# 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | 235 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | 198 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 197 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 131 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 122 |
| Pos. | 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.