1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1998 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date May 1, 1998
Official Name Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location Jerez
Course Permanent racing facility
4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Carlos Checa Honda
Time 1:43.467
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé Honda
Time 1:44.448
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé Honda
Second Mick Doohan Honda
Third Max Biaggi Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Time 1:44.431
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Time 1:45.250
Podium
First Loris Capirossi Aprilia
Second Valentino Rossi Aprilia
Third Olivier Jacque Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Roberto Locatelli Honda
Time 1:49.281
Fastest lap
Rider Tomomi Manako Honda
Time 1:49.360
Podium
First Kazuto Sakata Aprilia
Second Tomomi Manako Honda
Third Mirko Giansanti Honda

The 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on May 3, 1998 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

500cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Àlex Crivillé Honda 27 47:21.522 3 25
2 1 Mick Doohan Honda 27 +0.393 5 20
3 6 Max Biaggi Honda 27 +0.870 4 16
4 8 Carlos Checa Honda 27 +2.368 1 13
5 9 Alex Barros Honda 27 +13.311 8 11
6 5 Norick Abe Yamaha 27 +13.933 11 10
7 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda 27 +14.477 2 9
8 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 27 +24.127 10 8
9 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Modenas KR3 27 +26.700 7 7
10 28 Ralf Waldmann Modenas KR3 27 +29.597 9 6
11 19 John Kocinski Honda 27 +31.561 6 5
12 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 27 +36.141 12 4
13 11 Simon Crafar Yamaha 27 +41.486 16 3
14 55 Régis Laconi Yamaha 27 +54.947 13 2
15 18 Garry McCoy Honda 27 +55.158 20 1
16 21 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 27 +1:01.172 14
17 22 Sebastien Gimbert Honda 27 +1:05.910 19
18 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 27 +1:10.801 18
19 25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 27 +1:32.385 15
20 23 Matt Wait Honda 27 +1:33.597 21
21 88 Scott Smart Honda 26 +1 lap 22
22 58 Filisberto Teixeira Honda 26 +1 lap 24
Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Honda 15 Retirement 23
Ret 14 Juan Borja Honda 13 Retirement 17
OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT

250cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 26 46:00.131 1 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 26 +3.415 3 20
3 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 26 +7.576 6 16
4 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 +8.186 8 13
5 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 26 +14.337 2 11
6 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +24.939 10 10
7 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 26 +28.435 9 9
8 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 26 +31.492 11 8
9 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 26 +45.003 15 7
10 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 26 +45.558 16 6
11 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 26 +46.999 18 5
12 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 26 +49.032 20 4
13 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 26 +1:04.043 19 3
14 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 26 +1:07.866 17 2
15 20 William Costes Honda 26 +1:37.376 22 1
16 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 25 +1 Lap 23
17 59 Ismael Bonilla Honda 25 +1 Lap 27
18 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 25 +1 Lap 26
Ret 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 23 Retirement 5
Ret 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 18 Accident 21
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 12 Retirement 12
Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 9 Retirement 7
DSQ 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 9 Disqualified 4
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 4 Accident 14
Ret 58 Eustaquio Gavira Honda 4 Retirement 25
Ret 14 Davide Bulega Honda 2 Retirement 24
Ret 60 Agustín Escobar Honda 0 Retirement 28
Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 0 Accident 13
DNQ 61 Manuel Luque Yamaha Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 23 42:19.751 6 25
2 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 23 +2.101 9 20
3 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +2.229 2 16
4 20 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +2.731 8 13
5 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +8.516 4 11
6 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +17.476 12 10
7 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +28.751 3 9
8 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 23 +28.950 5 8
9 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +29.204 10 7
10 13 Marco Melandri Honda 23 +29.237 13 6
11 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 23 +35.679 17 5
12 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 23 +42.314 11 4
13 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 23 +42.872 24 3
14 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +49.952 22 2
15 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +52.822 26 1
16 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +53.236 19
17 11 José Ramírez Aprilia 23 +53.534 18
18 18 Paolo Tessari Aprilia 23 +1:13.081 14
19 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 23 +1:14.135 25
Ret 19 Andrea Ballerini Honda 16 Accident 20
Ret 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 11 Accident 23
Ret 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 10 Accident 7
Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 9 Retirement 27
Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 4 Accident 15
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 3 Accident 1
Ret 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 3 Accident 21
Ret 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 1 Accident 16
Ret 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 1 Retirement 28
DNS 61 Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha 0 Did not start 29
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
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