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1998 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course_mi	2.361
Course_km	3.800
Race_No	5
Season_No	14
Date	31 May
Year	1998
Image	Paul Ricard 1986.png
Pole_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_500	1:21.188
Fast_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_500	1:21.736 on lap 27
First_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
First_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Second_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_500	Carlos Checa
Third_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:23.417
Fast_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:23.688 on lap 19
First_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Noboru Ueda
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	1:29.002
Fast_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	1:29.519 on lap 12
First_Rider_125	Kazuto Sakata
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

The 1998 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 May 1998 at Le Castellet.

Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Carlos Checa, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the 500cc race.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	31	42:41.128	3	25
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	31	+0.283	1	20
8	ESP Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+0.498	2	16
19	USA John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+6.888	7	13
6	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	31	+10.447	4	11
20	ITA Luca Cadalora	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	31	+16.305	6	10
5	JPN Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	31	+16.791	9	9
3	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	31	+17.041	8	8
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+20.553	12	7
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	31	+23.754	11	6
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+37.553	15	5
28	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	31	+43.819	13	4
10	USA Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	31	+48.079	10	3
14	ESP Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	31	+51.451	17	2
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	31	+1:03.343	16	1
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	31	+1:14.072	18
18	AUS Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	31	+1:23.072	19
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	30	+1 lap	20
57	ITA Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	30	+1 lap	22
9	BRA Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	22	Retirement	5
88	GBR Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	12	Retirement	21
77	CHE Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	1	Accident	14
25	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	29	40:59.018	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	29	+0.631	3	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	29	+14.406	2	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Honda	29	+27.017	5	13
4	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	29	+28.024	11	11
6	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	29	+28.045	4	10
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	29	+36.228	9	9
8	ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	29	+49.849	12	8
7	JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	29	+50.216	14	7
24	GBR Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	29	+51.672	13	6
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Yamaha	29	+53.376	19	5
11	DEU Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	29	+1:01.689	7	4
17	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	29	+1:14.169	10	3
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	29	+1:18.169	17	2
68	FRA Julien Allemand	Honda	28	+1 lap	24	1
14	ITA Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	28	+1 lap	23
69	FRA Vincent Philippe	Honda	28	+1 lap	26
70	FRA Franck Poulle	Honda	28	+1 lap	28
71	FRA Hervé Mora	Aprilia	24	Retirement	27
41	ARG Federico Gartner	Aprilia	21	Retirement	25
12	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	17	Accident	18
20	FRA William Costes	Honda	13	Accident	16
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	11	Retirement	15
5	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	8	Retirement	6
27	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	5	Retirement	8
18	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	4	Accident	21
25	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP Honda	4	Accident	20
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	1	Retirement	22
67	FRA Matthieu Lagrive	Honda		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	27	40:57.583	2	25
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	27	+0.292	12	20
20	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	27	+0.393	9	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	27	+3.314	11	13
10	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	27	+4.057	4	11
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda	27	+4.824	5	10
22	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	27	+10.041	8	9
5	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	27	+14.660	18	8
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	27	+28.373	13	7
62	JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	27	+32.660	23	6
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	27	+35.533	7	5
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	27	+35.617	10	4
59	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	27	+48.609	21	3
17	ESP Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	27	+51.162	20	2
18	ITA Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	27	+57.049	14	1
65	ITA Andrea Iommi	Honda	27	+1:24.700	24
67	FRA Randy de Puniet	Honda	27	+1:29.236	27
69	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda	26	+1 lap	28
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	18	Retirement	17
3	JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	17	Retirement	3
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	17	Retirement	19
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	13	Accident	6
68	FRA Nicolas Dussauge	Honda	13	Retirement	22
16	ITA Christian Manna	Yamaha	11	Retirement	25
2	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	6	Accident	1
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	6	Accident	16
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	5	Retirement	26
25	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	2	Accident	15

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	SPA Àlex Crivillé	92
2	AUS Mick Doohan	90
3	ITA Max Biaggi	88
4	SPA Carlos Checa	70
5	USA John Kocinski	43

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	125
2	JPN Yamaha	55
3	JPN Suzuki	44
4	MYS Modenas KR3	28
5	GER MuZ	4

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

References

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

References

"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1998".
"1998 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "1998 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(31 May 1998). "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998".
(31 May 1998). "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(31 May 1998). "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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