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1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Catalan
flag	Spain
Official_Name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course_mi	2.937
Course_km	4.727
Race_No	12
Season_No	14
Date	20 September
Year	1998
Image	Circuit Catalunya 1995-2003.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_500	1:45.583
Fast_Rider_500	Alex Barros
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Brazil
Fast_Time_500	1:46.810 on lap 5
First_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
First_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_500	Tadayuki Okada
Second_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_500	Norick Abe
Third_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:47.457
Fast_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:47.585 on lap 5
First_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:52.641
Fast_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:53.142 on lap 5
First_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

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
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	44:53.264	4	25
2	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+1.974	6	20
5	JPN Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	25	+8.260	9	16
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	25	+20.865	10	13
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+22.967	16	11
8	ESP Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	25	+24.933	12	10
9	BRA Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+25.764	3	9
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+28.571	14	8
19	USA John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	25	+41.358	11	7
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	25	+41.373	7	6
3	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+48.310	5	5
28	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	25	+50.942	17	4
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	25	+1:10.545	13	3
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	25	+1:14.721	23	2
88	GBR Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	25	+1:14.779	22	1
43	ITA Paolo Tessari	Team Paton	Paton	24	+1 lap	25
42	AUS Craig Connell	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	18	Retirement	21
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	12	Retirement	20
57	ITA Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	12	Retirement	24
77	CHE Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	11	Accident	18
14	ESP Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	6	Accident	19
4	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	1	Retirement	1
12	FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	0	Accident	8
27	JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	0	Accident	15
6	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	18	Black flag	2

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	23	41:48.737	2	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	23	+3.922	5	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	23	+14.048	1	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Honda	23	+17.698	6	13
5	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	23	+29.855	4	11
4	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	23	+38.668	10	10
6	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	23	+38.701	8	9
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	23	+38.926	20	8
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Yamaha	23	+39.048	13	7
7	JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	23	+46.392	14	6
24	GBR Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	23	+46.431	17	5
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	23	+46.953	15	4
12	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	23	+49.845	12	3
18	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	23	+51.142	7	2
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	23	+1:09.499	19	1
8	ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	23	+1:12.604	16
25	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	23	+1:18.459	23
45	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	23	+1:18.836	21
22	FRA Matthieu Lagrive	Honda	23	+1:36.751	25
92	ESP David García	Yamaha	23	+1:49.034	24
74	ESP Lucas Oliver Bultó	Honda	22	+1 lap	29
94	ESP David Ortega	Honda	22	+1 lap	28
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	19	Accident	11
17	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	17	Retirement	22
34	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	14	Retirement	3
41	ARG Federico Gartner	Aprilia	14	Accident	27
93	ESP Iván Silva	Honda	13	Retirement	30
58	ESP Eustaquio Gavira	Honda	6	Retirement	26
27	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	6	Retirement	9
14	ITA Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	6	Retirement	18

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	22	42:10.704	2	25
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	22	+0.079	6	20
20	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	22	+0.096	3	16
10	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	22	+0.172	11	13
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	22	+0.336	1	11
2	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	22	+0.724	14	10
62	JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	22	+0.942	7	9
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	22	+1.027	12	8
4	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	22	+1.062	4	7
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	22	+1.540	13	6
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	22	+1.737	9	5
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	22	+2.063	16	4
5	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	22	+2.607	8	3
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	22	+3.046	10	2
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda	22	+5.025	18	1
22	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+14.377	19
60	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	22	+14.503	15
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	22	+16.024	22
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	22	+23.779	24
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	22	+33.882	17
19	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Yamaha	22	+33.932	25
79	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	22	+37.248	26
71	ESP Josep Sardá	Honda	22	+47.529	29
65	ITA Andrea Iommi	Honda	22	+47.597	23
58	ESP Álvaro Molina	Honda	22	+47.856	21
17	ESP Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	20	Retirement	20
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	15	Accident	5
73	ESP Iván Martínez	Aprilia	13	Retirement	27
70	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	1	Accident	28
14	ITA Federico Cerroni	Aprilia		Did not start

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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	AUS Mick Doohan	210
2	ITA Max Biaggi	189
3	SPA Àlex Crivillé	182
4	SPA Carlos Checa	131
5	BRA Alex Barros	109

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	295
2	JPN Yamaha	165
3	JPN Suzuki	97
4	MYS Modenas KR3	62
5	GER MuZ	11

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "1998 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(20 September 1998). "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998".
(20 September 1998). "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(20 September 1998). "GP Marlboro de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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