# 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 October 1998 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.
This race was known as being the final 500 cc victory for Australian Mick Doohan.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 47:07.332 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +4.762 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +5.590 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +27.685 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 27 | +30.254 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +30.441 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +30.647 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +30.944 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +32.808 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +41.714 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +46.746 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +48.264 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +1:02.063 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1:03.255 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1:06.271 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1:27.889 | 18 | |
| 17 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 27 | +1:27.960 | 20 | |
| 18 | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 27 | +1:28.404 | 19 | |
| 19 | 42 | Craig Connell | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 20 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 21 | 71 | Juan Pablo Gianini | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 17 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 20 | Luca Cadalora | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 13 | Retirement | 9 | |
| DNS | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 22 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 25 | 44:26.581 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 25 | +5.360 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 25 | +27.096 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 25 | +27.451 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 25 | +30.820 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 25 | +41.816 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 25 | +42.555 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 25 | +42.708 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 25 | +43.148 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 25 | +52.505 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 25 | +54.131 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | 25 | +1:07.509 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.506 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 25 | +1:35.028 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 82 | Woolsey Coulter | Honda | 25 | +1:37.371 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda | 25 | +1:42.817 | 23 | |
| 17 | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 25 | +1:45.353 | 24 | |
| 18 | 97 | Diego Ruabén | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 19 | 96 | Leandro Mulet | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 20 | 98 | Gabriel Borgmann | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 24 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 19 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 11 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 95 | Matías Ríos | Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 26 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 23 | 42:43.976 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 23 | +0.566 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 23 | +1.137 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +1.191 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 23 | +16.111 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 23 | +16.314 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +21.921 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 23 | +22.833 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 23 | +23.597 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 23 | +23.922 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 23 | +23.958 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +27.543 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 23 | +27.720 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 23 | +27.822 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 23 | +42.461 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 23 | +52.756 | 21 | |
| 17 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +54.889 | 20 | |
| 18 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 23 | +55.022 | 19 | |
| 19 | 94 | Cristiano Vieira | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 97 | Sílvio César Zequim | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 10 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 6 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 17 | |
| DNS | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 9 | |
| DNQ | 95 | César Barros | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | 260 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 208 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | 198 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 139 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 138 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 345 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 198 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 111 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 73 |
| 5 | MuZ | 11 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.