1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 June 1998 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama. It was held to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix due to homologation issues of the Autódromo do Estoril.

Spain  1998 Madrid Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 June 1998
Official nameGran Premio Comunidad de Madrid[1]
LocationCircuito del Jarama
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.850 km (2.392 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:32.493
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Carlos Checa
Time 1:33.617 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Carlos Checa
Second Japan Norick Abe
Third Spain Sete Gibernau
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.382
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:35.012 on lap 4
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Japan Tohru Ukawa
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:38.952
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:39.330 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Hiroyuki Kikuchi

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 47:21.513 3 25
2 5 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 30 +0.220 8 20
3 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 30 +1.886 14 16
4 3 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +5.206 9 13
5 4 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 30 +11.165 4 11
6 6 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 30 +11.579 10 10
7 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +11.711 5 9
8 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +32.658 6 8
9 9 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 30 +36.226 13 7
10 28 Germany Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 30 +55.342 11 6
11 18 Australia Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 30 +56.938 16 5
12 88 United Kingdom Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 30 +1:22.806 18 4
13 23 United States Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 30 +1:26.677 17 3
14 77 Switzerland Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 29 +1 lap 19 2
15 72 Spain Fernando Cristóbal Shell Advance Racing Honda 29 +1 lap 20 1
16 57 Italy Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 29 +1 lap 21
Ret 20 Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 26 Retirement 2
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 20 Retirement 12
Ret 14 Spain Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 15 Retirement 15
Ret 1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 0 Accident 1
Ret 19 United States John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 7
DNQ 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Did not qualify
WD 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Withdrew
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 44:44.553 2 25
2 5 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 28 +8.738 3 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia 28 +15.978 1 16
4 11 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 28 +22.545 6 13
5 17 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 28 +24.444 10 11
6 8 Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha 28 +33.716 9 10
7 7 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 28 +33.791 18 9
8 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 28 +46.342 11 8
9 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 28 +50.206 7 7
10 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 28 +51.016 16 6
11 47 Italy Ivan Clementi Yamaha 28 +1:04.474 21 5
12 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 28 +1:11.969 19 4
13 25 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 28 +1:30.205 14 3
14 14 Italy Davide Bulega ERP Honda 27 +1 lap 22 2
15 59 Spain Ismael Bonilla Honda 27 +1 lap 24 1
16 41 Argentina Federico Gartner Aprilia 27 +1 lap 25
Ret 6 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 Accident 8
Ret 27 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 14 Retirement 17
Ret 4 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 12 Retirement 12
Ret 20 France William Costes Honda 12 Retirement 20
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 4 Retirement 4
Ret 12 Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 3 Retirement 13
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Honda 2 Accident 5
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 0 Accident 15
Ret 73 Spain Alex Debón Honda 0 Accident 23
DNS 21 Italy Franco Battaini Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 72 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [4]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 43:28.423 8 25
2 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 26 +9.173 3 20
3 52 Japan Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 26 +9.317 11 16
4 4 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 26 +17.268 1 13
5 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 26 +19.417 12 11
6 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 26 +19.511 16 10
7 41 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha 26 +21.010 19 9
8 9 France Frédéric Petit Honda 26 +23.034 5 8
9 5 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 26 +23.066 15 7
10 22 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +23.552 18 6
11 62 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 26 +26.762 21 5
12 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 26 +31.484 20 4
13 58 Spain Álvaro Molina Honda 26 +41.584 23 3
14 60 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +42.512 22 2
15 17 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha 26 +50.521 27 1
16 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +55.673 14
17 71 Spain Josep Sardá Honda 26 +59.576 26
18 65 Italy Andrea Iommi Honda 26 +1:10.446 28
19 73 Spain Iván Martínez Aprilia 26 +1:33.316 24
Ret 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 Accident 7
Ret 3 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda 24 Accident 9
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda 20 Retirement 4
Ret 59 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 18 Accident 17
Ret 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 17 Retirement 2
Ret 26 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia 15 Retirement 13
Ret 14 Italy Federico Cerroni Aprilia 14 Accident 25
Ret 20 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 13 Accident 6
Ret 16 Italy Christian Manna Yamaha 10 Retirement 29
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 2 Accident 10
DNS 72 Spain Sebastián Perelló Honda Did not start
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.[6]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "1998 Madrid MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. "GP Comunidad de Madrid – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. "motogp.com · MADRID GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  4. "GP Comunidad de Madrid – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. "GP Comunidad de Madrid – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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