1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix

  1998 Madrid Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date June 12, 1998
Official Name GP Comunidad de Madrid
Location Circuito del Jarama, Madrid
Course Permanent racing facility
3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:32.493
Fastest lap
Rider Carlos Checa
Time 1:33.617
Podium
First Carlos Checa
Second Norick Abe
Third Sete Gibernau
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.382
Fastest lap
Rider Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:35.012
Podium
First Tetsuya Harada
Second Tohru Ukawa
Third Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:38.952
Fastest lap
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:39.330
Podium
First Lucio Cecchinello
Second Marco Melandri
Third Hiroyuki Kikuchi

The 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on June 14, 1998 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

500cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Carlos Checa Honda 30 47:21.513 3 25
2 5 Norick Abe Yamaha 30 +0.220 8 20
3 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 30 +1.886 14 16
4 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 30 +5.206 9 13
5 4 Àlex Crivillé Honda 30 +11.165 4 11
6 6 Max Biaggi Honda 30 +11.579 10 10
7 55 Régis Laconi Yamaha 30 +11.711 5 9
8 11 Simon Crafar Yamaha 30 +32.658 6 8
9 9 Alex Barros Honda 30 +36.226 13 7
10 28 Ralf Waldmann Modenas KR3 30 +55.342 11 6
11 18 Garry McCoy Honda 30 +56.938 16 5
12 88 Scott Smart Honda 30 +1:22.806 18 4
13 23 Matt Wait Honda 30 +1:26.677 17 3
14 77 Eskil Suter MuZ 30 +1 Lap 19 2
15 72 Fernando Cristóbal Honda 29 +1 Lap 20 1
16 57 Fabio Carpani Honda 29 +1 Lap 21
Ret 20 Luca Cadalora Yamaha 26 Retirement 2
Ret 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 20 Retirement 12
Ret 14 Juan Borja Honda 15 Retirement 15
Ret 1 Mick Doohan Honda 0 Accident 1
Ret 19 John Kocinski Honda 0 Accident 7
DNQ 22 Sébastien Gimbert Honda
DNQ 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Modenas KR3

250cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 44:44.553 2 25
2 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 28 +8.738 3 20
3 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 28 +15.978 1 16
4 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 28 +22.545 6 13
5 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 28 +24.444 10 11
6 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 28 +33.716 9 10
7 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 28 +33.791 18 9
8 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 28 +46.342 11 8
9 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 28 +50.206 7 7
10 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 28 +51.016 16 6
11 47 Ivan Clementi Yamaha 28 +1:04.474 21 5
12 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 28 +1:11.969 19 4
13 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP-Honda 28 +1:30.205 14 3
14 14 Davide Bulega ERP-Honda 27 +1 lap 22 2
15 59 Ismael Bonilla Honda 27 +1 lap 24 1
16 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 27 +1 lap 25
Ret 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 Accident 8
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 14 Retirement 17
Ret 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 12 Retirement 12
Ret 20 William Costes Honda 12 Retirement 20
Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 4 Retirement 4
Ret 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 3 Retirement 13
Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 2 Accident 5
Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 0 Accident 15
Ret 73 Alex Debón Honda 0 Accident 23
DNS 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha
DNQ 72 José David de Gea Yamaha

125cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 43:28.423 8 25
2 13 Marco Melandri Honda 26 +9.173 3 20
3 52 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 26 +9.317 11 16
4 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 26 +17.268 1 13
5 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 26 +19.417 12 11
6 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 26 +19.511 16 10
7 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 26 +21.010 19 9
8 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 26 +23.034 5 8
9 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 26 +23.066 15 7
10 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +23.552 18 6
11 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 26 +26.762 21 5
12 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 26 +31.484 20 4
13 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 26 +41.584 23 3
14 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +42.512 22 2
15 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 26 +50.521 27 1
16 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +55.673 14
17 71 Josep Sarda Honda 26 +59.576 26
18 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 26 +1:10.446 28
19 73 Iván Martínez Aprilia 26 +1:33.316 24
Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 Accident 7
Ret 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 24 Accident 9
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 20 Retirement 4
Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 18 Accident 17
Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 17 Retirement 2
Ret 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 15 Retirement 13
Ret 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 14 Accident 25
Ret 20 Masao Azuma Honda 13 Accident 6
Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 10 Retirement 29
Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 2 Accident 10
DNS 72 Sebastián Perelló Honda
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