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1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Official_Name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course_mi	2.748
Course_km	4.423
Race_No	3
Season_No	14
Date	3 May
Year	1998
Image	Jerez.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Carlos Checa
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_500_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_500	1:43.467
Fast_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Fast_Rider_500_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_500	1:44.448 on lap 6
First_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
First_Rider_500_Country	Spain
First_Rider_500_Bike	Honda
Second_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Second_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_500_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Pole_Time_250	1:44.431
Fast_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Fast_Time_250	1:45.250 on lap 4
First_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
First_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Aprilia
Third_Rider_250	Olivier Jacque
Third_Rider_250_Country	France
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Pole_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Pole_Time_125	1:49.281
Fast_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Fast_Time_125	1:49.360 on lap 7
First_Rider_125	Kazuto Sakata
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
First_Rider_125_Bike	Aprilia
Second_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Honda
Third_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Honda

The 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 May 1998 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	47:21.522	3	25
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+0.393	5	20
6	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	27	+0.870	4	16
8	ESP Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+2.368	1	13
9	BRA Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+13.311	8	11
5	JPN Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+13.933	11	10
2	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+14.471	2	9
3	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+24.127	10	8
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	27	+26.700	7	7
28	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	27	+29.597	9	6
19	USA John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+31.561	6	5
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+36.141	12	4
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+41.486	16	3
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+54.947	13	2
18	AUS Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	27	+55.158	20	1
21	JPN Kyoji Nanba	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+1:01.172	14
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	27	+1:05.910	19
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:10.801	18
25	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1:32.385	15
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	27	+1:33.597	21
88	GBR Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	26	+1 lap	22
58	PRT Felisberto Teixeira	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	26	+1 lap	24
57	ITA Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	15	Retirement	23
14	ESP Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	13	Retirement	17

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	26	46:00.131	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	26	+3.415	3	20
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Honda	26	+7.576	6	16
5	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	+8.186	8	13
34	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	26	+14.337	2	11
6	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	26	+24.939	10	10
4	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	26	+28.435	9	9
7	JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	26	+31.492	11	8
8	ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	26	+45.003	15	7
18	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	26	+45.558	16	6
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	26	+45.999	18	5
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Yamaha	26	+49.032	20	4
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	26	+1:04.043	19	3
12	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	26	+1:07.866	17	2
20	FRA William Costes	Honda	26	+1:37.376	22	1
25	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	25	+1 lap	23
59	ESP Ismael Bonilla	Honda	25	+1 lap	27
41	ARG Federico Gartner	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	26
11	DEU Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	23	Retirement	5
24	GBR Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	18	Accident	21
27	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	12	Retirement	12
17	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	9	Retirement	7
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	9	Disqualified	4
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	4	Accident	14
58	ESP Eustaquio Gavira	Honda	4	Retirement	25
14	ITA Davide Bulega	Honda	2	Retirement	24
60	ESP Agustín Escobar	Honda	0	Retirement	28
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	13
61	ESP Manuel Luque	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	23	42:19.751	6	25
3	JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	23	+2.101	9	20
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+2.229	2	16
20	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+2.731	8	13
2	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+8.516	4	11
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+17.476	12	10
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	23	+28.751	3	9
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	23	+28.950	5	8
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+29.204	10	7
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	23	+29.213	13	6
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda	23	+35.679	17	5
5	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	23	+42.314	11	4
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	23	+42.872	24	3
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+49.952	22	2
60	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+52.822	26	1
22	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+53.236	19
11	ESP José Ramírez	Aprilia	23	+53.534	18
18	ITA Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	23	+1:13.081	14
59	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	23	+1:14.135	25
19	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Honda	16	Accident	20
17	ESP Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	11	Accident	23
10	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	10	Accident	7
16	ITA Christian Manna	Yamaha	9	Retirement	27
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	4	Accident	15
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	3	Accident	1
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	3	Accident	21
62	JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	1	Accident	16
58	ESP Álvaro Molina	Honda	1	Retirement	28
61	ESP Vicente Esparragoso	Yamaha	0	Did not start	29

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Max Biaggi	57
2	SPA Àlex Crivillé	51
3	AUS Mick Doohan	45
4	SPA Carlos Checa	41
5	JPN Tadayuki Okada	29

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	75
2	JPN Yamaha	35
3	JPN Suzuki	28
4	MYS Modenas KR3	19
5	GER MuZ	4

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "1998 Spanish MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "1998 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT".
"motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998".
(1998). "Results".

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