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.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 31 42:41.128 3 25 2 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 31 +0.283 1 20 3 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +0.498 2 16 4 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +6.888 7 13 5 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 31 +10.447 4 11 6 20 Luca Cadalora Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 31 +16.305 6 10 7 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 31 +16.791 9 9 8 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 31 +17.041 8 8 9 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +20.553 12 7 10 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 31 +23.754 11 6 11 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +37.553 15 5 12 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 31 +43.819 13 4 13 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 31 +48.079 10 3 14 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 31 +51.451 17 2 15 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 31 +1:03.343 16 1 16 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 31 +1:14.072 18 17 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 31 +1:23.072 19 18 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 30 +1 lap 20 19 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 30 +1 lap 22 Ret 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 22 Retirement 5 Ret 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 12 Retirement 21 Ret 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 1 Accident 14 DNS 25 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 29 40:59.018 1 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 29 +0.631 3 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 29 +14.406 2 16 4 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 29 +27.017 5 13 5 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 29 +28.024 11 11 6 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 29 +28.045 4 10 7 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 29 +36.228 9 9 8 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 29 +49.849 12 8 9 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 29 +50.216 14 7 10 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 29 +51.672 13 6 11 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 29 +53.376 19 5 12 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 29 +1:01.689 7 4 13 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 29 +1:14.169 10 3 14 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 29 +1:18.169 17 2 15 68 Julien Allemand Honda 28 +1 lap 24 1 16 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 28 +1 lap 23 17 69 Vincent Philippe Honda 28 +1 lap 26 18 70 Franck Poulle Honda 28 +1 lap 28 Ret 71 Hervé Mora Aprilia 24 Retirement 27 Ret 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 21 Retirement 25 Ret 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 17 Accident 18 Ret 20 William Costes Honda 13 Accident 16 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 11 Retirement 15 Ret 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 8 Retirement 6 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 5 Retirement 8 Ret 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 4 Accident 21 Ret 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 4 Accident 20 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 1 Retirement 22 DNS 67 Matthieu Lagrive Honda Did not start Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 27 40:57.583 2 25 2 13 Marco Melandri Honda 27 +0.292 12 20 3 20 Masao Azuma Honda 27 +0.393 9 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 27 +3.314 11 13 5 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 27 +4.057 4 11 6 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 27 +4.824 5 10 7 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +10.041 8 9 8 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 27 +14.660 18 8 9 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 27 +28.373 13 7 10 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 27 +32.660 23 6 11 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 27 +35.533 7 5 12 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 27 +35.617 10 4 13 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 27 +48.609 21 3 14 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 27 +51.162 20 2 15 18 Paolo Tessari Aprilia 27 +57.049 14 1 16 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 27 +1:24.700 24 17 67 Randy de Puniet Honda 27 +1:29.236 27 18 69 Jimmy Petit Honda 26 +1 lap 28 Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 18 Retirement 17 Ret 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 17 Retirement 3 Ret 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 17 Retirement 19 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 13 Accident 6 Ret 68 Nicolas Dussauge Honda 13 Retirement 22 Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 11 Retirement 25 Ret 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 6 Accident 1 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 6 Accident 16 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 5 Retirement 26 Ret 25 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 2 Accident 15 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 92 2 Mick Doohan 90 3 Max Biaggi 88 4 Carlos Checa 70 5 John Kocinski 43
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 125 2 Yamaha 55 3 Suzuki 44 4 Modenas KR3 28 5 MuZ 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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