1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1998 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 October 1998
Official name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:33.162
Fastest lap
Rider	Simon Crafar
Time	1:33.868
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Simon Crafar
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:35.025
Fastest lap
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:35.253
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	1:40.490
Fastest lap
Rider	Jerónimo Vidal
Time	1:40.166
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Tomomi Manako
Third	Marco Melandri

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	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Mick Doohan	Honda	27	42:42.511	1	25
2	11	Simon Crafar	Yamaha	27	+0.818	4	20
3	4	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	27	+2.684	7	16
4	9	Alex Barros	Honda	27	+2.727	5	13
5	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha	27	+9.060	9	11
6	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	27	+12.961	11	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Yamaha	27	+13.056	8	9
8	6	Max Biaggi	Honda	27	+14.111	2	8
9	2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	27	+36.458	6	7
10	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Modenas KR3	27	+43.354	12	6
11	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	27	+1:01.109	15	5
12	19	John Kocinski	Honda	27	+1:05.755	3	4
13	23	Matt Wait	Honda	27	+1:07.659	17	3
14	33	Mark Willis	Suzuki	27	+1:10.720	14	2
15	88	Scott Smart	Honda	27	+1:30.432	19	1
16	14	Juan Borja	Honda	26	+1 lap	18
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda	20	Retirement	20
Ret	57	Fabio Carpani	Honda	13	Retirement	22
Ret	42	Craig Connell	Honda	7	Retirement	16
Ret	28	Ralf Waldmann	Modenas KR3	6	Accident	10
Ret	18	Garry McCoy	Honda	4	Retirement	21
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Honda	2	Accident	13
DNS	8	Carlos Checa	Honda

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	+8.451	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	+45.896	13	6
11	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	25	+47.896	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
DNQ	62	Adam Brunskill	Yamaha

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	+25.158	13	2
15	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+26.254	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	Honda	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	Yamaha	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 Breslan	Honda