1998 Dutch TT

Netherlands  1998 Dutch Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 June 1998
Official nameRizla Dutch TT[1][2]
LocationTT Circuit Assen
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:02.092
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:02.941 on lap 20
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third New Zealand Simon Crafar
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 2:05.567
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 2:06.452 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Germany Jürgen Fuchs
Third Japan Haruchika Aoki
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:13.411
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tomomi Manako
Time 2:14.378 on lap 16
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Japan Tomomi Manako

The 1998 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1998 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 20 41:17.788 1 25
2 6 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 20 +0.560 4 20
3 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 20 +1.151 2 16
4 9 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 20 +5.151 6 13
5 8 Spain Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 20 +13.827 5 11
6 4 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 20 +21.256 9 10
7 3 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 20 +28.877 8 9
8 2 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 20 +33.544 10 8
9 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 20 +44.870 17 7
10 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 20 +48.118 11 6
11 18 Australia Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 20 +1:11.257 15 5
12 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 20 +1:30.137 13 4
13 23 United States Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 20 +1:39.885 19 3
14 88 United Kingdom Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 20 +2:49.856 20 2
15 26 France Bernard Garcia Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 20 +3:02.687 18 1
Ret 5 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 16 Retirement 3
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 16 Retirement 12
Ret 20 Italy Luca Cadalora Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 9 Accident 7
Ret 14 Spain Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 16 France Jean-Philippe Ruggia MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 5 Retirement 14
DNS 28 Germany Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Did not start
DNS 19 United States John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda Did not start
DNQ 57 Italy Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 18 38:31.905 3 25
2 11 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 18 +19.184 4 20
3 6 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 18 +19.516 5 16
4 8 Spain Luis d'Antin Yamaha 18 +21.682 21 13
5 5 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 18 +21.721 6 11
6 27 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 18 +21.927 9 10
7 7 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 18 +22.084 10 9
8 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 18 +27.290 17 8
9 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 18 +33.444 15 7
10 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 18 +37.467 11 6
11 12 Japan Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 18 +42.228 12 5
12 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 18 +42.659 13 4
13 20 France William Costes Honda 18 +50.841 16 3
14 47 Italy Ivan Clementi Yamaha 18 +52.029 22 2
15 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 18 +53.759 20 1
16 25 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 18 +1:08.503 19
17 14 Italy Davide Bulega ERP Honda 18 +1:08.716 18
18 76 Netherlands Jarno Janssen Honda 18 +1:21.462 24
19 75 Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk Honda 18 +1:21.546 23
20 78 Netherlands Rudie Markink Honda 18 +1:44.511 25
21 77 Netherlands André Romein Honda 18 +2:11.041 26
Ret 17 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 12 Accident 14
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia 9 Retirement 1
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 8 Retirement 2
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Honda 4 Accident 7
Ret 4 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 4 Accident 8
DNS 18 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 79 Netherlands Henk van de Lagemaat Honda Did not qualify
WD 41 Argentina Federico Gartner Aprilia Withdrew
Source:[6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 17 38:27.391 6 25
2 4 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 17 +0.028 1 20
3 3 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda 17 +9.626 3 16
4 10 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 17 +10.331 8 13
5 5 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 17 +10.410 2 11
6 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 17 +10.425 4 10
7 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Honda 17 +10.700 7 9
8 9 France Frédéric Petit Honda 17 +11.417 12 8
9 22 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 17 +14.678 10 7
10 20 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 17 +24.158 5 6
11 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 17 +25.011 14 5
12 41 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha 17 +30.265 13 4
13 52 Japan Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 17 +30.369 15 3
14 26 Italy Ivan Goi Aprilia 17 +33.345 9 2
15 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17 +33.527 21 1
16 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 17 +33.742 11
17 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 17 +36.359 20
18 14 Italy Federico Cerroni Aprilia 17 +59.159 19
19 17 Spain Enrique Maturana Yamaha 17 +1:02.676 23
20 59 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 17 +1:02.920 17
21 65 Italy Andrea Iommi Honda 17 +1:43.557 24
22 74 Netherlands Hans Koopman EGA Honda 17 +3:53.297 25
23 78 Netherlands Wilhelm van Leeuwen Honda 16 +1 lap 27
24 76 Netherlands Harold de Haan Honda 16 +1 lap 28
Ret 62 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 10 Retirement 22
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 16 Italy Christian Manna Yamaha 9 Retirement 26
Ret 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 0 Retirement 18
DNQ 77 Netherlands Ronnie Timmer Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 75 Netherlands Wim Kroegman Yamaha Did not qualify
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References

  1. ^ "1998 Dutch TT MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1998 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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