc Pro Honda Honda RS125R 54JPN Kazuhiro Takao 1 MAS RRC Prakash RAO Honda Honda RS125R 56MAS Magilai Meganathan 2 ESP Echo Team Berner Honda Honda RS125R 58ESP Álvaro Molina 3, 6, 12 ESP Team Esparragoso IGM Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 61ESP Vicente Esparragoso 3 ITA Ricci Corse Honda Honda RS125R 63ITA Marco Tresoldi 4, 11 ITA Ciarom–MotoSprint Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 64ITA Claudio Cipriani 4 FRA Honda France Honda Honda RS125R 67FRA Randy de Puniet 5 FRA Ipone Dussauge Racing Honda Honda RS125R 68FRA Nicolas Dussauge 5 FRA Team RMS Honda Honda RS125R 69FRA Jimmy Petit 5 ESP Team TMR Honda Honda RS125R 71ESP Josep Sardà 6, 12 ESP Team TJT Honda Honda RS125R 72ESP Sebastián Perelló 6 NED Ep Bos Electro Elburg EGA Honda Honda RS125R 74NED Hans Koopman 7 NED Team Kroegman Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 75NED Wim Kroegman 7 NED Le Coq Fight Racing Honda Honda RS125R 76NED Harold de Haan 7 NED R.T.D. Dooderman Dakdekkers Honda Honda RS125R 77NED Ronnie Timmer 7 NED Luvro Ramaker Toyota Racing Honda Honda RS125R 78NED Wilhelm van Leeuwen 7 GBR Honda Britain Honda Honda RS125R 80GBR Leon Haslam 8 GBR L Rumney/Garstang Cleaning Honda Honda RS125R 81GBR Chris Palmer 8 GBR Racing Lines/Clive Horton Honda Honda RS125R 82GBR John Pearson 8 GBR Ulster Racing Honda Honda RS125R 83GBR David Mateer 8 GER Agip Esch Racing Honda Honda RS125R 84GER Reinhard Stolz 9 GER Yamaha Loffler Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 86GER Oliver Perschke 9 GER Hein Gericke Castrol Jr Team Honda Honda RS125R 87GER Dirk Heidolf 9 GER Motorrad B.U.S. Levior Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 88GER Maik Stief 9 CZE Repsol Team Honda Honda RS125R 89CZE Igor Kaláb 10 CZE Wernberger - Team Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R 90CZE Jakub Smrž 10 91SVK Martin Psotný 10 CZE Delta Uamk Team Honda Honda RS125R 92CZE Michal Březina 10 CZE Telemark Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 93CZE Bohuslav Seifert 10 BRA Matsuo Daido Yuasa–tam Honda Honda RS125R 94BRA Cristiano Vieira 14 BRA Amauri–Revista Moto! Honda Honda RS125R 95BRA César Barros 14 BRA Motosistem 1 Honda Honda RS125R 97BRA Silvio Cesar 14Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider Standings Riders' standings 500cc http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/500cc/World+Standing motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1998 www.motogp.com 2010-06-09 2017-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20170805044209/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/500cc/World+Standing deadhttp://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st51634.htm 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1998 Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award. Pos Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 AUS Mick Doohan Honda Ret 1 2 1 2 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 260 2 ITA Max Biaggi Honda 1 3 3 2 5 6 2 6 2 1 3 DSQ 8 5 208 3 ESP Àlex Crivillé Honda 4 4 1 3 1 5 6 4 3 2 2 Ret 3 Ret 198 4 ESP Carlos Checa Honda 8 2 4 4 3 1 5 WD 7 10 6 DNS 8 139 5 BRA Alex Barros Honda 7 Ret 5 9 Ret 9 4 5 4 3 4 7 4 3 138 6 JPN Norifumi Abe Yamaha 14 Ret 6 6 7 2 Ret 3 Ret 5 6 3 5 4 128 7 NZL Simon Crafar Yamaha 9 Ret 13 7 9 8 3 1 Ret 11 11 5 2 13 119 8 JPN Tadayuki Okada Honda 2 Ret 7 DNQ 8 4 7 2 9 2 106 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 6 Ret 8 8 8 4 7 7 10 12 9 11 6 12 101 10 FRA Régis Laconi Yamaha DNS 14 10 11 7 9 8 5 9 12 8 7 6 86 11 ESP Sete Gibernau Honda 10 Ret 12 14 10 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 4 Ret 9 72 12 USA John Kocinski Honda 13 5 11 5 4 Ret DNS 15 13 9 12 10 64 13 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Modenas KR3 11 11 9 Ret 13 WD 12 Ret 6 10 14 10 10 11 59 14 DEU Ralf Waldmann Modenas KR3 Ret 9 10 11 12 10 DNS 7 13 15 12 Ret 15 46 15 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda Ret 8 18 16 15 Ret 10 9 8 16 Ret 13 11 14 40 16 FRA Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 8 5 Ret 7 28 17 AUS Garry McCoy Honda Ret 10 15 13 17 11 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 23 18 JPN Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 5 Ret 16 12 9 22 19 USA Matt Wait Honda Ret 12 20 Ret 18 13 13 Ret 14 20 18 14 13 17 17 20 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 3 16 21 GBR Scott Smart Honda Ret 21 19 Ret 12 14 10 Ret 21 Ret 15 15 DNS 14 22 JPN Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 6 19 17 DNS 10 23 ITA Luca Cadalora Yamaha 6 Ret 10 Suzuki Ret MuZ Ret 24 FRA Bernard Garcia Honda 15 11 12 Ret 10 25 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 7 9 26 CHE Eskil Suter MuZ 18 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 Ret Ret 7 27 ESP Gregorio Lavilla Honda 11 5 28 ITA Doriano Romboni MuZ 12 DNS 4 29 GBR John McGuinness Honda 12 4 30 FRA Sébastien Gimbert Honda Ret 13 17 15 16 DNQ 19 Ret Ret Ret 16 4 31 ESP Fernando Cristóbal Honda 15 14 15 4 32 ESP Juan Borja Honda 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret DNS 17 17 Ret 16 18 3 33 AUS Mark Willis Suzuki 14 2 34 ITA Fabio Carpani Honda 16 Ret Ret 20 19 16 DNQ 15 16 Ret 19 Ret Ret 20 1 JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 18 16 Ret 0 ITA Paolo Tessari Paton Ret 16 0 AUS Craig Connell Honda Ret Ret 19 0 ARG Juan Pablo Gianini Honda 21 0 PRT Felisberto Teixeira Honda 22 0 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki Ret 0 ZAF Russell Wood Honda Ret 0 ITA Gianmaria Liverani Paton Ret 0 FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia MuZ Ret 0 DEU Jörg Schöllhorn Honda WD 0 Pos. Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap 250cc http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/250cc/World+Standing motogp.com · 250cc World Standing 1998 www.motogp.com 2010-06-09 2017-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20170805044548/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/250cc/World+Standing dead Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award. Pos Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 ITA Loris Capirossi Aprilia 7 5 1 4 3 3 Ret 1 4 2 2 3 2 2 224 2 ITA Valentino Rossi Aprilia Ret Ret 2 2 2 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret 1 1 1 1 201 3 JPN Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 4 1 DSQ 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 10 2 Ret Ret 200 4 JPN Tohru Ukawa Honda Ret 2 4 7 Ret 2 5 4 Ret 5 4 5 5 4 145 5 FRA Olivier Jacque Honda 5 3 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 3 3 112 6 JPN Haruchika Aoki Honda 11 4 6 6 6 Ret 3 5 Ret 6 6 7 8 Ret 112 7 ITA Stefano Perugini Honda 12 6 7 5 5 Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 3 6 6 Ret 102 8 JPN Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 15 11 8 12 9 7 7 8 6 8 9 10 12 11 91 9 GBR Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 10 7 Ret Ret 7 9 12 7 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 87 10 ESP Luis D'Antin Yamaha DNS Ret 9 9 8 6 4 9 12 12 11 16 7 Ret 74 11 ESP José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 8 10 Ret 8 13 5 Ret 10 7 10 12 Ret Ret Ret 61 12 ITA Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda Ret 12 13 Ret 14 10 10 12 11 15 8 8 13 5 61 13 GBR Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 19 14 Ret Ret 10 8 8 6 5 7 15 11 Ret 60 14 ITA Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 18 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 9 DNS 8 9 7 12 10 10 58 15 ITA Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 5 1 3 Ret Ret 52 16 JPN Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 9 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 11 9 14 14 13 9 7 52 17 DEU Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 17 8 Ret Ret 12 4 2 Ret DNS 45 18 ITA Franco Battaini Yamaha Ret Ret 12 11 11 DNS 13 13 9 Ret 9 34 19 JPN Shinya Nakano Yamaha 2 4 33 20 JPN Daijiro Kato Honda 1 25 21 SWE Johan Stigefelt Suzuki Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 15 13 Ret 16 21 15 11 8 22 22 ARG Sebastián Porto Aprilia Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 23 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 3 16 24 JPN Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 14 15 10 Ret Ret DNS 18 18 14 15 14 14 25 ITA Davide Bulega Honda 20 Ret Ret 14 11 ERP-Honda 16 14 17 DNS 13 20 16 Ret Ret 12 26 JPN Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 6 10 27 JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda Ret Ret 16 17 20 17 14 Ret 9 ERP-Honda 13 Ret 13 16 15 DNS 28 ITA Ivan Clementi Yamaha 11 14 Ret Ret 7 29 DEU Alex Hofmann Honda 10 6 30 FRA William Costes Honda DNS Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 13 14 Ret 6 31 JPN Choujun Kameya Suzuki 13 3 32 ITA Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 17 18 13 3 33 GBR Jamie Robinson Yamaha 16 14 2 34 ARG Federico Gartner Aprilia Ret 16 18 15 Ret 16 WD Ret Ret 24 Ret 19 17 1 35 FRA Julien Allemand Honda 15 17 WD 1 36 ESP Ismael Bonilla Honda 17 15 1 37 DEU Mike Baldinger Honda 15 1 38 GBR Woolsey Coulter Honda Ret 15 1 FRA Matthieu Lagrive Honda DNS 19 22 19 18 16 0 JPN Makoto Tamada Honda 16 0 AUS Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 16 0 MYS Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 17 0 FRA Vincent Philippe Honda 17 0 AUS David Horton Honda 17 0 FRA Franck Poulle Honda 18 0 NLD Jarno Janssen Honda 18 0 ZAF Shane Norval Honda 18 0 ARG Diego Ruabén Honda 18 0 NLD Maurice Bolwerk Honda 19 0 ITA Igor Antonelli Aprilia 19 0 ARG Leandro Mulet Yamaha 19 0 NLD Rudie Markink Honda 20 0 ESP David García Honda 20 0 NZL Craig Frederickson Honda 20 0 ARG Gabriel Borgmann Yamaha 20 0 NLD André Romein Honda 21 0 SVK Vladimír Častka ERP-Honda 21 0 ESP Lucas Oliver Bultó Honda 21 0 CZE Radomil Rous Yamaha 22 0 ESP David Ortega Honda 22 0 ITA Filippo Cotti Honda 23 0 ESP Eustaquio Gavira Honda Ret Ret 0 ESP Agustín Escobar Honda Ret 0 FRA Hervé Mora Aprilia Ret 0 ESP Alex Debón Honda Ret 0 GBR Gary May Aprilia Ret 0 GBR Paul Jones Aprilia Ret 0 GBR Callum Ramsay Honda Ret 0 DEU Markus Ober Honda Ret 0 DEU Mathias Neukirchen Aprilia Ret 0 DEU Adrian Schmidt Honda Ret 0 ESP Iván Silva Honda Ret 0 AUS William Strugnell Honda Ret 0 ARG Matías Ríos Yamaha Ret 0 AUS Martin Craggill Aprilia DNS 0 ESP Manuel Luque Yamaha DNQ 0 ESP José David de Gea Yamaha DNQ 0 NLD Henk van de Lagemaat Honda DNQ 0 CZE Lukáš Vavrečka Honda DNQ 0 DEU Lars Langer Yamaha DNQ 0 AUS Adam Brunskill Yamaha DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap 125cc http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/125cc/World+Standing motogp.com · 125cc World Standing 1998 www.motogp.com 2010-06-09 2012-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120917055126/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/ARG/125cc/World+Standing dead Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award. Pos Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 JPN Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 1 6 1 4 1 4 2 1 7 2 4 9 4 5 229 2 JPN Tomomi Manako Honda 2 3 2 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 217 3 ITA Marco Melandri Honda 10 Ret 10 2 2 2 1 4 13 1 2 8 3 2 202 4 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 3 9 4 9 3 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 3 3 1 4 135 5 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Honda 4 12 Ret Ret 5 1 4 6 DNS 3 Ret 4 7 3 130 6 ITA Mirko Giansanti Honda Ret 2 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 4 Ret 2 12 6 113 7 JPN Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 8 4 12 10 8 9 5 5 9 Ret 5 13 16 8 97 8 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 6 13 8 3 Ret 5 Ret 9 Ret 5 12 10 9 10 89 9 ITA Roberto Locatelli Honda Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret 3 8 7 5 6 Ret 87 10 FRA Frédéric Petit Honda 11 7 11 8 6 8 8 8 DNS 10 11 15 14 13 78 11 JPN Youichi Ui Yamaha Ret Ret 7 5 11 7 12 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 15 76 12 FRA Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 20 10 14 11 12 Ret 16 11 2 6 9 12 Ret 7 72 13 JPN Noboru Ueda Honda Ret 1 5 7 Ret 6 18 9 62 14 ITA Ivan Goi Aprilia 15 15 Ret 13 9 Ret 14 10 11 9 10 11 11 11 53 15 JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 7 3 13 15 4 7 DNS 52 16 JPN Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 12 17 Ret 19 10 11 Ret Ret 6 15 8 7 Ret 14 45 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia Ret 11 16 14 7 10 9 Ret 8 11 14 16 15 17 45 18 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia Ret Ret 9 6 Ret 16 11 7 Ret 14 Ret 20 10 12 43 19 ESP Ángel Nieto Jr. Aprilia 13 8 13 Ret Ret 6 17 12 10 12 Ret 18 13 Ret 41 20 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Honda Ret 14 6 Ret Ret 12 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 8 18 25 21 ESP Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 21 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 14 5 Ret 13 14 21 DNS 18 22 JPN Nobuyuki Osaki Yamaha 5 11 23 ESP Juan Enrique Maturana Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 18 14 15 19 16 12 13 16 Ret 17 16 10 24 JPN Takashi Akita Yamaha 9 7 25 ITA Paolo Tessari Aprilia 19 18 18 12 15 5 26 ESP Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 19 16 13 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 27 ESP Álvaro Molina Honda Ret 13 25 3 28 ITA Federico Cerroni Aprilia Ret 18 13 17 Ret 18 DNS Ret 3 29 ESP Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 15 14 17 3 30 JPN Kazuhiro Takao Honda 14 2 31 ITA Andrea Iommi Honda Ret 16 18 21 18 14 16 19 24 22 Ret 2 32 ITA Claudio Cipriani Aprilia 15 1 33 ITA Christian Manna Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 17 DNS Ret 1 34 ITA Andrea Zappa Honda 15 1 GER Klaus Nöhles Honda 16 0 ESP Jose Ramon Ramirez Aprilia 17 Ret 17 0 ITA Max Sabbatani Honda 17 0 GBR Leon Haslam Honda 17 0 FRA Randy de Puniet Honda 17 0 ESP Josep Sardà Honda 17 23 0 CZE Igor Kaláb Honda 18 0 GER Reinhard Stolz Honda 18 0 FRA Jimmy Petit Honda 18 0 ITA Andrea Ballerini Honda 18 DSQ Ret 0 Yamaha 21 19 BRA Cristiano Viera Honda 19 0 CZE Michal Březina Honda 19 0 GER Oliver Perschke Yamaha 19 0 ESP Iván Martínez Aprilia 19 Ret 0 BRA Silvio Cesar Honda 20 0 AUS Jay Taylor Honda 20 0 CZE Bohuslav Seifert Honda 20 0 GER Dirk Heidolf Honda 20 0 ITA Marco Tresoldi Honda 20 Ret 0 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 0 NED Hans Koopman EGA Honda 22 0 AUS Peter Galvin Honda 23 0 NED Wilhelm van Leeuwen Honda 23 0 NED Harold de Haan Honda 24 0 ITA Alessandro Romagnoli Aprilia Ret 0 AUS Anthony West Honda Ret 0 AUS Judd Greedy Honda Ret 0 ESP Adrián Araujo Honda Ret 0 ITA Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia Ret 0 CZE Jakub Smrž Honda Ret 0 SVK Martin Psotný Honda Ret 0 GER Maik Stief Yamaha Ret 0 GBR Chris Palmer Honda Ret 0 GBR David Mateer Honda Ret 0 GBR John Pearson Honda Ret 0 FRA Nicolas Dussauge Honda Ret 0 MAS Magilai Meganathan Honda Ret 0 JPN Yuzo Fujioka Honda Ret 0 AUS Chedryian Bresland Honda DNS 0 SMR Manuel Poggiali Honda DNS ESP Sebastián Perelló Honda DNS ESP Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha DNS BRA César Barros Honda DNQ NED Ronnie Timmer Honda DNQ NED Wim Kroegman Yamaha DNQ Pos. Rider Bike JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap Manufacturers' standings 500cc http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1998/500cc/ARG/world+standing.pdf GP Marlboro de Argentina – 500cc – World Championship Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 25 October 1998 26 November 2016 Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 JPN Honda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 345 2 JPN Yamaha 3 7 6 6 6 2 3 1 5 5 5 3 2 4 198 3 JPN Suzuki 6 6 8 8 8 4 7 7 10 12 9 11 6 12 111 4 MYS Modenas KR3 11 9 9 11 12 10 12 Ret 6 10 14 10 10 11 73 5 DEU MuZ 12 DNS 18 Ret 14 Ret Ret 13 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 ITA Paton Ret Ret 16 0 Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 250cc http://classic.autosport.com/results.php?s=801&y=1998&c=1 1998 championship standings classic.autosport.com Autosport 26 November 2016 27 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161127152253/http://classic.autosport.com/results.php?s=801&y=1998&c=1 dead Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 ITA Aprilia 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 338 2 JPN Honda 1 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 10 5 3 4 3 3 215 3 JPN Yamaha 2 10 8 8 8 5 4 8 6 8 9 9 4 9 134 4 JPN TSR-Honda 10 7 11 10 7 8 8 6 2 4 7 8 10 5 128 5 JPN Suzuki 6 13 14 Ret Ret 12 11 11 9 14 14 13 9 7 59 6 JPN ERP Honda 13 16 13 16 15 13 20 16 Ret Ret 12 14 Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 125cc Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts 1 JPN Honda 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 330 2 ITA Aprilia 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 9 4 5 243 3 JPN Yamaha 5 17 7 5 10 7 12 3 6 13 6 7 5 14 111 NLD EGA Honda 22 0 Pos. Manufacturer JPNJPN MALMYS ESPESP ITAITA FRAFRA MADMadrid NEDNLD GBRGBR GERDEU CZECZE IMOBologna CATCatalonia AUSAUS ARGARG Pts http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1998/125cc/ARG/world+standing.pdf GP Marlboro de Argentina – 125cc – World Championship Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 25 October 1998 26 November 2016 References Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 Michael Scott (1998) Motocourse 1998-99, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-1874557531 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-09-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120919192621/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season