1998 motorcycle world championship

1998 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Mick Doohan
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Loris Capirossi
Constructor:	Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Kazuto Sakata
Constructor:	Honda
<1997 season	1999 season>

The 1998 motorcycle world championship season was the 50th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

14 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	05.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
2	April 19	Malaysian GP	Johor	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
3	03.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Àlex Crivillé
4th	05/17	Italian GP	Mugello	Mick Doohan	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
5	05/31	French GP	Le Castellet	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé
6th	June 20	Madrid GP	Jarama	Carlos Checa	Norick Abe	Simon Crafar	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa
7th	06/27	68. Dutch TT	Aces	Mick Doohan	Max Biaggi	Simon Crafar	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
8th	05.07.	British GP	Donington	Simon Crafar	Mick Doohan	Norick Abe	Simon Crafar	Simon Crafar
9	07/19	62nd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Mick Doohan	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros
10	08/23	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Alex Barros	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé
11	06.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Max Biaggi	Jean-Michel Bayle	Max Biaggi
12	20.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Norick Abe	Àlex Crivillé	Alex Barros
13	04.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Mick Doohan	Simon Crafar	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Simon Crafar
14th	25.10.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada	Alex Barros	Mick Doohan	Tadayuki Okada

Driver ranking

1 Mick Doohan Honda 260 2 Max Biaggi Honda 208 3 Àlex Crivillé Honda 198 4th Carlos Checa Honda 139 5 Alex Barros Honda 138 6th Norick Abe Yamaha 128 7th Simon Crafar Yamaha 119 8th Tadayuki Okada Honda 106 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 101 10 Regis Laconi Yamaha 86 11 Sete Gibernau Honda 72 12 John Kocinski Honda 64 13  Kenny Roberts Jr. Modenas 59 14th Ralf Waldmann Modenas 46 15th  Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 40 16 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 28 17th Garry McCoy Honda 23 18th Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 22nd

19th Mat Wait Honda 17th 20th Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 16 21st Scott Smart Honda 14th 22nd Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 Luca Cadalora Yamaha / Suzuki / MuZ 10 24 Bernard Garcia Honda 10 25th Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 9 26th Eskil Suter MuZ 7th 27 Gregorio Lavilla Honda 5 28 Doriano Romboni MuZ 4th John McGuinness Honda 4th 30th Sébastien Gimbert Honda 4th 31 Fernando Cristóbal Honda 4th 32 Juan Borja Honda 3 33 Mark Willis Suzuki 2 34 Fabio Carpani Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	345
2	Yamaha	198
3	Suzuki	111
4th	Modenas	73
5	MuZ	11

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	05.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Daijirō Katō	Shin'ya Nakano	Naoki Matsudo	Daijirō Katō	Naoki Matsudo
2	April 19	Malaysian GP	Johor	Tetsuya Harada	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Jürgen Fuchs	Valentino Rossi
3	03.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
4th	05/17	Italian GP	Mugello	Marcellino Lucchi	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada	Marcellino Lucchi
5	05/31	French GP	Le Castellet	Tetsuya Harada	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
6th	June 20	Madrid GP	Jarama	Tetsuya Harada	Tōru Ukawa	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada
7th	06/27	68. Dutch TT	Aces	Valentino Rossi	Jürgen Fuchs	Haruchika Aoki	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada
8th	05.07.	British GP	Donington	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada	Stefano Perugini	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
9	07/19	62nd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Tetsuya Harada	Jeremy McWilliams	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
10	08/23	Czech GP	Brno	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi	Marcellino Lucchi	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
11	06.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Stefano Perugini	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
12	20.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
13	04.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Olivier Jacque	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
14th	25.10.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Olivier Jacque	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi

Driver ranking

1 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 224 2 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 201 3 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 200 4th Tōru Ukawa Honda 145 5 Olivier Jacque Honda 112 6th Haruchika Aoki Honda 112 7th Stefano Perugini Aprilia 102 8th Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 91 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR -Honda 87 10 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 74 11 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 61 12 Roberto Rolfo Honda / TSR-Honda 61 13 Jay Vincent Honda / TSR-Honda 60 14th Luca Boscoscuro Honda / TSR-Honda 58 15th Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 52 16 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 52 17th Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 45 18th Franco Battaini Yamaha 34 19th Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 33

20th Daijirō Katō Honda 25th 21st Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 22nd 22nd Sebastián Porto Aprilia 17th 23 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 16 24 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 14th 25th Davide Bulega Honda / ERP Honda 11 26th Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 27 Yasu Hatakeyama Honda / ERP Honda 9 28 Ivan Clementi Honda 7th 29 Alex Hofmann Honda 6th 30th William Costes Honda 6th 31 Choujun Kameya Suzuki 3 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 3 33 Jamie Robinson Yamaha 2 34 Federico Gartner Aprilia 1 Julien Allemand Honda 1 Ismael Bonilla Honda 1 Mike Baldinger Honda 1 Woolsey Coulter Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	338
2	Honda	215
3	Yamaha	134
4th	TSR - Honda	128
5	Suzuki	59
6th	ERP- Honda	14th

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	05.04.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako	Masao Azuma	Noboru Ueda	Masao Azuma
2	April 19	Malaysian GP	Johor	Noboru Ueda	Mirko Giansanti	Tomomi Manako	Noboru Ueda	Masao Azuma
3	03.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako	Mirko Giansanti	Roberto Locatelli	Tomomi Manako
4th	05/17	Italian GP	Mugello	Tomomi Manako	Marco Melandri	Gianluigi Scalvini	Noboru Ueda	Lucio Cecchinello
5	05/31	French GP	Le Castellet	Kazuto Sakata	Marco Melandri	Masao Azuma	Noboru Ueda	Masao Azuma
6th	June 20	Madrid GP	Jarama	Lucio Cecchinello	Marco Melandri	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
7th	06/27	68. Dutch TT	Aces	Marco Melandri	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako
8th	05.07.	British GP	Donington	Kazuto Sakata	Mirko Giansanti	Yōichi Ui	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
9	07/19	62nd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Tomomi Manako	Arnaud Vincent	Roberto Locatelli	Marco Melandri	Tomomi Manako
10	08/23	Czech GP	Brno	Marco Melandri	Kazuto Sakata	Lucio Cecchinello	Kazuto Sakata	Masao Azuma
11	06.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Tomomi Manako	Marco Melandri	Masao Azuma	Marco Melandri	Tomomi Manako
12	20.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Tomomi Manako	Mirko Giansanti	Masao Azuma	Roberto Locatelli	Mirko Giansanti
13	04.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Tomomi Manako	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri
14th	25.10.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Tomomi Manako	Marco Melandri	Lucio Cecchinello	Roberto Locatelli	Masao Azuma

Driver ranking

1 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 229 2 Tomomi Manako Honda 217 3 Marco Melandri Honda 202 4th Masao Azuma Honda 135 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 130 6th Mirko Giansanti Honda 113 7th Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 97 8th Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 89 9 Roberto Locatelli Honda 87 10 Frédéric Petit Honda 78 11 Yōichi Ui Yamaha 76 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 72 13 Noboru Ueda Honda 62 14th Ivan Goi Aprilia 53 15th Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 51 16 Yoshiaki Katō Yamaha 45 17th Steve Jenkner Aprilia 45

18th Gino Borsoi Aprilia 43 19th Ángel Nieto Jr. Aprilia 41 20th Jaroslav Huleš Honda 25th 21st Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 18th 22nd Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 11 23 Juan Enrique Maturana Yamaha 10 24 Takashi Akita Yamaha 7th 25th Paolo Tessari Aprilia 5 26th Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 3 Álvaro Molina Honda 3 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 3 29 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 3 30th Kazuhiro Takao Honda 2 Andrea Iommi Honda 2 32 Claudio Cipriani Aprilia 1 Christian Manna Yamaha 1 Andrea Zappa Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	330
2	Aprilia	243
3	Yamaha	111

Web links

Commons : Motorcycling World Championship 1998  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1998 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)