1998 Superbike World Championship

none Superbike World Championship 1998 Support series:Supersport World Series The 1998 Superbike World Championship was the eleventh FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 22 March at Phillip Island and finished on 4 October at Sugo after 12 rounds. The season saw the introduction of a revised qualifying system: after two timed qualifying sessions, the sixteen fastest riders were admitted to the newly created Superpole, which determined the first four rows of the starting grid; during this session each rider went on the track in reverse qualifying order to take a single flying lap.http://www.superbike.it/other/news/04_april/index.html News – Fogarty and Haga share the glory; Mailbox Corner – That's Superpole superbike.it SBK Superbike International April 1998 21 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/19980613140358/http://www.superbike.it/other/news/04_april/index.html 13 June 1998 Carl Fogarty, who amassed three race victories during the season, won the riders' championship for the third time after 1994 and 1995; Fogarty prevailed over Aaron Slight at the last round, while Troy Corser, who had entered the final event leading the standings, could not race due to injury.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motorcycling-fogarty-flies-to-hattrick-and-doohan-reigns-again-1176330.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motorcycling-fogarty-flies-to-hattrick-and-doohan-reigns-again-1176330.html 2022-05-01 subscription Motorcycling: Fogarty flies to hat-trick and Doohan reigns again independent.co.uk The Independent Mark Pierson 5 October 1998 21 February 2015 Ducati won the manufacturers' championship. This season also saw the round at Sentul being dropped from the 1998 calendar due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Race calendar and results 1998 Superbike World Championship Calendar https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1998 Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 AUS Phillip Island 22 March AUS Troy Corser GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike Team 2 R1 GBR Donington 13 April AUS Troy CorserSuperpole abandoned due to snow; grid established from the two qualifying sessions.http://www.superbike.it/other/news/05_may/index.html News – Haga takes Donington superbike.it SBK Superbike International May 1998 21 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/19980613140331/http://www.superbike.it/other/news/05_may/index.html 13 June 1998 "N" JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike Team Report R2 JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike Team 3 R1 ITA Monza 10 May NZL Aaron Slight NZL Aaron Slight USA Colin Edwards Castrol Honda Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight USA Colin Edwards Castrol Honda 4 R1 ESP Albacete 24 May JPN Noriyuki Haga ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati ADVF Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance 5 R1 DEU Nürburgring 7 June AUS Troy Corser NZL Aaron Slight NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati ADVF 6 R1 SMR 1862 Misano 21 June AUS Troy Corser NZL Aaron Slight NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda 7 R1 ZAF Kyalami 5 July ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati ADVF Report R2 JPN Akira Yanagawa ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati ADVF 8 R1 USA Laguna Seca 12 July AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Ducati ADVF Report R2 JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike Team 9 R1 EUR Brands Hatch 2 August AUS Troy Corser NZL Aaron Slight USA Colin Edwards Castrol Honda Report R2 GBR Jamie Whitham AUS Troy Corser Ducati ADVF 10 R1 AUT A1-Ring 30 August NZL Aaron Slight ITA Pierfrancesco Chili NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 AUS Troy Corser NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda 11 R1 NLD Assen 6 September ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati ADVF Report R2 GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance 12 R1 JPN Sugo 4 October AUS Troy Corser JPN Akira Ryō JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Team Suzuki Report R2 JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha World Superbike Team Footnotes N Championship standings Riders' standings 1998 final riders' standingshttp://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=1998&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=STD Championship standings sbk.perugiatiming.com Perugia Timing 4 October 1998 20 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413093003/http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=1998&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=STD 13 April 2014 Pos. Rider Bike AUSAUS GBRGBR ITAITA ESPESP GERDEU SMRSMR 1862 RSAZAF USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD JPNJPN PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1‡R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 GBR Carl Fogarty Ducati 1 3 7 3 6 2 9 1 13 13 4 3 2 2 5 Ret 4 2 3 2 2 1 3 4 351.5 2 NZL Aaron Slight Honda 9 2 4 4 2 Ret 4 2 1 4 1 1 8 8 8 DNS 2 5 1 1 4 2 7 6 347 3 AUS Troy Corser Ducati 2 6 2 2 3 4 2 3 7 3 2 2 Ret 7 1 2 7 1 6 5 3 3 DNS DNS 328.5 4 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati 4 Ret 3 5 5 3 1 5 3 1 Ret Ret 1 1 7 4 9 6 2 3 1 Ret 12 Ret 293.5 5 USA Colin Edwards Honda 7 7 6 7 1 1 5 Ret 2 2 3 4 9 4 11 10 1 4 7 9 5 4 13 13 279.5 6 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 3 1 1 1 9 10 10 4 5 7 Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 1 12 7 9 12 8 8 Ret 1 258 7 JPN Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 5 5 5 16 Ret 6 13 7 4 5 5 5 6 5 2 DNS 4 4 7 6 4 2 210 8 GBR James Whitham Suzuki Ret 12 8 8 8 5 11 10 9 10 6 Ret 4 Ret 6 5 5 3 5 6 Ret 5 11 9 173 9 AUS Peter Goddard Suzuki Ret 4 9 10 7 8 14 8 6 8 Ret Ret 5 6 14 8 10 13 10 8 6 7 10 10 155 10 USA Scott Russell Yamaha 10 8 13 11 Ret Ret 6 9 11 Ret 8 6 10 9 15 Ret 3 8 12 11 9 Ret 5 12 130.5 11 GBR Neil Hodgson Kawasaki 8 Ret 12 Ret 4 7 7 14 Ret 11 7 8 Ret Ret 9 6 Ret 9 8 10 10 9 6 16 124.5 12 ESP Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 11 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 3 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 17 15 83.5 13 ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki 12 Ret 14 13 Ret 11 12 6 8 9 Ret 11 12 10 18 DNS 58 14 ITA Alessandro Gramigni Ducati 18 15 18 17 12 13 8 Ret 10 Ret 11 12 11 14 16 9 15 Ret 13 14 11 Ret 56 15 SVN Igor Jerman Kawasaki 15 Ret 21 19 13 12 Ret 12 14 15 15 10 13 11 19 11 DNS DNS 15 15 12 10 20 18 47 16 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 1 5 36 17 JPN Akira Ryō Suzuki 2 3 36 18 AUT Andreas Meklau Ducati 11 9 Ret Ret 9 9 14 13 31 19 GBR Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Ret 6 6 10 26 20 GBR Steve Hislop Yamaha 10 9 8 11 26 21 ITA Lucio Pedercini Ducati 13 Ret 19 20 14 14 12 14 12 14 Ret 13 20 12 16 Ret DNS DNS 26 22 USA Ben Bostrom Honda 4 3 22.5 23 AUS Mark Willis Suzuki 6 9 17 24 JPN Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 9 7 16 25 DEU Udo Mark Suzuki Ret 12 10 13 13 26 NZL Andrew Stroud Kawasaki 17 16 22 Ret DNS DNS 18 16 16 Ret 14 15 14 12 Ret Ret 16 17 Ret DNS 15 13 21 20 13 27 USA Jamie Hacking Yamaha 10 7 12 28 GBR Chris Walker Kawasaki 11 12 9 29 FIN Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki 15 15 15 Ret 17 16 14 12 9 30 JPN Kensuke Haga Yamaha Ret 8 8 31 JPN Shinichi Ito Honda 8 Ret 8 32 USA Doug Chandler Kawasaki 3 DNS 8 33 ITA Mario Innamorati Kawasaki 18 Ret 13 11 19 19 8 34 JPN Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 14 11 7 35 GBR James Haydon Suzuki 15 14 Ret 12 7 36 AUS Steve Martin Ducati Ret 10 6 37 GBR Sean Emmett Ducati Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 38 FRA Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha Ret 22 Ret 22 19 19 16 11 Ret Ret 16 Ret 5 39 FRA Frédéric Protat Honda 21 19 Ret 23 16 16 5 Ducati 19 13 DNS DNS 18 17 15 15 23 Ret 17 19 Ret Ret Ret DNS 40 AUS Troy Bayliss Ducati Ret Ret 13 15 4 41 USA Ricky Orlando Kawasaki 22 13 3 42 ITA Paolo Blora Ducati 17 17 13 16 3 43 AUS Shawn Giles Honda 16 13 3 44 JPN Yuichi Takeda Honda 15 14 3 45 DEU Heinz Platacis Kawasaki 16 14 2 46 GBR John Reynolds Ducati Ret 14 2 47 GBR Matt Llewellyn Ducati 14 Ret 2 48 USA Aaron Yates Suzuki 12 Ret 2 49 AUS Craig Connell Ducati Ret 14 2 50 AUS Malcolm Campbell Ducati 14 Ret 2 51 ESP Rubén Xaus Suzuki 15 16 1 52 CZE Jiří Mrkývka Honda Ret 24 DNQ DNQ 20 Ret 17 15 18 18 Ret 18 Ret 20 21 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 1 53 GBR Terry Rymer Suzuki 16 15 Ret 16 1 Pos. Rider Bike AUSAUS GBRGBR ITAITA ESPESP GERDEU SMRSMR RSAZAF USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD JPNJPN Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap ‡ Due to separate accidents, the first race in Laguna Seca was stopped on the 13th of the 28 scheduled laps and the subsequent restart was aborted; half points were awarded.http://www.cyclenews.com/cycle/archives/1998/28wsb_rr.html Strange day cyclenews.com Cycle News 12 July 1998 20 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/19990903234327/http://www.cyclenews.com/cycle/archives/1998/28wsb_rr.html 3 September 1999 Manufacturers' standings 1998 final manufacturers' standingshttp://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=1998&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=MAK Manufacturer standings sbk.perugiatiming.com Perugia Timing 4 October 1998 20 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413093004/http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=1998&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=MAK 13 April 2014 Pos. Manufacturer AUSAUS GBRGBR ITAITA ESPESP GERDEU SMRSMR RSAZAF USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD JPNJPN PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1‡R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 ITA Ducati 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 487.5 2 JPN Honda 7 2 4 4 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 4 1 1 4 2 7 6 416.5 3 JPN Yamaha 3 1 1 1 9 10 6 4 5 7 8 6 7 3 10 1 3 7 9 11 8 8 5 1 307 4 JPN Suzuki 6 4 8 8 7 5 11 8 6 8 6 13 4 6 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 5 1 3 252 5 JPN Kawasaki 5 5 5 12 4 6 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 2 6 16 9 4 4 7 6 4 2 251 Pos. Manufacturer AUSAUS GBRGBR ITAITA ESPESP GERDEU SMRSMR RSAZAF USAUSA EUREUR AUTAUT NEDNLD JPNJPN Pts ‡ Due to separate accidents, the first race in Laguna Seca was stopped on the 13th of the 28 scheduled laps and the subsequent restart was aborted; half points were awarded. External links https://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=98WSB 1998 FIM Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.net References Michael Scott (1998) Motocourse 1998-99, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-1874557531 Superbike World Championship Category:Superbike World Championship seasons