1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  1998 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date September 18, 1998
Official Name GP Marlboro de Catalunya
Location Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Course Permanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.875 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:45.583
Fastest lap
Rider Alex Barros
Time 1:46.810
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:47.457
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:47.585
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:52.641
Fastest lap
Rider Mirko Giansanti
Time 1:53.142
Podium
First Tomomi Manako
Second Mirko Giansanti
Third Masao Azuma

The 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on September 20, 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

500cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Mick Doohan Honda 25 44:53.264 4 25
2 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda 25 +1.974 6 20
3 5 Norick Abe Yamaha 25 +8.260 9 16
4 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 25 +20.865 10 13
5 11 Simon Crafar Yamaha 25 +22.967 16 11
6 8 Carlos Checa Honda 25 +24.933 12 10
7 9 Alex Barros Honda 25 +25.764 3 9
8 55 Régis Laconi Yamaha 25 +28.571 14 8
9 19 John Kocinski Honda 25 +41.368 11 7
10 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Modenas KR3 25 +41.373 7 6
11 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 25 +48.310 5 5
12 28 Ralf Waldmann Modenas KR3 25 +50.942 17 4
13 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 25 +1:10.545 13 3
14 23 Matt Wait Honda 25 +1:14.721 23 2
15 88 Scott Smart Honda 25 +1:14.779 22 1
16 43 Paolo Tessari Paton 24 +1 lap 25
Ret 42 Craig Connell Honda 18 Retirement 21
Ret 22 Sébastien Gimbert Honda 12 Retirement 20
Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Honda 12 Retirement 24
Ret 77 Eskil Suter MuZ 11 Accident 18
Ret 14 Juan Borja Honda 6 Accident 19
Ret 4 Àlex Crivillé Honda 1 Retirement 1
Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 0 Collision 8
Ret 27 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 0 Collision 15
DSQ 6 Max Biaggi Honda 18 Disqualified 2

250cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 23 41:48.737 2 25
2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 +3.922 5 20
3 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 23 +14.048 1 16
4 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 23 +17.698 6 13
5 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +29.855 4 11
6 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 23 +38.668 10 10
7 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 +38.701 8 9
8 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 23 +38.926 20 8
9 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 23 +39.048 13 7
10 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 23 +46.392 14 6
11 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 23 +46.431 17 5
12 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 23 +46.953 15 4
13 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 23 +49.845 12 3
14 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 23 +51.142 7 2
15 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 23 +1:09.499 19 1
16 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 23 +1:12.604 16
17 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 23 +1:18.459 23
18 45 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 23 +1:18.836 21
19 22 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 23 +1:36.751 25
20 92 David García Honda 23 +1:49.034 24
21 74 Lucas Oliver Bultó Honda 22 +1 lap 29
22 94 David Ortega Honda 22 +1 lap 28
Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 19 Accident 11
Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 17 Retirement 22
Ret 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 14 Retirement 3
Ret 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 14 Accident 27
Ret 93 Iván Silva Honda 13 Retirement 30
Ret 58 Eustaquio Gavira Honda 6 Retirement 26
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 6 Retirement 9
Ret 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 6 Retirement 18

125cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 22 42:10.704 2 25
2 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 22 +0.079 6 20
3 20 Masao Azuma Honda 22 +0.096 3 16
4 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 22 +0.172 11 13
5 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 22 +0.336 1 11
6 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 22 +0.724 14 10
7 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 22 +0.942 7 9
8 13 Marco Melandri Honda 22 +1.027 12 8
9 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 22 +1.062 4 7
10 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 22 +1.540 13 6
11 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 22 +1.737 9 5
12 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 22 +2.063 16 4
13 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 22 +2.607 8 3
14 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 22 +3.046 10 2
15 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 22 +5.025 18 1
16 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +14.337 19
17 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 22 +14.503 15
18 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 22 +16.024 22
19 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 22 +23.779 24
20 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +33.882 17
21 19 Andrea Ballerini Yamaha 22 +33.932 25
22 79 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +37.248 26
23 71 Josep Sarda Honda 22 +47.529 29
24 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 22 +47.597 23
25 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 22 +47.856 21
Ret 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 20 Retirement 20
Ret 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 15 Accident 5
Ret 73 Iván Martínez Aprilia 13 Retirement 27
Ret 70 Adrián Araujo Aprilia 1 Accident 28
DNS 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia
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