# Grand Prix-wegrace van Maleisië 1998

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Maleisië 1998 was de tweede race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1998. De race werd verreden op 19 april 1998 op het Johor Circuit nabij Pasir Gudang, Maleisië.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 30 | 45:15.533 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 30 | +2.634 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 30 | +4.410 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 30 | +10.619 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | John Kocinski | Honda | 30 | +13.079 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 30 | +19.382 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | 30 | +41.494 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 30 | +48.970 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +52.131 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Honda | 30 | +1:00.294 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +1:20.245 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Matt Wait | Honda | 30 | +1:23.599 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | 30 | +1:34.532 | 20 | 3 |
| DNF | 14 | Juan Borja | Honda | 11 | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 6 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 3 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Honda | 3 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha | 1 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNF | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 14 | |
| DNF | 53 | Russel Wood | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 24 | |
| DNF | 11 | Simon Crafar | Yamaha | 0 | Ongeluk | 11 | |
| DNF | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda | 0 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNS | 7 | Doriano Romboni | MuZ | 0 | Blessure | 22 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 28 | 42:55.302 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 28 | +1.259 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 28 | +12.166 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 28 | +15.887 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 28 | +18.934 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 28 | +19.162 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 28 | +21.821 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 28 | +24.109 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 28 | +26.216 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 28 | +34.541 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 28 | +40.510 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 28 | +45.201 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 28 | +45.397 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 28 | +47.662 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 28 | +1:13.683 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 28 | +1:26.065 | 22 | |
| 17 | 56 | Shahrol Yuzy | Honda | 28 | +1:31.633 | 23 | |
| DNF | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 27 | Ongeluk | 2 | |
| DNF | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 18 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 18 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 17 | Uitgevallen | 15 | |
| DNF | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 17 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |
| DNF | 14 | Davide Bulega | Honda | 14 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 11 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 2 | Ongeluk | 21 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 26 | 41:34.332 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +0.277 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 26 | +1.902 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 26 | +12.991 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 26 | +14.086 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 26 | +31.874 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 26 | +36.955 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Aprilia | 26 | +37.508 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 26 | +39.492 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +42.748 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 26 | +44.743 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 26 | +44.950 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 26 | +56.948 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 26 | +58.446 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:01.914 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.499 | 17 | |
| 17 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 26 | +1:03.953 | 14 | |
| 18 | 18 | Paolo Tessari | Aprilia | 26 | +1:20.527 | 19 | |
| DNF | 11 | José Ramón Ramírez | Aprilia | 7 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 7 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 3 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 2 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNF | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 12 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 0 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNS | 56 | Magilai Meganathan | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 25 | |
| DSQ | 19 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | | Gediskwalificeerd | 23 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 41 |
| 2 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 28 |
| 3 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 26 |
| 4 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 25 |
| 5 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 20 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 38 |
| 2 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 27 |
| 3 | 54 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 25 |
| 4 | 50 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 20 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 20 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 36 |
| 2 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 35 |
| 3 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 25 |
| 4 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 21 |
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