1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 October 1998 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.

  1998 Argentine Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date25 October 1998
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de Argentina[1]
LocationAutódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.350 km (2.703 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:44.193
Fastest lap
Rider Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:44.122 on lap 24
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:45.568
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:45.473 on lap 6
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Loris Capirossi
Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:50.550
Fastest lap
Rider Masao Azuma
Time 1:49.917 on lap 21
Podium
First Tomomi Manako
Second Marco Melandri
Third Lucio Cecchinello

This race was known as being the final 500 cc victory for Australian Mick Doohan.

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 27 47:07.332 1 25
2 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 27 +4.762 2 20
3 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 27 +5.590 8 16
4 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 27 +27.685 17 13
5 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 27 +30.254 14 11
6 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +30.441 5 10
7 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 27 +30.647 6 9
8 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +30.944 3 8
9 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 27 +32.808 4 7
10 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +41.714 10 6
11 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 +46.746 11 5
12 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +48.264 13 4
13 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +1:02.063 16 3
14 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:03.255 15 2
15 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 +1:06.271 12 1
16 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1:27.889 18
17 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 27 +1:27.960 20
18 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 27 +1:28.404 19
19 42 Craig Connell Shell Advance Racing Honda 26 +1 lap 21
20 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 26 +1 lap 23
21 71 Juan Pablo Gianini Shell Advance Racing Honda 26 +1 lap 24
Ret 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 17 Accident 7
Ret 20 Luca Cadalora MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 13 Retirement 9
DNS 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 0 Did not start 22
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 25 44:26.581 3 25
2 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 25 +5.360 1 20
3 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 25 +27.096 2 16
4 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 25 +27.451 6 13
5 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 25 +30.820 16 11
6 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 25 +41.816 9 10
7 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 25 +42.555 8 9
8 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 25 +42.708 11 8
9 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 25 +43.148 7 7
10 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 25 +52.505 15 6
11 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 25 +54.131 12 5
12 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 25 +1:07.509 19 4
13 45 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 25 +1:12.506 18 3
14 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 25 +1:35.028 17 2
15 82 Woolsey Coulter Honda 25 +1:37.371 21 1
16 22 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 25 +1:42.817 23
17 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 25 +1:45.353 24
18 97 Diego Ruabén Honda 24 +1 lap 25
19 96 Leandro Mulet Yamaha 24 +1 lap 27
20 98 Gabriel Borgmann Yamaha 24 +1 lap 28
Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 24 Accident 4
Ret 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 23 Retirement 13
Ret 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 19 Accident 22
Ret 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 18 Accident 20
Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 12 Retirement 5
Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 11 Retirement 10
Ret 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 10 Retirement 14
Ret 95 Matías Ríos Yamaha 1 Retirement 26
Sources: [4][5]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 23 42:43.976 8 25
2 13 Marco Melandri Honda 23 +0.566 2 20
3 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 23 +1.137 16 16
4 20 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +1.191 10 13
5 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 23 +16.111 3 11
6 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +16.314 4 10
7 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +21.921 7 9
8 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 23 +22.833 13 8
9 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +23.597 11 7
10 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 23 +23.922 15 6
11 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 23 +23.958 14 5
12 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +27.543 12 4
13 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 23 +27.720 6 3
14 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 23 +27.822 22 2
15 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +42.461 5 1
16 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 23 +52.756 21
17 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +54.889 20
18 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +55.022 19
19 94 Cristiano Vieira Honda 22 +1 lap 26
20 97 Sílvio César Zequim Honda 22 +1 lap 27
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 10 Accident 1
Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 7 Retirement 24
Ret 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 6 Accident 18
Ret 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 5 Accident 23
Ret 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 5 Retirement 25
Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 2 Retirement 17
DNS 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 0 Did not start 9
DNQ 95 César Barros Honda Did not qualify
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.[7][8]

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

References
  1. "1998 Argentinian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. "GP Marlboro de Argentina – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. "motogp.com · ARGENTINIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  4. "GP Marlboro de Argentina – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. "Road Racing Grand Prix World Championship – CDI: Appeal of Loris Capirossi accepted". fim.ch. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 6 November 1998. Archived from the original on 9 October 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2016. Loris Capirossi is reintegrated in the results of the race of the 250 class of the Argentina Grand Prix, in second position.
  6. "GP Marlboro de Argentina – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  8. "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1998". www.motogp.com.
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