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1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Australian
flag	Australia
Official_Name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	13
Season_No	14
Date	4 October
Year	1998
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_500	1:33.162
Fast_Rider_500	Simon Crafar
Fast_Rider_500_Country	New Zealand
Fast_Time_500	1:33.868 on lap 11
First_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
First_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_500	Simon Crafar
Second_Rider_500_Country	New Zealand
Third_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Third_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:35.025
Fast_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:35.253 on lap 7
First_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Olivier Jacque
Third_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:40.490
Fast_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:40.296 on lap 23
First_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1998 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

Mick Doohan, clinching his fifth and final 500cc title after winning the race.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Australia Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	42:42.511	1	25
11	New Zealand Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+0.818	4	20
4	Spain Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+2.684	7	16
9	Brazil Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+2.727	5	13
5	Japan Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+9.060	9	11
3	Japan Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+12.961	11	10
55	France Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+13.056	8	9
6	Italy Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	27	+14.111	2	8
2	Japan Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+36.458	6	7
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	27	+43.354	12	6
17	Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:00.551	15	5
19	USA John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+1:05.755	3	4
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	27	+1:07.659	17	3
33	Australia Mark Willis	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1:10.720	14	2
88	UK Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	27	+1:30.432	19	1
14	Spain Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	26	+1 lap	18
22	France Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	20	Retirement	20
57	Italy Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	13	Retirement	22
42	Australia Craig Connell	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	7	Retirement	16
28	Germany Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	6	Accident	10
18	Australia Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	4	Retirement	21
15	Spain Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	2	Accident	13
8	Spain Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	Italy Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	25	40:06.135	2	25
65	Italy Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	25	+1.339	1	20
19	France Olivier Jacque	Honda	25	+1.421	6	16
50	Japan Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	25	+8.461	3	13
5	Japan Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+30.795	7	11
4	Italy Stefano Perugini	Honda	25	+31.875	8	10
8	Spain Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+42.304	11	9
6	Japan Haruchika Aoki	Honda	25	+42.740	5	8
12	Japan Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	25	+42.773	15	7
37	Italy Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	25	+45.696	13	6
16	Sweden Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	25	+47.850	16	5
7	Japan Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	25	+48.121	18	4
44	Italy Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	25	+1:16.123	21	3
25	Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	25	+1:16.438	17	2
18	Japan Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	25	+1:16.524	20	1
64	Australia Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	23
43	Australia David Horton	Honda	24	+1 lap	25
22	France Matthieu Lagrive	Honda	24	+1 lap	26
41	Argentina Federico Gartner	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	24
63	New Zealand Craig Frederickson	Honda	24	+1 lap	28
24	UK Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	18	Accident	19
9	UK Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	16	Accident	14
21	Italy Franco Battaini	Yamaha	16	Accident	10
27	Argentina Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	16	Retirement	9
42	Australia William Strugnell	Yamaha	15	Retirement	27
31	Japan Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	14	Accident	4
17	Spain José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	9	Retirement	12
14	Italy Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	9	Retirement	22
15	Australia Martin Craggill	Aprilia		Did not start
62	Australia Adam Brunskill	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
20	Japan Masao Azuma	Honda	23	38:56.336	4	25
3	Japan Tomomi Manako	Honda	23	+0.025	2	20
13	Italy Marco Melandri	Honda	23	+0.044	1	16
4	Japan Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	23	+2.403	3	13
41	Japan Youichi Ui	Yamaha	23	+2.847	5	11
15	Italy Roberto Locatelli	Honda	23	+4.683	17	10
10	Italy Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+5.204	12	9
39	Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+12.758	9	8
8	Italy Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	23	+15.711	10	7
23	Italy Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+22.620	19	6
26	Italy Ivan Goi	Aprilia	23	+24.381	18	5
32	Italy Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+24.415	6	4
29	Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	23	+24.795	20	3
9	France Frédéric Petit	Honda	23	+25.156	13	2
22	Germany Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+25.254	21	1
5	Japan Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	23	+28.938	16
17	Spain Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	23	+41.540	23
2	Japan Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+41.615	11
19	Italy Andrea Ballerini	Yamaha	23	+42.645	14
45	Australia Jay Taylor	Honda	23	+54.654	24
7	Spain Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	23	+1:01.832	22
65	Italy Andrea Iommi	Honda	23	+1:05.886	25
43	Australia Peter Galvin	Honda	23	+1:18.589	27
44	Australia Judd Greedy	Honda	22	Retirement	29
46	Australia Anthony West	Honda	12	Accident	26
59	Spain Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	12	Accident	15
21	France Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	12	Retirement	8
62	Japan Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	2	Accident	7
24	Italy Alessandro Romagnoli	Aprilia	2	Retirement	28
42	Australia Chedryian Bresland	Honda		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	AUS Mick Doohan	235
2	SPA Àlex Crivillé	198
3	ITA Max Biaggi	197
4	SPA Carlos Checa	131
5	BRA Alex Barros	122

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	320
2	JPN Yamaha	185
3	JPN Suzuki	107
4	MYS Modenas KR3	68
5	GER MuZ	11

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1997 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1999 Australian Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "1998 Australian MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "1998 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(4 October 1998). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998".
(4 October 1998). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(4 October 1998). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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