# 1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 September 1998 at Imola.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | 46:00.092 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +6.564 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 25 | +8.721 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 25 | +11.244 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 25 | +21.672 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 25 | +28.407 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +36.627 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +36.876 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +37.332 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +47.677 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +55.890 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +57.040 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +58.878 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:06.104 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:18.308 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +1:19.432 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 25 | +1:28.491 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 25 | +1:50.817 | 20 | |
| 19 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 77 | Eskil Suter | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 18 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Bernard Garcia | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 43 | Paolo Tessari | Team Paton | Paton | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 23 | 43:43.815 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 23 | +2.687 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 23 | +4.175 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +6.524 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 23 | +29.180 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 23 | +31.615 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 23 | +32.948 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 23 | +33.614 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 23 | +35.892 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 23 | +39.595 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 23 | +53.590 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 23 | +53.988 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 23 | +54.686 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 23 | +56.383 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:00.924 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | 23 | +1:13.181 | 16 | |
| 17 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.205 | 21 | |
| 18 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 23 | +1:25.369 | 17 | |
| 19 | 48 | Igor Antonelli | Aprilia | 23 | +1:29.514 | 22 | |
| 20 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 23 | +1:33.769 | 24 | |
| 21 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 23 | +1:35.296 | 23 | |
| 22 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda | 23 | +1:38.260 | 25 | |
| 23 | 49 | Filippo Cotti | Honda | 23 | +1:42.065 | 26 | |
| 24 | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 6 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 21 | 42:05.831 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 21 | +0.087 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +10.394 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 21 | +10.466 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 21 | +22.699 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 21 | +26.133 | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 21 | +26.546 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 21 | +28.161 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +30.584 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 21 | +48.516 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 21 | +48.656 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 21 | +1:02.010 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 21 | +1:12.085 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:12.337 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 49 | Andrea Zappa | Honda | 21 | +1:12.408 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 21 | +1:13.006 | 25 | |
| 17 | 48 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 21 | +1:15.643 | 21 | |
| 18 | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 21 | +1:24.081 | 20 | |
| 19 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 21 | +1:33.199 | 24 | |
| Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 17 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 63 | Marco Tresoldi | Honda | 14 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 47 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 15 | |
| DNS | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 55 | Manuel Poggiali | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | | 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 eleven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | 189 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | 185 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | 182 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 121 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 100 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 270 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 149 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 92 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 56 |
| 5 | MuZ | 11 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.