# 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 May 1998 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 47:21.522 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +0.393 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 27 | +0.870 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +2.368 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +13.311 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +13.933 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +14.471 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +24.127 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +26.700 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +29.597 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +31.561 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +36.141 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +41.486 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +54.947 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 27 | +55.158 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +1:01.172 | 14 | |
| 17 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1:05.910 | 19 | |
| 18 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1:10.801 | 18 | |
| 19 | 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +1:32.385 | 15 | |
| 20 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 27 | +1:33.597 | 21 | |
| 21 | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 22 | 58 | Felisberto Teixeira | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 17 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 26 | 46:00.131 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 26 | +3.415 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 26 | +7.576 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 26 | +8.186 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 26 | +14.337 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 26 | +24.939 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 26 | +28.435 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 26 | +31.492 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 26 | +45.003 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 26 | +45.558 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 26 | +45.999 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 26 | +49.032 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:04.043 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 26 | +1:07.866 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 26 | +1:37.376 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 17 | 59 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 18 | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 23 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 18 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 7 | |
| DSQ | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 9 | Disqualified | 4 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 4 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 58 | Eustaquio Gavira | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 14 | Davide Bulega | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 60 | Agustín Escobar | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNQ | 61 | Manuel Luque | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 23 | 42:19.751 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 23 | +2.101 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 23 | +2.229 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +2.731 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 23 | +8.516 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 23 | +17.476 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 23 | +28.751 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 23 | +28.950 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +29.204 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 23 | +29.213 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 23 | +35.679 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 23 | +42.314 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 23 | +42.872 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +49.952 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +52.822 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +53.236 | 19 | |
| 17 | 11 | José Ramírez | Aprilia | 23 | +53.534 | 18 | |
| 18 | 18 | Paolo Tessari | Aprilia | 23 | +1:13.081 | 14 | |
| 19 | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 23 | +1:14.135 | 25 | |
| Ret | 19 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 16 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 11 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 10 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 3 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 58 | Álvaro Molina | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 28 | |
| DNS | 61 | Vicente Esparragoso | Yamaha | 0 | Did not start | 29 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | 57 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | 51 |
| 3 | Mick Doohan | 45 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 41 |
| 5 | Tadayuki Okada | 29 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 75 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 35 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 28 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 19 |
| 5 | MuZ | 4 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.