1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 5 July 1998 | ||
| Official name | British Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Donington Park | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi) | ||
| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Simon Crafar |
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| Time | 1:32.128 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Simon Crafar |
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| Time | 1:32.661 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Simon Crafar |
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| Second |  Mick Doohan |
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| Third |  Norick Abe |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Loris Capirossi |
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| Time | 1:34.085 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Loris Capirossi |
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| Time | 1:34.188 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Loris Capirossi |
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| Second | Tetsuya Harada |
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| Third | Stefano Perugini |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Kazuto Sakata |
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| Time | 1:39.294 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Kazuto Sakata |
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| Time | 1:39.465 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Kazuto Sakata |
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| Second | Mirko Giansanti |
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| Third | Youichi Ui |
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The 1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 July 1998 at Donington Park.
500 cc classification
Source:[1]
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Simon Crafar |
Yamaha | 30 | 46:45.662 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Mick Doohan |
Honda | 30 | +11.530 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 30 | +17.924 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 30 | +22.933 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 30 | +23.430 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | 30 | +35.214 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki | 30 | +53.997 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 |  Régis Laconi |
Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.211 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Honda | 30 | +1:39.256 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Bernard Garcia |
Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 68 | John McGuinness |
Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Garry McCoy |
Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 72 | Fernando Cristóbal |
Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Honda | 28 | +2 laps | 19 | 1 |
| Ret | 10 |  Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Modenas KR3 | 27 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Honda | 20 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Eskil Suter |
MuZ | 11 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 23 | Matt Wait |
Honda | 9 | Accident | 15 | |
| DNS | 14 | Juan Borja |
Honda | ||||
| DNQ | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Honda |
250 cc classification
Source:[2]
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 27 | 42:55.085 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 27 | +5.682 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 27 | +38.003 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 27 | +38.349 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 27 | +38.461 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +39.084 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +51.804 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 27 | +58.946 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:18.487 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:19.432 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 27 | +1:24.101 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:25.956 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 27 | +1:26.887 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 20 | William Costes |
Honda | 27 | +1:29.510 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
ERP Honda | 27 | +1:35.487 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Jamie Robinson |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:38.052 | 18 | |
| 17 | 68 | Julien Allemand |
Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 83 |  Shane Norval |
Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 40 | Gary May |
Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 82 | Woolsey Coulter |
Honda | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 80 | Paul Jones |
Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Jürgen Fuchs |
Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ivan Clementi |
Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 81 | Callum Ramsay |
Honda | 3 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 2 | |
| DNS | 27 |  Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | Not finished warm-up lap | 6 | ||
| DNS | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | ||||
| DNS | 14 | Davide Bulega |
ERP Honda |
125 cc classification
Source:[3]
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | 26 | 43:48.777 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | 26 | +0.431 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Yamaha | 26 | +4.600 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | 26 | +5.197 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome |
Aprilia | 26 | +5.598 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 26 | +6.517 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 26 | +20.153 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Honda | 26 | +22.334 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Honda | 26 | +31.971 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Aprilia | 26 | +37.432 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 26 | +39.361 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Aprilia | 26 | +39.559 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Federico Cerroni |
Aprilia | 26 | +43.031 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Aprilia | 26 | +43.714 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi |
Honda | 26 | +44.370 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana |
Yamaha | 26 | +44.473 | 19 | |
| 17 | 80 | Leon Haslam |
Honda | 26 | +1:21.216 | 28 | |
| 18 | 65 | Andrea Iommi |
Honda | 26 | +1:24.783 | 23 | |
| Ret | 81 | Chris Palmer |
Honda | 22 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 22 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 20 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 82 | John Pearson |
Honda | 14 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 10 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 3 | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | 8 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal |
Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna |
Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Honda | 4 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh |
Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 20 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 83 | David Mateer |
Honda | 0 | Retirement | 29 |
| Previous race: 1998 Dutch TT |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 German Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 British Grand Prix |
British Grand Prix | Next race: 1999 British Grand Prix |
References
- ↑ "1998 500cc British Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "1998 250cc British Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "1998 125cc British Grand Prix results". motogp.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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