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1998 French GP results

Round 5 · May 31, 1998 · Paul Ricard

Winners

• 500cc Alex Criville Honda
• 250cc Tetsuya Harada
• 125cc Kazuto Sakata Aprilia

500cc 31 laps

Pole: Mick Doohan

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Alex Criville	Honda	42:41.128
2+20		Mick Doohan	Honda	+0.283
3+16		Carlos Checa	Honda	+0.498
4+13		John Kocinski	Honda	+6.888
5+11		Max Biaggi	Honda	+10.447
6+10		Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+16.305
7+9		Norick Abe	Yamaha	+16.791
8+8		Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	+17.041
9+7		Simon Crafar	Yamaha	+20.553
10+6		Sete Gibernau	Honda	+23.754
11+5		Regis Laconi	Yamaha	+37.553
12+4		Ralf Waldmann	Modenas KR3	+43.819
13+3		Kenny Roberts Jr	Modenas KR3	+48.079
14+2		Juan Borja	Honda	+51.451
15+1		Jurgen Vd Goorbergh	Honda	+1:03.343
16		Sebastien Gimbert	Honda	+1:14.072
17		Garry Mccoy	Honda	+1:23.072
18		Matt Wait	Honda	+1 lap
19		Fabio Carpani	Honda	+1 lap
—		Alex Barros	Honda	DNF
—		Scott Smart	Honda	DNF
—		Eskil Suter	Muz Weber	DNF

250cc 29 laps

Pole: Tetsuya Harada

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	31	Tetsuya Harada		40:59.018
2+20	46	Valentino Rossi		+0.631
3+16	65	Loris Capirossi		+14.406
4+13	19	Olivier Jacque		+27.017
5+11	4	Stefano Perugini		+28.024
6+10	6	Haruchika Aoki		+28.045
7+9	9	Jeremy Mcwilliams		+36.228
8+8	8	Luis D'antin		+49.849
9+7	7	Takeshi Tsujimura		+50.216
10+6	24	Jay Vincent		+51.672
11+5	21	Franco Battaini		+53.376
12+4	11	Jurgen Fuchs		+1:01.689
13+3	17	Jose Luis Cardoso		+1:14.169
14+2	44	Roberto Rolfo		+1:18.169
—	71	Herve Mora		DNF
—	41	Federico Gartner		DNF
—	12	Noriyasu Numata		DNF
—	20	William Costes		DNF
—	37	Luca Boscoscuro		DNF
—	5	Tohru Ukawa		DNF
—	27	Sebastian Porto		DNF
—	18	Osamu Miyazaki		DNF
—	25	Yasu Hatakeyama		DNF
—	16	Johan Stigefelt		DNF

125cc 27 laps

Pole: Noboru Ueda

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	40:57.583
2+20		Marco Melandri	Honda	+0.292
3+16		Masao Azuma	Honda	+0.393
4+13		Roberto Locatelli	Honda	+3.314
5+11		Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+4.057
6+10		Frederic Petit	Honda	+4.824
7+9		Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+10.041
8+8		Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+14.660
9+7		Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+28.373
10+6		Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+32.660
11+5		Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+35.533
12+4		Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+35.617
13+3		Jeronimo Vidal	Aprilia	+48.609
14+2		Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+51.162
15+1		Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	+57.049
16		Andrea Iommi	Honda	+1:24.700
17		Randy De Puniet	Honda	+1:29.236
18		Jimmy Petit	Honda	+1 lap
—		Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	DNF
—		Tomomi Manako	Honda	DNF
—		Angel Nieto Jr.	Aprilia	DNF
—		Mirko Giansanti	Honda	DNF
—		Nicolas Dussauge	Honda	DNF
—		Christian Manna	Yamaha	DNF
—		Noboru Ueda	Honda	DNF
—		Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	DNF
—		Jaroslav Hules	Honda	DNF
—		Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	DNF

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1998 French GP, 3 races | How points work