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1998 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

France  1998 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date31 May 1998
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:21.188
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:21.736 on lap 27
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Australia Mick Doohan
Third Spain Carlos Checa
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:23.417
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:23.688 on lap 19
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 1:29.002
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:29.519 on lap 12
Podium
First Japan Kazuto Sakata
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Masao Azuma
Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Carlos Checa, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the 500cc race.

500 cc classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[9]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1998". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ "1998 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "1998 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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