1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| File:Johor Circuit.png | |||
| Date | 19 April 1998 | ||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Johor Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.86 km (2.382 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Mick Doohan |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:28.225 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Mick Doohan |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:29.636 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mick Doohan |
Honda | |
| Second |  Carlos Checa |
Honda | |
| Third |  Max Biaggi |
Honda | |
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jürgen Fuchs |
Aprilia | |
| Time | 1:30.395 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | |
| Time | 1:30.897 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | |
| Second | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | |
| Third |  Olivier Jacque |
Honda | |
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:34.516 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Masao Azuma |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:34.782 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | |
| Second | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | |
| Third | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | |
The 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 April 1998 at the Johor Circuit.
500 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan |
Honda | 30 | 45:15.533 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Honda | 30 | +2.634 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi |
Honda | 30 | +4.410 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 30 | +10.619 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 |  John Kocinski |
Honda | 30 | +13.079 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki | 30 | +19.382 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Norihiko Fujiwara |
Yamaha | 30 | +41.494 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Honda | 30 | +48.970 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann |
Modenas KR3 | 30 | +52.131 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Garry McCoy |
Honda | 30 | +1:00.294 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Modenas KR3 | 30 | +1:20.245 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Matt Wait |
Honda | 30 | +1:23.599 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Honda | 30 | +1:34.532 | 20 | 3 |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja |
Honda | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Honda | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 21 | Kyoji Nanba |
Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 53 |  Russell Wood |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 2 | Tadayuki Okada |
Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 0 | Retirement | 10 | |
| DNS | 7 | Doriano Romboni |
MuZ | Injury | |||
| OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT | |||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 28 | 42:55.302 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 28 | +1.259 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 28 | +12.166 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 28 | +15.887 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 28 | +18.934 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 28 | +19.162 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 |  Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 28 | +21.821 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs |
Aprilia | 28 | +24.109 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 |  Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 28 | +26.216 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 28 | +34.541 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 28 | +40.510 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 28 | +45.201 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 28 | +45.397 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 28 | +47.662 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 28 | +1:13.383 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 41 | Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 28 | +1:26.065 | 22 | |
| 17 | 56 |  Shahrol Yuzy |
Honda | 28 | +1:31.633 | 23 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 27 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 20 | William Costes |
Honda | 18 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 18 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 17 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 14 | Davide Bulega |
Honda | 14 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 11 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | 26 | 41:34.332 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Honda | 26 | +0.277 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako |
Honda | 26 | +1.902 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome |
Aprilia | 26 | +12.991 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Honda | 26 | +14.086 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata |
Aprilia | 26 | +31.874 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Honda | 26 | +36.955 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Aprilia | 26 | +37.508 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 26 | +39.492 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 26 | +42.748 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 26 | +44.743 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 26 | +44.950 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Honda | 26 | +56.948 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš |
Honda | 26 | +58.446 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:01.914 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.499 | 17 | |
| 17 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh |
Yamaha | 26 | +1:03.953 | 14 | |
| 18 | 18 | Paolo Tessari |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:20.527 | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | José Ramírez |
Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna |
Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Maturana |
Yamaha | 2 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 26 | |
| DNS | 56 | Magilai Meganathan |
Honda | 0 | Did not start | 25 | |
| DSQ | 19 | Andrea Ballerini |
Honda | 8 | Disqualified | 23 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT | |||||||
| Previous race: 1998 Japanese Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1998 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix |
