# 1998 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 July 1998 at the Sachsenring.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 31 | 46:00.876 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 31 | +2.873 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 31 | +11.379 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 31 | +11.533 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +19.093 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 31 | +30.087 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 31 | +34.881 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 31 | +35.033 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 31 | +46.078 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 31 | +48.684 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 39 | Gregorio Lavilla | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +58.019 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Bernard Garcia | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 31 | +1:03.165 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Eskil Suter | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 31 | +1:10.827 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 31 | +1:10.941 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 72 | Fernando Cristóbal | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 31 | +1:31.896 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 30 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 30 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 29 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 88 | Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 26 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 11 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 8 | |
| WD | 60 | Jörg Schöllhorn | Team Zupin | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 30 | 44:43.421 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 30 | +9.033 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 30 | +9.267 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 30 | +10.611 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 30 | +38.261 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 30 | +43.611 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 30 | +45.243 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 30 | +45.702 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 30 | +49.915 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Honda | 30 | +51.523 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 30 | +54.914 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 30 | +1:20.499 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | 30 | +1:23.418 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 33 | Jamie Robinson | Yamaha | 30 | +1:23.915 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Mike Baldinger | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 24 | 1 |
| Ret | 86 | Markus Ober | Honda | 13 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 85 | Matthias Neukirchen | Aprilia | 13 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ivan Clementi | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 6 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 3 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 3 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 87 | Adrian Schmidt | Honda | 0 | Accident | 26 | |
| DNS | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | ERP Honda | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 68 | Julien Allemand | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 29 | 44:37.947 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 29 | +16.513 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 29 | +24.754 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 29 | +24.771 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 29 | +25.778 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 29 | +28.862 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 29 | +37.703 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 29 | +39.681 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 29 | +41.147 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 29 | +49.449 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 29 | +54.783 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 29 | +54.868 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 29 | +55.292 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 29 | +55.350 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 29 | +58.319 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 85 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 29 | +1:09.226 | 20 | |
| 17 | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 29 | +1:17.974 | 17 | |
| 18 | 84 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 29 | +1:27.436 | 24 | |
| 19 | 86 | Oliver Perschke | Yamaha | 29 | +1:28.176 | 27 | |
| 20 | 87 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 29 | +1:29.205 | 28 | |
| Ret | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 9 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 7 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 88 | Maik Stief | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 3 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNS | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | 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 nine has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | 160 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 148 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | 142 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 106 |
| 5 | Simon Crafar | 75 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 220 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 127 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 81 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 48 |
| 5 | MuZ | 9 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.