The 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 September 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the last time that the Catalan Motorcycle Grand Prix was held in September 2020.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 25 44:53.264 4 25 2 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 25 +1.974 6 20 3 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 25 +8.260 9 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 25 +20.865 10 13 5 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +22.967 16 11 6 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 25 +24.933 12 10 7 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 25 +25.764 3 9 8 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +28.571 14 8 9 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 25 +41.358 11 7 10 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 25 +41.373 7 6 11 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 25 +48.310 5 5 12 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 25 +50.942 17 4 13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 25 +1:10.545 13 3 14 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 25 +1:14.721 23 2 15 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 25 +1:14.779 22 1 16 43 Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 24 +1 lap 25 Ret 42 Craig Connell Shell Advance Racing Honda 18 Retirement 21 Ret 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 12 Retirement 20 Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 12 Retirement 24 Ret 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 11 Accident 18 Ret 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 6 Accident 19 Ret 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 1 Retirement 1 Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 0 Accident 8 Ret 27 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 0 Accident 15 DSQ 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 18 Black flag 2 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 23 41:48.737 2 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 +3.922 5 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 23 +14.048 1 16 4 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 23 +17.698 6 13 5 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +29.855 4 11 6 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 23 +38.668 10 10 7 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 +38.701 8 9 8 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 23 +38.926 20 8 9 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 23 +39.048 13 7 10 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 23 +46.392 14 6 11 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 23 +46.431 17 5 12 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 23 +46.953 15 4 13 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 23 +49.845 12 3 14 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 23 +51.142 7 2 15 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 23 +1:09.499 19 1 16 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 23 +1:12.604 16 17 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 23 +1:18.459 23 18 45 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 23 +1:18.836 21 19 22 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 23 +1:36.751 25 20 92 David García Yamaha 23 +1:49.034 24 21 74 Lucas Oliver Bultó Honda 22 +1 lap 29 22 94 David Ortega Honda 22 +1 lap 28 Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 19 Accident 11 Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 17 Retirement 22 Ret 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 14 Retirement 3 Ret 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 14 Accident 27 Ret 93 Iván Silva Honda 13 Retirement 30 Ret 58 Eustaquio Gavira Honda 6 Retirement 26 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 6 Retirement 9 Ret 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 6 Retirement 18 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 22 42:10.704 2 25 2 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 22 +0.079 6 20 3 20 Masao Azuma Honda 22 +0.096 3 16 4 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 22 +0.172 11 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 22 +0.336 1 11 6 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 22 +0.724 14 10 7 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 22 +0.942 7 9 8 13 Marco Melandri Honda 22 +1.027 12 8 9 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 22 +1.062 4 7 10 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 22 +1.540 13 6 11 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 22 +1.737 9 5 12 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 22 +2.063 16 4 13 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 22 +2.607 8 3 14 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 22 +3.046 10 2 15 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 22 +5.025 18 1 16 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +14.377 19 17 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 22 +14.503 15 18 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 22 +16.024 22 19 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 22 +23.779 24 20 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +33.882 17 21 19 Andrea Ballerini Yamaha 22 +33.932 25 22 79 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +37.248 26 23 71 Josep Sardá Honda 22 +47.529 29 24 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 22 +47.597 23 25 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 22 +47.856 21 Ret 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 20 Retirement 20 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 15 Accident 5 Ret 73 Iván Martínez Aprilia 13 Retirement 27 Ret 70 Adrián Araujo Honda 1 Accident 28 DNS 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 210 2 Max Biaggi 189 3 Àlex Crivillé 182 4 Carlos Checa 131 5 Alex Barros 109
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 295 2 Yamaha 165 3 Suzuki 97 4 Modenas KR3 62 5 MuZ 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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