# 1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 July 1998 at Donington Park. In the 125cc class this race was Kazuto Sakata's last victory in his career

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | 46:45.662 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +11.530 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 30 | +17.924 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +22.933 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +23.430 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 30 | +35.214 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +53.997 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.211 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +1:39.256 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Bernard Garcia | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 68 | John McGuinness | Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 72 | Fernando Cristóbal | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 28 | +2 laps | 19 | 1 |
| Ret | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 20 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 77 | Eskil Suter | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 11 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 15 | |
| DNS | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 27 | 42:55.085 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 27 | +5.682 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 27 | +38.003 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 27 | +38.349 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 27 | +38.461 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 27 | +39.084 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 27 | +51.804 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 27 | +58.946 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 27 | +1:18.487 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 27 | +1:19.532 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 27 | +1:24.101 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:25.956 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 27 | +1:26.887 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 27 | +1:29.510 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | ERP Honda | 27 | +1:35.487 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Jamie Robinson | Yamaha | 27 | +1:38.052 | 18 | |
| 17 | 68 | Julien Allemand | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 83 | Shane Norval | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 40 | Gary May | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 82 | Woolsey Coulter | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 80 | Paul Jones | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ivan Clementi | Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 81 | Callum Ramsay | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 2 | |
| DNS | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 0 | Not finished warm-up lap | 6 | |
| DNS | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 26 | 43:48.777 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +0.431 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 26 | +4.600 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 26 | +5.197 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 26 | +5.598 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 26 | +6.517 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 26 | +20.153 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 26 | +22.334 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 26 | +31.971 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 26 | +37.432 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +39.361 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 26 | +39.559 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 26 | +43.031 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 26 | +43.714 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 26 | +44.370 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 26 | +44.476 | 19 | |
| 17 | 80 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 26 | +1:21.216 | 28 | |
| 18 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 26 | +1:24.783 | 23 | |
| Ret | 81 | Chris Palmer | Honda | 22 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 20 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 82 | John Pearson | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 8 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 4 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 83 | David Mateer | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 29 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | 135 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 128 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | 126 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 106 |
| 5 | Simon Crafar | 75 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 195 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 116 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 75 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 38 |
| 5 | MuZ | 6 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.