The 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 April 1998 at the Johor Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 30 45:15.533 1 25 2 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +2.634 3 20 3 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 30 +4.410 2 16 4 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 30 +10.619 17 13 5 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +13.079 9 11 6 25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +19.382 5 10 7 52 Norihiko Fujiwara BP Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 30 +41.494 12 9 8 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +48.970 18 8 9 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 30 +52.131 13 7 10 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 30 +1:00.294 16 6 11 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 30 +1:20.245 19 5 12 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 30 +1:23.599 21 4 13 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 30 +1:34.532 20 3 Ret 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 11 Accident 15 Ret 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 6 Accident 7 Ret 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 3 Accident 8 Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 3 Retirement 22 Ret 21 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 1 Accident 4 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 1 Accident 14 Ret 53 Russell Wood Shell Advance Racing Honda 1 Accident 23 Ret 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 0 Accident 11 Ret 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 0 Accident 6 Ret 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 0 Retirement 10 DNS 7 Doriano Romboni MuZ Roc Rennen Sport MuZ Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 42:55.302 5 25 2 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 28 +1.259 7 20 3 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 28 +12.166 4 16 4 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 28 +15.887 8 13 5 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 28 +18.934 3 11 6 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 28 +19.162 10 10 7 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 28 +21.821 9 9 8 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 28 +24.109 1 8 9 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 28 +26.216 6 7 10 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 28 +34.541 11 6 11 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 28 +40.510 14 5 12 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 28 +45.201 13 4 13 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 28 +45.397 19 3 14 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 28 +47.662 17 2 15 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 28 +1:13.383 16 1 16 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 28 +1:26.065 22 17 56 Shahrol Yuzy Honda 28 +1:31.633 23 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 27 Accident 2 Ret 20 William Costes Honda 18 Retirement 20 Ret 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 18 Accident 25 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 15 Ret 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 17 Retirement 18 Ret 14 Davide Bulega Honda 14 Retirement 24 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 11 Retirement 12 Ret 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 2 Accident 21 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 26 41:34.332 1 25 2 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +0.277 3 20 3 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 26 +1.902 6 16 4 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 26 +12.991 5 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 26 +14.086 2 11 6 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 26 +31.874 4 10 7 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 26 +36.955 10 9 8 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 26 +37.508 13 8 9 20 Masao Azuma Honda 26 +39.492 9 7 10 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 +42.748 20 6 11 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +44.743 18 5 12 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 +44.950 11 4 13 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 26 +56.948 7 3 14 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 26 +58.446 22 2 15 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 26 +1:01.914 15 1 16 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 26 +1:02.499 17 17 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 26 +1:03.953 14 18 18 Paolo Tessari Aprilia 26 +1:20.527 19 Ret 11 José Ramírez Aprilia 7 Retirement 21 Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 7 Retirement 24 Ret 13 Marco Melandri Honda 3 Accident 8 Ret 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 2 Retirement 16 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 0 Accident 12 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 0 Retirement 26 DNS 56 Magilai Meganathan Honda 0 Did not start 25 DSQ 19 Andrea Ballerini Honda 8 Disqualified 23 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Max Biaggi 41 2 Carlos Checa 28 3 Àlex Crivillé 26 4 Mick Doohan 25 5 Tadayuki Okada 20
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 50 2 Yamaha 25 3 Suzuki 20 4 Modenas KR3 12 5 MuZ 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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