1998 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 October 1998
Official name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix[1][2]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:33.162 Fastest lap Rider Simon Crafar Time 1:33.868 on lap 11 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Simon Crafar Third Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:35.025 Fastest lap Rider Tetsuya Harada Time 1:35.253 on lap 7 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:40.490 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:40.296 on lap 23 Podium First Masao Azuma Second Tomomi Manako Third Marco Melandri

The 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1998 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

Mick Doohan, clinching his fifth and final 500cc title after winning the race.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	42:42.511	1	25
2	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+0.818	4	20
3	4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+2.684	7	16
4	9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+2.727	5	13
5	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+9.060	9	11
6	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+12.961	11	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+13.056	8	9
8	6	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	27	+14.111	2	8
9	2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+36.458	6	7
10	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	27	+43.354	12	6
11	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:00.551	15	5
12	19	John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+1:05.755	3	4
13	23	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	27	+1:07.659	17	3
14	33	Mark Willis	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1:10.720	14	2
15	88	Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	27	+1:30.432	19	1
16	14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	26	+1 lap	18
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	20	Retirement	20
Ret	57	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	13	Retirement	22
Ret	42	Craig Connell	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	7	Retirement	16
Ret	28	Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	6	Accident	10
Ret	18	Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	4	Retirement	21
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	2	Accident	13
DNS	8	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda		Did not start
Sources:[3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	25	40:06.135	2	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	25	+1.339	1	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Honda	25	+1.421	6	16
4	50	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	25	+8.461	3	13
5	5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+30.795	7	11
6	4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	25	+31.875	8	10
7	8	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+42.304	11	9
8	6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	25	+42.740	5	8
9	12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	25	+42.773	15	7
10	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	25	+45.696	13	6
11	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	25	+47.850	16	5
12	7	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	25	+48.121	18	4
13	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	25	+1:16.123	21	3
14	25	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	25	+1:16.438	17	2
15	18	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	25	+1:16.524	20	1
16	64	Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	23
17	43	David Horton	Honda	24	+1 lap	25
18	22	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda	24	+1 lap	26
19	41	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	24
20	63	Craig Frederickson	Honda	24	+1 lap	28
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	18	Accident	19
Ret	9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	16	Accident	14
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	16	Accident	10
Ret	27	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	16	Retirement	9
Ret	42	William Strugnell	Yamaha	15	Retirement	27
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	14	Accident	4
Ret	17	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	9	Retirement	12
Ret	14	Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	9	Retirement	22
DNS	15	Martin Craggill	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	62	Adam Brunskill	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source:[6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	38:56.336	4	25
2	3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	23	+0.025	2	20
3	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	23	+0.044	1	16
4	4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	23	+2.403	3	13
5	41	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	23	+2.847	5	11
6	15	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	23	+4.683	17	10
7	10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+5.204	12	9
8	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+12.758	9	8
9	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	23	+15.711	10	7
10	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+22.620	19	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	23	+24.381	18	5
12	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+24.415	6	4
13	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	23	+24.795	20	3
14	9	Frédéric Petit	Honda	23	+25.156	13	2
15	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+25.254	21	1
16	5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	23	+28.938	16
17	17	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	23	+41.540	23
18	2	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+41.615	11
19	19	Andrea Ballerini	Yamaha	23	+42.645	14
20	45	Jay Taylor	Honda	23	+54.654	24
21	7	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	23	+1:01.832	22
22	65	Andrea Iommi	Honda	23	+1:05.886	25
23	43	Peter Galvin	Honda	23	+1:18.589	27
Ret	44	Judd Greedy	Honda	22	Retirement	29
Ret	46	Anthony West	Honda	12	Accident	26
Ret	59	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	12	Accident	15
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	12	Retirement	8
Ret	62	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	2	Accident	7
Ret	24	Alessandro Romagnoli	Aprilia	2	Retirement	28
DNS	42	Chedryian Bresland	Honda		Did not start
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 235 2 Àlex Crivillé 198 3 Max Biaggi 197 4 Carlos Checa 131 5 Alex Barros 122

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 320 2 Yamaha 185 3 Suzuki 107 4 Modenas KR3 68 5 MuZ 11

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

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