The 1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 May 1998 at the Mugello Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 23 43:55.307 1 25 2 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 23 +5.395 3 20 3 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 23 +13.141 5 16 4 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 23 +19.647 4 13 5 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 23 +19.826 6 11 6 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 23 +21.881 7 10 7 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +22.626 11 9 8 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 23 +24.235 8 8 9 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 23 +27.943 2 7 10 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +40.767 10 6 11 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 23 +47.331 19 5 12 21 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 23 +59.623 16 4 13 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 23 +1:04.004 9 3 14 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 23 +1:09.319 14 2 15 22 Sébastien Gimbert Repsol Honda Honda 23 +1:14.294 17 1 16 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 23 +1:15.781 18 17 25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 23 +1:16.909 12 18 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 23 +2:02.092 20 19 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 22 +1 lap 22 20 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 22 +1 lap 24 Ret 63 Gianmaria Liverani Team Paton Paton 21 Retirement 23 Ret 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 15 Retirement 15 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 11 Retirement 13 Ret 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 0 Accident 21 DNQ 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda Did not qualify Sources:
250 cc classification The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 21 40:59.049 3 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 21 +5.701 4 20 3 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 21 +7.625 1 16 4 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 21 +10.029 2 13 5 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 21 +47.830 13 11 6 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 21 +48.205 12 10 7 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 21 +49.376 11 9 8 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 21 +50.080 8 8 9 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 21 +50.161 16 7 10 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 21 +52.738 15 6 11 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 21 +54.241 17 5 12 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 21 +54.306 18 4 13 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 21 +1:50.752 23 3 14 14 Davide Bulega Honda 21 +1:53.990 22 2 15 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 21 +2:22.611 24 1 16 20 William Costes Honda 20 +1 lap 21 Ret 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 Accident 19 Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 19 Retirement 7 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 14 Accident 10 Ret 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 11 Retirement 14 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 10 Retirement 6 Ret 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 6 Retirement 20 Ret 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 2 Retirement 5 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 1 Accident 9 DNS 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki Did not start Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 20 40:53.607 3 25 2 13 Marco Melandri Honda 20 +0.044 8 20 3 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 20 +0.201 5 16 4 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 20 +3.152 2 13 5 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 20 +8.162 7 11 6 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +8.195 14 10 7 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 20 +10.097 1 9 8 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 20 +12.745 11 8 9 20 Masao Azuma Honda 20 +12.757 13 7 10 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 20 +24.284 10 6 11 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 20 +24.388 18 5 12 18 Paolo Tessari Aprilia 20 +24.415 6 4 13 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 20 +25.393 15 3 14 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 +31.066 16 2 15 64 Claudio Cipriani Aprilia 20 +49.419 19 1 16 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +52.007 21 17 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 20 +1:01.180 20 18 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 20 +1:01.801 24 19 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 20 +1:04.438 25 20 63 Marco Tresoldi Honda 20 +1:12.177 23 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 Accident 9 Ret 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 19 Accident 12 Ret 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 14 Retirement 27 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 11 Retirement 22 Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 5 Accident 26 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 4 Retirement 4 Ret 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 4 Retirement 17 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Max Biaggi 77 2 Mick Doohan 70 3 Àlex Crivillé 67 4 Carlos Checa 54 5 John Kocinski 30
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 100 2 Yamaha 45 3 Suzuki 36 4 Modenas KR3 24 5 MuZ 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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