The 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1998 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 27 42:42.511 1 25 2 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +0.818 4 20 3 4 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 27 +2.684 7 16 4 9 Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 27 +2.727 5 13 5 5 Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 27 +9.060 9 11 6 3 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +12.961 11 10 7 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +13.056 8 9 8 6 Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 27 +14.111 2 8 9 2 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 27 +36.458 6 7 10 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 27 +43.354 12 6 11 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:00.551 15 5 12 19 John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +1:05.755 3 4 13 23 Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 27 +1:07.659 17 3 14 33 Mark Willis Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +1:10.720 14 2 15 88 Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 27 +1:30.432 19 1 16 14 Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 26 +1 lap 18 Ret 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 20 Retirement 20 Ret 57 Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda 13 Retirement 22 Ret 42 Craig Connell Shell Advance Racing Honda 7 Retirement 16 Ret 28 Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 6 Accident 10 Ret 18 Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 4 Retirement 21 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 2 Accident 13 DNS 8 Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 25 40:06.135 2 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 25 +1.339 1 20 3 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 25 +1.421 6 16 4 50 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 25 +8.461 3 13 5 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 25 +30.795 7 11 6 4 Stefano Perugini Honda 25 +31.875 8 10 7 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 25 +42.304 11 9 8 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 25 +42.740 5 8 9 12 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 25 +42.773 15 7 10 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 25 +45.696 13 6 11 16 Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 25 +47.850 16 5 12 7 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 25 +48.121 18 4 13 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 25 +1:16.123 21 3 14 25 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 25 +1:16.438 17 2 15 18 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 25 +1:16.524 20 1 16 64 Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 24 +1 lap 23 17 43 David Horton Honda 24 +1 lap 25 18 22 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 24 +1 lap 26 19 41 Federico Gartner Aprilia 24 +1 lap 24 20 63 Craig Frederickson Honda 24 +1 lap 28 Ret 24 Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 18 Accident 19 Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 16 Accident 14 Ret 21 Franco Battaini Yamaha 16 Accident 10 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 16 Retirement 9 Ret 42 William Strugnell Yamaha 15 Retirement 27 Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 14 Accident 4 Ret 17 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 9 Retirement 12 Ret 14 Davide Bulega ERP Honda 9 Retirement 22 DNS 15 Martin Craggill Aprilia Did not start DNQ 62 Adam Brunskill Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 Masao Azuma Honda 23 38:56.336 4 25 2 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 23 +0.025 2 20 3 13 Marco Melandri Honda 23 +0.044 1 16 4 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 23 +2.403 3 13 5 41 Youichi Ui Yamaha 23 +2.847 5 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Honda 23 +4.683 17 10 7 10 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 23 +5.204 12 9 8 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +12.758 9 8 9 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 23 +15.711 10 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +22.620 19 6 11 26 Ivan Goi Aprilia 23 +24.381 18 5 12 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 23 +24.415 6 4 13 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 23 +24.795 20 3 14 9 Frédéric Petit Honda 23 +25.156 13 2 15 22 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +25.254 21 1 16 5 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 23 +28.938 16 17 17 Enrique Maturana Yamaha 23 +41.540 23 18 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +41.615 11 19 19 Andrea Ballerini Yamaha 23 +42.645 14 20 45 Jay Taylor Honda 23 +54.654 24 21 7 Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 23 +1:01.832 22 22 65 Andrea Iommi Honda 23 +1:05.886 25 23 43 Peter Galvin Honda 23 +1:18.589 27 Ret 44 Judd Greedy Honda 22 Retirement 29 Ret 46 Anthony West Honda 12 Accident 26 Ret 59 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 12 Accident 15 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 12 Retirement 8 Ret 62 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 2 Accident 7 Ret 24 Alessandro Romagnoli Aprilia 2 Retirement 28 DNS 42 Chedryian Bresland Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 235 2 Àlex Crivillé 198 3 Max Biaggi 197 4 Carlos Checa 131 5 Alex Barros 122
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 320 2 Yamaha 185 3 Suzuki 107 4 Modenas KR3 68 5 MuZ 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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