The 1998 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1998 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

Netherlands  1998 Dutch Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 14 races in the
1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 June 1998
Official nameRizla Dutch TT[1][2]
LocationTT Circuit Assen
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:02.092
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:02.941 on lap 20
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third New Zealand Simon Crafar
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 2:05.567
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 2:06.452 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Germany Jürgen Fuchs
Third Japan Haruchika Aoki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:13.411
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tomomi Manako
Time 2:14.378 on lap 16
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Japan Tomomi Manako

500 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Honda 20 41:17.788 1 25
2 6   Max Biaggi Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 20 +0.560 4 20
3 11   Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 20 +1.151 2 16
4 9   Alex Barros Honda Gresini Honda 20 +5.151 6 13
5 8   Carlos Checa Movistar Honda Pons Honda 20 +13.827 5 11
6 4   Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda 20 +21.256 9 10
7 3   Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 20 +28.877 8 9
8 2   Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda 20 +33.544 10 8
9 55   Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 20 +44.870 17 7
10 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 20 +48.118 11 6
11 18   Garry McCoy Shell Advance Racing Honda 20 +1:11.257 15 5
12 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts Modenas KR3 20 +1:30.137 13 4
13 23   Matt Wait FCC TSR Honda 20 +1:39.885 19 3
14 88   Scott Smart Team Millar Honda Britain Honda 20 +2:49.856 20 2
15 26   Bernard Garcia Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 20 +3:02.687 18 1
Ret 5   Norick Abe Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha 16 Retirement 3
Ret 15   Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda 16 Retirement 12
Ret 20   Luca Cadalora Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 9 Accident 7
Ret 14   Juan Borja Shell Advance Racing Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 16   Jean-Philippe Ruggia MuZ Roc RennSport MuZ 5 Retirement 14
DNS 28   Ralf Waldmann Marlboro Team Roberts Modenas KR3 Did not start
DNS 19   John Kocinski Movistar Honda Pons Honda Did not start
DNQ 57   Fabio Carpani Team Polini Inoxmacel Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Aprilia 18 38:31.905 3 25
2 11   Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia 18 +19.184 4 20
3 6   Haruchika Aoki Honda 18 +19.516 5 16
4 8   Luis d'Antin Yamaha 18 +21.682 21 13
5 5   Tohru Ukawa Honda 18 +21.721 6 11
6 27   Sebastián Porto Aprilia 18 +21.927 9 10
7 7   Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 18 +22.084 10 9
8 24   Jason Vincent TSR-Honda 18 +27.290 17 8
9 37   Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 18 +33.444 15 7
10 44   Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 18 +37.467 11 6
11 12   Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 18 +42.228 12 5
12 9   Jeremy McWilliams TSR-Honda 18 +42.659 13 4
13 20   William Costes Honda 18 +50.841 16 3
14 47   Ivan Clementi Yamaha 18 +52.029 22 2
15 16   Johan Stigefelt Suzuki 18 +53.759 20 1
16 25   Yasumasa Hatakeyama ERP Honda 18 +1:08.503 19
17 14   Davide Bulega ERP Honda 18 +1:08.716 18
18 76   Jarno Janssen Honda 18 +1:21.462 24
19 75   Maurice Bolwerk Honda 18 +1:21.546 23
20 78   Rudie Markink Honda 18 +1:44.511 25
21 77   André Romein Honda 18 +2:11.041 26
Ret 17   José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 12 Accident 14
Ret 65   Loris Capirossi Aprilia 9 Retirement 1
Ret 31   Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 8 Retirement 2
Ret 19   Olivier Jacque Honda 4 Accident 7
Ret 4   Stefano Perugini Honda 4 Accident 8
DNS 18   Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 79   Henk van de Lagemaat Honda Did not qualify
WD 41   Federico Gartner Aprilia Withdrew
Source:[6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13   Marco Melandri Honda 17 38:27.391 6 25
2 4   Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 17 +0.028 1 20
3 3   Tomomi Manako Honda 17 +9.626 3 16
4 10   Lucio Cecchinello Honda 17 +10.331 8 13
5 5   Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 17 +10.410 2 11
6 32   Mirko Giansanti Honda 17 +10.425 4 10
7 15   Roberto Locatelli Honda 17 +10.700 7 9
8 9   Frédéric Petit Honda 17 +11.417 12 8
9 22   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 17 +14.678 10 7
10 20   Masao Azuma Honda 17 +24.158 5 6
11 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 17 +25.011 14 5
12 41   Youichi Ui Yamaha 17 +30.265 13 4
13 52   Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 17 +30.369 15 3
14 26   Ivan Goi Aprilia 17 +33.345 9 2
15 39   Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17 +33.527 21 1
16 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 17 +33.742 11
17 29   Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 17 +36.359 20
18 14   Federico Cerroni Aprilia 17 +59.159 19
19 17   Enrique Maturana Yamaha 17 +1:02.676 23
20 59   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 17 +1:02.920 17
21 65   Andrea Iommi Honda 17 +1:43.557 24
22 74   Hans Koopman EGA Honda 17 +3:53.297 25
23 78   Wilhelm van Leeuwen Honda 16 +1 lap 27
24 76   Harold de Haan Honda 16 +1 lap 28
Ret 62   Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 10 Retirement 22
Ret 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 16   Christian Manna Yamaha 9 Retirement 26
Ret 7   Emilio Alzamora Aprilia 0 Retirement 18
DNQ 77   Ronnie Timmer Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 75   Wim Kroegman Yamaha Did not qualify
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "1998 Dutch TT MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1998 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Rizla Dutch TT – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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