1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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. In the 125cc class this race was Kazuto Sakata's last victory in his career

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 46:45.662 1 25 2 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 30 +11.530 2 20 3 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 30 +17.924 4 16 4 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 30 +22.933 5 13 5 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 30 +23.430 7 11 6 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 30 +35.214 3 10 7 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +53.997 8 9 8 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +1:08.211 9 8 9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +1:39.256 12 7 10 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 29 +1 lap 13 6 11 26 Bernard Garcia Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 29 +1 lap 16 5 12 68 John McGuinness Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird Honda 29 +1 lap 17 4 13 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 29 +1 lap 11 3 14 72 Fernando Cristóbal Shell Advance Racing Honda 29 +1 lap 18 2 15 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 28 +2 laps 19 1 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 Retirement 6 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 20 Accident 10 Ret 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 11 Retirement 14 Ret 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 9 Retirement 15 DNS 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda Did not start WD 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Withdrew Sources:

250 cc classification 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 +1:19.532 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 0 Not finished warm-up lap 6 DNS 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda Did not start DNS 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda Did not start Source:

125 cc classification 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 +44.476 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 Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 135 2 Max Biaggi 128 3 Àlex Crivillé 126 4 Carlos Checa 106 5 Simon Crafar 75

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 195 2 Yamaha 116 3 Suzuki 75 4 Modenas KR3 38 5 MuZ 6

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

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