- 500 cc classification
- 250 cc classification
- 125 cc classification
- References
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report | Grand Prix = Japanese | flag = Japan | Official_Name= Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1] | Location = Suzuka Circuit | Course_mi = 3.644 | Course_km = 5.864 | Race_No = 1 | Season_No = 14 | Date = 5 April | Year = 1998 | Image = Circuit Suzuka.png | Pole_Rider_500 = Max Biaggi | Pole_Rider_500_Country = Italy | Pole_Rider_500_Bike = Honda | Pole_Time_500 = 2:05.772 | Fast_Rider_500 = Max Biaggi | Fast_Rider_500_Country = Italy | Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Honda | Fast_Time_500 = 2:06.746 on lap 4 | First_Rider_500 = Max Biaggi | First_Rider_500_Country = Italy | First_Rider_500_Bike = Honda | Second_Rider_500 = Tadayuki Okada | Second_Rider_500_Country = Japan | Second_Rider_500_Bike = Honda | Third_Rider_500 = Noriyuki Haga | Third_Rider_500_Country = Japan | Third_Rider_500_Bike = Yamaha | Pole_Rider_250 = Daijiro Kato | Pole_Rider_250_Country = Japan | Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Honda | Pole_Time_250 = 2:08.430 | Fast_Rider_250 = Naoki Matsudo | Fast_Rider_250_Country = Japan | Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Yamaha | Fast_Time_250 = 2:09.284 on lap 8 | First_Rider_250 = Daijiro Kato | First_Rider_250_Country = Japan | First_Rider_250_Bike = Honda | Second_Rider_250 = Shinya Nakano | Second_Rider_250_Country = Japan | Second_Rider_250_Bike = Yamaha | Third_Rider_250 = Naoki Matsudo | Third_Rider_250_Country = Japan | Third_Rider_250_Bike = Yamaha | Pole_Rider_125 = Noboru Ueda | Pole_Rider_125_Country = Japan | Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Honda | Pole_Time_125 = 2:15.162 | Fast_Rider_125 = Masao Azuma | Fast_Rider_125_Country = Japan | Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Honda | Fast_Time_125 = 2:16.128 on lap 6 | First_Rider_125 = Kazuto Sakata | First_Rider_125_Country = Japan | First_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia | Second_Rider_125 = Tomomi Manako | Second_Rider_125_Country = Japan | Second_Rider_125_Bike = Honda | Third_Rider_125 = Masao Azuma | Third_Rider_125_Country = Japan | Third_Rider_125_Bike = 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 classificationSource:[2] 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 |
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2 | 2 | JPN}} Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 21 | +5.416 | 3 | 20 |
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3 | 50 | JPN}} Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 21 | +5.502 | 6 | 16 |
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4 | 4 | ESP}} Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 21 | +10.532 | 10 | 13 |
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5 | 21 | JPN}} Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 21 | +10.879 | 2 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +13.479 | 8 | 10 |
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7 | 9 | BRA}} Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +20.266 | 13 | 9 |
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8 | 8 | ESP}} Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +20.439 | 5 | 8 |
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9 | 11 | NZL}} Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +20.773 | 11 | 7 |
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10 | 15 | ESP}} Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 21 | +47.101 | 12 | 6 |
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11 | 10 | USA}} Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +1:13.558 | 15 | 5 |
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12 | 7 | ITA}} Doriano Romboni | MuZ Roc Rennen Sport | MuZ | 21 | +1:22.856 | 22 | 4 |
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13 | 19 | USA}} John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +1:24.964 | 9 | 3 |
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14 | 5 | JPN}} Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 21 | +1:25.293 | 7 | 2 |
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15 | 14 | ESP}} Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 21 | +1:59.992 | 16 | 1 |
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16 | 57 | ITA}} Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 20 | +1 lap | 24 |
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Ret | 1 | AUS}} Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 4 |
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Ret | 22 | FRA}} Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 20 |
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Ret | 88 | GBR}} Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 4 | Accident | 23 |
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Ret | 17 | NLD}} Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 19 |
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Ret | 23 | USA}} Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 1 | Accident | 21 |
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Ret | 29 | JPN}} Keiichi Kitagawa | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 1 | Retirement | 14 |
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Ret | 18 | AUS}} Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 18 |
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Ret | 28 | DEU}} Ralf Waldmann | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 0 | Retirement | 17 |
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DNS | 55 | FRA}} Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | Did not start |
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Sources: [1][3][4] |
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250 cc classificationSource:[5] Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 54 | JPN}} Daijiro Kato | Honda | 19 | 41:17.096 | 1 | 25 |
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2 | 50 | JPN}} Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 19 | +0.896 | 3 | 20 |
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3 | 51 | JPN}} Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 19 | +0.962 | 5 | 16 |
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4 | 31 | JPN}} Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 19 | +1.094 | 9 | 13 |
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5 | 19 | FRA}} Olivier Jacque | Honda | 19 | +34.301 | 4 | 11 |
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6 | 55 | JPN}} Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 19 | +37.035 | 14 | 10 |
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7 | 65 | ITA}} Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 19 | +37.104 | 6 | 9 |
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8 | 17 | ESP}} José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 19 | +43.094 | 12 | 8 |
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9 | 12 | JPN}} Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 19 | +43.105 | 15 | 7 |
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10 | 9 | GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 19 | +43.909 | 16 | 6 |
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11 | 6 | JPN}} Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 19 | +44.000 | 21 | 5 |
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12 | 4 | ITA}} Stefano Perugini | Honda | 19 | +44.067 | 13 | 4 |
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13 | 52 | JPN}} Choujun Kameya | Suzuki | 19 | +44.168 | 10 | 3 |
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14 | 18 | JPN}} Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 19 | +44.637 | 8 | 2 |
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15 | 7 | JPN}} Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 19 | +44.727 | 17 | 1 |
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16 | 53 | JPN}} Makoto Tamada | Honda | 19 | +53.855 | 18 |
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17 | 11 | DEU}} Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 19 | +1:01.999 | 11 |
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18 | 37 | ITA}} Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:04.359 | 20 |
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19 | 24 | GBR}} Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:08.853 | 22 |
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20 | 14 | ITA}} Davide Bulega | Honda | 18 | +1 lap | 26 |
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Ret | 25 | JPN}} Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 18 | Accident | 27 |
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Ret | 21 | ITA}} Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 17 | Accident | 19 |
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Ret | 5 | JPN}} Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 2 |
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Ret | 46 | ITA}} Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 7 |
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Ret | 44 | ITA}} Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 |
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Ret | 16 | SWE}} Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 2 | Accident | 24 |
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Ret | 27 | ARG}} Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 23 |
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Ret | 41 | ARG}} Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 28 |
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DNS | 8 | ESP}} Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | Did not start |
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DNS | 20 | FRA}} William Costes | Honda | Did not start |
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OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
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125 cc classificationSource:[6] Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 4 | JPN}} Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 18 | 41:23.963 | 2 | 25 |
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2 | 3 | JPN}} Tomomi Manako | Honda | 18 | +0.156 | 18 | 20 |
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3 | 20 | JPN}} Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | +0.201 | 6 | 16 |
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4 | 10 | ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 18 | +2.783 | 7 | 13 |
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5 | 53 | JPN}} Noboyuki Osaki | Yamaha | 18 | +26.381 | 9 | 11 |
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6 | 8 | ITA}} Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 18 | +26.468 | 10 | 10 |
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7 | 52 | JPN}} Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 18 | +33.198 | 12 | 9 |
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8 | 5 | JPN}} Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 18 | +33.422 | 11 | 8 |
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9 | 51 | JPN}} Takashi Akita | Yamaha | 18 | +33.552 | 23 | 7 |
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10 | 13 | ITA}} Marco Melandri | Honda | 18 | +33.834 | 14 | 6 |
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11 | 9 | FRA}} Frédéric Petit | Honda | 18 | +34.215 | 19 | 5 |
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12 | 62 | JPN}} Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 18 | +46.152 | 26 | 4 |
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13 | 29 | ESP}} Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 18 | +46.574 | 16 | 3 |
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14 | 54 | JPN}} Kazuhiro Takao | Honda | 18 | +48.281 | 17 | 2 |
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15 | 26 | ITA}} Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 18 | +59.684 | 20 | 1 |
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16 | 17 | ESP}} Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 18 | +1:03.598 | 22 |
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17 | 11 | ESP}} José Ramírez | Aprilia | 18 | +1:12.202 | 25 |
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18 | 19 | ITA}} Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 18 | +1:12.287 | 27 |
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19 | 18 | ITA}} Paolo Tessari | Aprilia | 18 | +1:21.902 | 28 |
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20 | 21 | FRA}} Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 18 | +1:28.393 | 29 |
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21 | 7 | ESP}} Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 18 | +1:33.214 | 24 |
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Ret | 41 | JPN}} Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 3 |
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Ret | 22 | DEU}} Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 15 |
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Ret | 2 | JPN}} Noboru Ueda | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 1 |
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Ret | 15 | ITA}} Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 10 | Accident | 4 |
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Ret | 23 | ITA}} Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 13 |
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Ret | 16 | ITA}} Christian Manna | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 30 |
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Ret | 32 | ITA}} Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 4 | Accident | 8 |
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Ret | 50 | JPN}} Yuzo Fujioka | Honda | 2 | Accident | 5 |
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Ret | 39 | CZE}} Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 21 |
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OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT |
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1998-japanese-motogp|title=1998 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/500cc |title=1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix results |publisher=motogp.com |accessdate=8 January 2013 }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1998/500cc/JPN/RAC/classification.pdf|title=OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT|publisher=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/500cc/RAC|title=motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998|website=www.motogp.com}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/250cc |title=1998 250cc Japanese Grand Prix results |publisher=motogp.com |accessdate=8 January 2013 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1998/JPN/125cc |title=1998 125cc Japanese Grand Prix results |publisher=motogp.com |accessdate=8 January 2013 }}
{{MotoGP_race_report | Name_of_race = Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1998 | Previous_race_in_season = 1997 Australian Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1998 Malaysian Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1997 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1999 Japanese Grand Prix }} 3 : Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|1998 MotoGP race reports|1998 in Japanese motorsport |