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1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	British
flag	UK
Official_Name	British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course_mi	2.500
Course_km	4.023
Race_No	8
Season_No	14
Date	5 July
Year	1998
Image	Donington as of 2006.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Simon Crafar
Pole_Rider_500_Country	New Zealand
Pole_Time_500	1:32.128
Fast_Rider_500	Simon Crafar
Fast_Rider_500_Country	New Zealand
Fast_Time_500	1:32.661 on lap 14
First_Rider_500	Simon Crafar
First_Rider_500_Country	New Zealand
Second_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Second_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_500	Norick Abe
Third_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:34.085
Fast_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:34.188 on lap 26
First_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Stefano Perugini
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Kazuto Sakata
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	1:39.294
Fast_Rider_125	Kazuto Sakata
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	1:39.465 on lap 7
First_Rider_125	Kazuto Sakata
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

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
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	46:45.662	1	25
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+11.530	2	20
5	JPN Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	30	+17.924	4	16
4	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+22.933	5	13
9	BRA Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+23.430	7	11
6	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	30	+35.214	3	10
3	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+53.997	8	9
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+1:08.211	9	8
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+1:39.256	12	7
88	GBR Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	29	+1 lap	13	6
26	FRA Bernard Garcia	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	29	+1 lap	16	5
68	GBR John McGuinness	Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird	Honda	29	+1 lap	17	4
18	AUS Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	29	+1 lap	11	3
72	ESP Fernando Cristóbal	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	29	+1 lap	18	2
57	ITA Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	28	+2 laps	19	1
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	27	Retirement	6
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	20	Accident	10
77	CHE Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	11	Retirement	14
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	9	Retirement	15
14	ESP Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda		Did not start
8	ESP Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda		Withdrew

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	27	42:55.085	1	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	27	+5.682	3	20
4	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	27	+38.003	5	16
5	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	27	+38.349	4	13
6	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	27	+38.461	7	11
24	GBR Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	27	+39.084	10	10
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	27	+51.804	11	9
7	JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	27	+58.946	8	8
8	ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+1:18.487	14	7
17	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	27	+1:19.532	12	6
12	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	27	+1:24.101	13	5
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	27	+1:25.956	21	4
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	27	+1:26.887	15	3
20	FRA William Costes	Honda	27	+1:29.510	16	2
25	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP Honda	27	+1:35.487	17	1
33	GBR Jamie Robinson	Yamaha	27	+1:38.052	18
68	FRA Julien Allemand	Honda	26	+1 lap	22
83	ZAF Shane Norval	Honda	26	+1 lap	25
40	GBR Gary May	Aprilia	24	Retirement	23
82	GBR Woolsey Coulter	Honda	11	Retirement	19
80	GBR Paul Jones	Aprilia	11	Accident	24
11	DEU Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	4	Accident	9
47	ITA Ivan Clementi	Yamaha	4	Retirement	20
81	GBR Callum Ramsay	Honda	3	Retirement	26
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	2	Accident	2
27	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	0	Not finished warm-up lap	6
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda		Did not start
14	ITA Davide Bulega	ERP Honda		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	26	43:48.777	1	25
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	26	+0.431	5	20
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	26	+4.600	2	16
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	26	+5.197	6	13
5	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	26	+5.598	10	11
10	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	26	+6.517	13	10
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	26	+20.153	11	9
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda	26	+22.334	7	8
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	26	+31.971	12	7
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	26	+37.432	18	6
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	26	+39.361	17	5
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	26	+39.559	14	4
14	ITA Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	26	+43.031	22	3
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	26	+43.714	21	2
52	JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	26	+44.370	16	1
17	ESP Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	26	+44.476	19
80	GBR Leon Haslam	Honda	26	+1:21.216	28
65	ITA Andrea Iommi	Honda	26	+1:24.783	23
81	GBR Chris Palmer	Honda	22	Retirement	27
22	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	20	Accident	8
82	GBR John Pearson	Honda	14	Retirement	26
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	10	Retirement	9
3	JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	8	Accident	3
59	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	6	Accident	24
16	ITA Christian Manna	Yamaha	5	Accident	25
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	4	Accident	4
62	JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	1	Retirement	15
20	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	1	Retirement	20
83	GBR David Mateer	Honda	0	Retirement	29

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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	AUS Mick Doohan	135
2	ITA Max Biaggi	128
3	SPA Àlex Crivillé	126
4	SPA Carlos Checa	106
5	NZL Simon Crafar	75

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	195
2	JPN Yamaha	116
3	JPN Suzuki	75
4	MYS Modenas KR3	38
5	GER MuZ	6

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "1998 British MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "1998 British MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(5 July 1998). "British Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998".
(5 July 1998). "British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(5 July 1998). "British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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