# 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 September 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the last time that the Catalan Motorcycle Grand Prix was held in September 2020.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | 44:53.264 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +1.974 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 25 | +8.260 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +20.865 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +22.967 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +24.933 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 25 | +25.764 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +28.571 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +41.358 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +41.373 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +48.310 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +50.942 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 25 | +1:10.545 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 25 | +1:14.721 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 25 | +1:14.779 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 43 | Paolo Tessari | Team Paton | Paton | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 42 | Craig Connell | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 77 | Eskil Suter | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 11 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| DSQ | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 18 | Black flag | 2 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 23 | 41:48.737 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 23 | +3.922 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 23 | +14.048 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 23 | +17.698 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +29.855 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 23 | +38.668 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 23 | +38.701 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 23 | +38.926 | 20 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 23 | +39.048 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 23 | +46.392 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 23 | +46.431 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 23 | +46.953 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 23 | +49.845 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 23 | +51.142 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 23 | +1:09.499 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 23 | +1:12.604 | 16 | |
| 17 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 23 | +1:18.459 | 23 | |
| 18 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 23 | +1:18.836 | 21 | |
| 19 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda | 23 | +1:36.751 | 25 | |
| 20 | 92 | David García | Yamaha | 23 | +1:49.034 | 24 | |
| 21 | 74 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 22 | 94 | David Ortega | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 19 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 93 | Iván Silva | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 58 | Eustaquio Gavira | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | 6 | Retirement | 18 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 22 | 42:10.704 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 22 | +0.079 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 22 | +0.096 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 22 | +0.172 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 22 | +0.336 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 22 | +0.724 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 22 | +0.942 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 22 | +1.027 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 22 | +1.062 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 22 | +1.540 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 22 | +1.737 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 22 | +2.063 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 22 | +2.607 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 22 | +3.046 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 22 | +5.025 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 22 | +14.377 | 19 | |
| 17 | 60 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +14.503 | 15 | |
| 18 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 22 | +16.024 | 22 | |
| 19 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 22 | +23.779 | 24 | |
| 20 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 22 | +33.882 | 17 | |
| 21 | 19 | Andrea Ballerini | Yamaha | 22 | +33.932 | 25 | |
| 22 | 79 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +37.248 | 26 | |
| 23 | 71 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 22 | +47.529 | 29 | |
| 24 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 22 | +47.597 | 23 | |
| 25 | 58 | Álvaro Molina | Honda | 22 | +47.856 | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 20 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 73 | Iván Martínez | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 70 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 1 | Accident | 28 | |
| DNS | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | | 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 twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | 210 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 189 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | 182 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 131 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 109 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 295 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 165 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 97 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 62 |
| 5 | MuZ | 11 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.