1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Japanese motorcycle racing event in 1998 Japanese Japan Marlboro Grand Prix of Japanhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1998-japanese-motogp 1998 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017https://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1998.html 1998 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project www.progcovers.comhttps://www.progcovers.com/motor/suzuka.html Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project www.progcovers.com Suzuka Circuit 3.644 5.864 1 14 5 April 1998 Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg Max Biaggi Italy Honda 2:05.772 Max Biaggi Italy Honda 2:06.746 on lap 4 Max Biaggi Italy Honda Tadayuki Okada Japan Honda Noriyuki Haga Japan Yamaha Daijiro Kato Japan Honda 2:08.430 Naoki Matsudo Japan Yamaha 2:09.284 on lap 8 Daijiro Kato Japan Honda Shinya Nakano Japan Yamaha Naoki Matsudo Japan Yamaha Noboru Ueda Japan Honda 2:15.162 Masao Azuma Japan Honda 2:16.128 on lap 6 Kazuto Sakata Japan Aprilia Tomomi Manako Japan Honda Masao Azuma Japan 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. The rookie Max Biaggi surprised everyone by winning his first ever GP500 race. 500 cc classification Source:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/500cc 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix results motogp.com 8 January 2013 24 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120624101203/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results%20Statistics/1998/JPN/500cc dead Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 ITA Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 21 44:59.478 1 25 2 2 JPN Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 21 +5.416 3 20 3 50 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 21 +5.502 6 16 4 4 ESP Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 21 +10.532 10 13 5 21 JPN Kyoji Nanba Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 21 +10.879 2 11 6 3 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +13.479 8 10 7 9 BRA Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 21 +20.266 13 9 8 8 ESP Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 21 +20.439 5 8 9 11 NZL Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +20.773 11 7 10 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 21 +47.101 12 6 11 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 21 +1:13.558 15 5 12 7 ITA Doriano Romboni MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 21 +1:22.856 22 4 13 19 USA John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 21 +1:24.964 9 3 14 5 JPN Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 21 +1:25.293 7 2 15 14 ESP Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 21 +1:59.992 16 1 16 57 ITA Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 20 +1 lap 24 Ret 1 AUS Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 15 Retirement 4 Ret 22 FRA Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 11 Retirement 20 Ret 88 GBR Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 4 Accident 23 Ret 17 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 1 Retirement 19 Ret 23 USA Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 1 Accident 21 Ret 29 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 1 Retirement 14 Ret 18 AUS Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 0 Retirement 18 Ret 28 DEU Ralf Waldmann Team Roberts Modenas KR3 0 Retirement 17 DNS 55 FRA Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start Sources: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1998/500cc/JPN/RAC/classification.pdf OFFICIAL 500cc REPORThttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/500cc/RAC motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998 www.motogp.comAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot 250 cc classification Source:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/250cc 1998 250cc Japanese Grand Prix results motogp.com 8 January 2013 3 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111103125910/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/250cc dead Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54 JPN Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:17.096 1 25 2 50 JPN Shinya Nakano Yamaha 19 +0.896 3 20 3 51 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 +0.962 5 16 4 31 JPN Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 19 +1.094 9 13 5 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Honda 19 +34.301 4 11 6 55 JPN Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 19 +37.035 14 10 7 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Aprilia 19 +37.104 6 9 8 17 ESP José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 19 +43.094 12 8 9 12 JPN Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 19 +43.105 15 7 10 9 GBR Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 19 +43.909 16 6 11 6 JPN Haruchika Aoki Honda 19 +44.000 21 5 12 4 ITA Stefano Perugini Honda 19 +44.067 13 4 13 52 JPN Choujun Kameya Suzuki 19 +44.168 10 3 14 18 JPN Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 +44.637 8 2 15 7 JPN Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 19 +44.727 17 1 16 53 JPN Makoto Tamada Honda 19 +53.855 18 17 11 DEU Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 19 +1:01.999 11 18 37 ITA Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 19 +1:04.359 20 19 24 GBR Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 19 +1:08.853 22 20 14 ITA Davide Bulega Honda 18 +1 lap 26 Ret 25 JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 18 Accident 27 Ret 21 ITA Franco Battaini Yamaha 17 Accident 19 Ret 5 JPN Tohru Ukawa Honda 14 Retirement 2 Ret 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Aprilia 10 Retirement 7 Ret 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 25 Ret 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 2 Accident 24 Ret 27 ARG Sebastián Porto Aprilia 1 Accident 23 Ret 41 ARG Federico Gartner Aprilia 0 Accident 28 DNS 8 ESP Luis d'Antin Yamaha Did not start DNS 20 FRA William Costes Honda Did not start OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT 125 cc classification Source:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/125cc 1998 125cc Japanese Grand Prix results motogp.com 8 January 2013 17 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517051559/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/125cc dead Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 JPN Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 18 41:23.963 2 25 2 3 JPN Tomomi Manako Honda 18 +0.156 18 20 3 20 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 18 +0.201 6 16 4 10 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Honda 18 +2.783 7 13 5 53 JPN Noboyuki Osaki Yamaha 18 +26.381 9 11 6 8 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 18 +26.468 10 10 7 52 JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +33.198 12 9 8 5 JPN Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 18 +33.422 11 8 9 51 JPN Takashi Akita Yamaha 18 +33.552 23 7 10 13 ITA Marco Melandri Honda 18 +33.834 14 6 11 9 FRA Frédéric Petit Honda 18 +34.215 19 5 12 62 JPN Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 18 +46.152 26 4 13 29 ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 18 +46.574 16 3 14 54 JPN Kazuhiro Takao Honda 18 +48.281 17 2 15 26 ITA Ivan Goi Aprilia 18 +59.684 20 1 16 17 ESP Enrique Maturana Yamaha 18 +1:03.598 22 17 11 ESP José Ramírez Aprilia 18 +1:12.202 25 18 19 ITA Andrea Ballerini Honda 18 +1:12.287 27 19 18 ITA Paolo Tessari Aprilia 18 +1:21.902 28 20 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 18 +1:28.393 29 21 7 ESP Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 18 +1:33.214 24 Ret 41 JPN Youichi Ui Yamaha 14 Retirement 3 Ret 22 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia 13 Retirement 15 Ret 2 JPN Noboru Ueda Honda 12 Retirement 1 Ret 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Honda 10 Accident 4 Ret 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Retirement 13 Ret 16 ITA Christian Manna Yamaha 6 Retirement 30 Ret 32 ITA Mirko Giansanti Honda 4 Accident 8 Ret 50 JPN Yuzo Fujioka Honda 2 Accident 5 Ret 39 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Honda 1 Retirement 21 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1998/500cc/JPN/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Results 1998 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-19 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Max Biaggi 25 2 JPN Tadayuki Okada 20 3 JPN Noriyuki Haga 16 4 SPA Àlex Crivillé 13 5 JPN Kyoji Nanba 11 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 25 2 JPN Yamaha 16 3 JPN Suzuki 10 4 MYS Modenas KR3 5 5 GER MuZ 4 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Japanese Grand Prix 1998 1997 Australian Grand Prix 1998 Malaysian Grand Prix 1997 Japanese Grand Prix 1999 Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix