# Grand Prix-wegrace van Imola 1998

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Imola 1998 was de elfde race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1998. De race werd verreden op 6 september 1998 op het Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari nabij Imola, Italië.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 25 | 46:00.092 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 25 | +6.564 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 25 | +9.721 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda | 25 | +11.244 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha | 25 | +21.672 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 25 | +28.407 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 25 | +36.627 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 25 | +36.876 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 25 | +37.332 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 25 | +47.677 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Yamaha | 25 | +55.890 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 25 | +57.040 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | John Kocinski | Honda | 25 | +58.878 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:06.104 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:18.308 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki | 25 | +1:19.432 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Juan Borja | Honda | 25 | +1:28.491 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Matt Wait | Honda | 25 | +1:50.817 | 20 | |
| 19 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| DNF | 77 | Eskil Suter | MuZ | 18 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 26 | Bernard Garcia | Honda | 16 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | 15 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 12 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 88 | Scott Smart | Honda | 12 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 43 | Paolo Tessari | Paton | 7 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 | +53.998 | 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 | +1:33.768 | 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 ronde | 27 | |
| DNF | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 6 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 0 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 21 | +10.466 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 21 | +22.699 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 21 | +26.133 | 24 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 21 | +26.546 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 21 | +28.161 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +30.584 | 25 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 21 | +48.516 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 21 | +48.656 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 23 | +1:02.010 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 23 | +1:12.085 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:12.085 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 49 | Andrea Zappa | Honda | 21 | +1:12.408 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Juan Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 21 | +1:13.006 | 28 | |
| 17 | 48 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 21 | +1:16.643 | 23 | |
| 18 | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 21 | +1:24.081 | 22 | |
| 19 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 21 | +1:33.199 | 27 | |
| DNF | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 17 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Aprilia | 16 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 63 | Marco Tresoldi | Honda | 14 | Ongeluk | 30 | |
| DNF | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 14 | Ongeluk | 11 | |
| DNF | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 10 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 4 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 47 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 2 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 0 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNS | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 6 | |
| DNS | 55 | Manuel Poggiali | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 10 | |
| DNS | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | 26 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 189 |
| 2 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 185 |
| 3 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 182 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 121 |
| 5 | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda | 100 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 180 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 168 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 126 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 110 |
| 5 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 95 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 198 |
| 2 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 158 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 147 |
| 4 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 92 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 86 |
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