The 1998 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 July 1998 at the Sachsenring.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 31 46:00.876 3 25 2 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 31 +2.873 1 20 3 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 31 +11.379 7 16 4 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 31 +11.533 6 13 5 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +19.093 4 11 6 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 31 +30.087 2 10 7 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 31 +34.881 11 9 8 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 31 +35.033 10 8 9 21 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 31 +46.078 13 7 10 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 31 +48.684 12 6 11 39 Gregorio Lavilla Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +58.019 17 5 12 26 Bernard Garcia Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 31 +1:03.165 19 4 13 77 Eskil Suter MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 31 +1:10.827 14 3 14 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 31 +1:10.941 18 2 15 72 Fernando Cristóbal Shell Advance Racing Honda 31 +1:31.896 20 1 16 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 30 +1 lap 21 Ret 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 30 Retirement 15 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 29 Retirement 9 Ret 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 26 Retirement 16 Ret 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 11 Accident 5 Ret 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 5 Accident 8 WD 60 Jörg Schöllhorn Team Zupin Honda Withdrew Source:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 30 44:43.421 1 25 2 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 30 +9.033 7 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 30 +9.267 4 16 4 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 30 +10.611 2 13 5 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 30 +38.261 8 11 6 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 30 +43.611 10 10 7 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 30 +45.243 13 9 8 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 30 +45.702 16 8 9 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 30 +49.915 12 7 10 66 Alex Hofmann Honda 30 +51.523 11 6 11 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 30 +54.914 18 5 12 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 30 +1:20.499 17 4 13 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 30 +1:23.418 20 3 14 33 Jamie Robinson Yamaha 30 +1:23.915 14 2 15 84 Mike Baldinger Honda 29 +1 lap 24 1 Ret 86 Markus Ober Honda 13 Accident 21 Ret 85 Matthias Neukirchen Aprilia 13 Accident 25 Ret 20 William Costes Honda 10 Retirement 23 Ret 47 Ivan Clementi Yamaha 9 Accident 19 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 6 Accident 15 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 4 Accident 3 Ret 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 4 Retirement 9 Ret 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 3 Accident 5 Ret 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 3 Accident 6 Ret 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 0 Accident 22 Ret 87 Adrian Schmidt Honda 0 Accident 26 DNS 11 Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia Did not start DNS 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda Did not start WD 68 Julien Allemand Honda Withdrew Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 29 44:37.947 6 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 29 +16.513 18 20 3 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 29 +24.754 9 16 4 52 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 29 +24.771 11 13 5 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 29 +25.778 8 11 6 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 29 +28.862 16 10 7 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 29 +37.703 2 9 8 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 29 +39.681 10 8 9 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 29 +41.147 7 7 10 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 29 +49.449 15 6 11 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 29 +54.783 23 5 12 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 29 +54.868 19 4 13 13 Marco Melandri Honda 29 +55.292 1 3 14 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 29 +55.350 21 2 15 16 Christian Manna Yamaha 29 +58.319 25 1 16 85 Klaus Nöhles Honda 29 +1:09.226 20 17 14 Federico Cerroni Aprilia 29 +1:17.974 17 18 84 Reinhard Stolz Honda 29 +1:27.436 24 19 86 Oliver Perschke Yamaha 29 +1:28.176 27 20 87 Dirk Heidolf Honda 29 +1:29.205 28 Ret 20 Masao Azuma Honda 10 Retirement 14 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 9 Accident 4 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 9 Accident 3 Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 8 Accident 22 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Accident 5 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 7 Accident 12 Ret 88 Maik Stief Yamaha 6 Retirement 26 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 3 Accident 13 DNS 9 Frédéric Petit Honda Did not start DNS 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 160 2 Max Biaggi 148 3 Àlex Crivillé 142 4 Carlos Checa 106 5 Simon Crafar 75
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 220 2 Yamaha 127 3 Suzuki 81 4 Modenas KR3 48 5 MuZ 9
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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