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Race 8 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 5 July 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | British Grand Prix[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Donington Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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500 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | 11 | ![]() |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | 46:45.662 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +11.530 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 30 | +17.924 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +22.933 | 5 | 13 |
5 | 9 | ![]() |
Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +23.430 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 30 | +35.214 | 3 | 10 |
7 | 3 | ![]() |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +53.997 | 8 | 9 |
8 | 55 | ![]() |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.211 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 17 | ![]() |
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +1:39.256 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 88 | ![]() |
Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 13 | 6 |
11 | 26 | ![]() |
Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | 5 |
12 | 68 | ![]() |
Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | 4 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 |
14 | 72 | ![]() |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | 2 |
15 | 57 | ![]() |
Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 28 | +2 laps | 19 | 1 |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | Retirement | 6 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 20 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 77 | ![]() |
MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 11 | Retirement | 14 | |
Ret | 23 | ![]() |
FCC TSR | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 15 | |
DNS | 14 | ![]() |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Did not start | |||
WD | 8 | ![]() |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Withdrew | |||
Sources:[3][4][5] |
250 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 65 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 27 | 42:55.085 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 31 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 27 | +5.682 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Honda | 27 | +38.003 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Honda | 27 | +38.349 | 4 | 13 |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Honda | 27 | +38.461 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 24 | ![]() |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +39.084 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 9 | ![]() |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +51.804 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 7 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +58.946 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 8 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:18.487 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 17 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:19.532 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 27 | +1:24.101 | 13 | 5 |
12 | 44 | ![]() |
TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:25.956 | 21 | 4 |
13 | 16 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 27 | +1:26.887 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 20 | ![]() |
Honda | 27 | +1:29.510 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 25 | ![]() |
ERP Honda | 27 | +1:35.487 | 17 | 1 |
16 | 33 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1:38.052 | 18 | |
17 | 68 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
18 | 83 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
Ret | 40 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 82 | ![]() |
Honda | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
Ret | 80 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 47 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 81 | ![]() |
Honda | 3 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 2 | |
DNS | 27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Not finished warm-up lap | 6 | |
DNS | 37 | ![]() |
TSR-Honda | Did not start | |||
DNS | 14 | ![]() |
ERP Honda | Did not start | |||
Source:[6] |
125 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | 43:48.777 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 32 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +0.431 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 41 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 26 | +4.600 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 13 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +5.197 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +5.598 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +6.517 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 23 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +20.153 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 9 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +22.334 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 8 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +31.971 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 26 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +37.432 | 18 | 6 |
11 | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +39.361 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +39.559 | 14 | 4 |
13 | 14 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +43.031 | 22 | 3 |
14 | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +43.714 | 21 | 2 |
15 | 52 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +44.370 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 17 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 26 | +44.476 | 19 | |
17 | 80 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1:21.216 | 28 | |
18 | 65 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1:24.783 | 23 | |
Ret | 81 | ![]() |
Honda | 22 | Retirement | 27 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 82 | ![]() |
Honda | 14 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 39 | ![]() |
Honda | 10 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() |
Honda | 8 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 59 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 25 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
Honda | 4 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 62 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 83 | ![]() |
Honda | 0 | Retirement | 29 | |
Source:[7] |
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[8]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1998 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "1998 British MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "British Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 July 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 July 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 July 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 20 August 2019.