The 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 June 1998 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama. It was held to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix due to homologation issues of the Autódromo do Estoril.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 47:21.513 3 25 2 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 30 +0.220 8 20 3 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 30 +1.886 14 16 4 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +5.206 9 13 5 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 30 +11.165 4 11 6 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 30 +11.579 10 10 7 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +11.711 5 9 8 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +32.658 6 8 9 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 30 +36.226 13 7 10 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 30 +55.342 11 6 11 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 30 +56.938 16 5 12 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 30 +1:22.806 18 4 13 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 30 +1:26.677 17 3 14 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 29 +1 lap 19 2 15 72 Fernando Cristóbal Shell Advance Racing Honda 29 +1 lap 20 1 16 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 29 +1 lap 21 Ret 20 Luca Cadalora Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 26 Retirement 2 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 20 Retirement 12 Ret 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 15 Retirement 15 Ret 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 0 Accident 1 Ret 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 7 DNQ 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Did not qualify WD 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 44:44.553 2 25 2 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 28 +8.738 3 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 28 +15.978 1 16 4 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 28 +22.545 6 13 5 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 28 +24.444 10 11 6 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 28 +33.716 9 10 7 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 28 +33.791 18 9 8 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 28 +46.342 11 8 9 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 28 +50.206 7 7 10 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 28 +51.016 16 6 11 47 Ivan Clementi Yamaha 28 +1:04.474 21 5 12 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 28 +1:11.969 19 4 13 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 28 +1:30.205 14 3 14 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 27 +1 lap 22 2 15 59 Ismael Bonilla Honda 27 +1 lap 24 1 16 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 27 +1 lap 25 Ret 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 Accident 8 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 14 Retirement 17 Ret 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 12 Retirement 12 Ret 20 William Costes Honda 12 Retirement 20 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 4 Retirement 4 Ret 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 3 Retirement 13 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 2 Accident 5 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 0 Accident 15 Ret 73 Alex Debón Honda 0 Accident 23 DNS 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha Did not start DNQ 72 José David de Gea Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 43:28.423 8 25 2 13 Marco Melandri Honda 26 +9.173 3 20 3 52 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 26 +9.317 11 16 4 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 26 +17.268 1 13 5 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 26 +19.417 12 11 6 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 26 +19.511 16 10 7 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 26 +21.010 19 9 8 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 26 +23.034 5 8 9 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 26 +23.066 15 7 10 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +23.552 18 6 11 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 26 +26.762 21 5 12 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 26 +31.484 20 4 13 58 Álvaro Molina Honda 26 +41.584 23 3 14 60 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +42.512 22 2 15 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 26 +50.521 27 1 16 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +55.673 14 17 71 Josep Sardá Honda 26 +59.576 26 18 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 26 +1:10.446 28 19 73 Iván Martínez Aprilia 26 +1:33.316 24 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 Accident 7 Ret 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 24 Accident 9 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 20 Retirement 4 Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 18 Accident 17 Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 17 Retirement 2 Ret 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 15 Retirement 13 Ret 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 14 Accident 25 Ret 20 Masao Azuma Honda 13 Accident 6 Ret 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 10 Retirement 29 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 2 Accident 10 DNS 72 Sebastián Perelló Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 103 2 Max Biaggi 98 3 Carlos Checa 95 4 Mick Doohan 90 5 Norifumi Abe 51
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 150 2 Yamaha 75 3 Suzuki 57 4 Modenas KR3 34 5 MuZ 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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