The 1998 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 May 1998 at Le Castellet.
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| Race 5 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 31 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 31 | 42:41.128 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 31 | +0.283 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +0.498 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 |  John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +6.888 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 31 | +10.447 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 20 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 31 | +16.305 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 |  Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 31 | +16.791 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 31 | +17.041 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 |  Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +20.553 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 31 | +23.754 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +37.553 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 31 | +43.819 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 31 | +48.079 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 31 | +51.451 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 31 | +1:03.343 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 31 | +1:14.072 | 18 | |
| 17 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 31 | +1:23.072 | 19 | |
| 18 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 30 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 19 | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 30 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| Ret | 9 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 88 |  Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Eskil Suter | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 1 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNS | 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
| Sources: [4][5][6] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
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125 cc classification
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Championship standings after the race (500cc)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[9]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1998". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "1998 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1998 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1998". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 31 May 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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