1998 Japanese GP results

Round 1 · April 5, 1998 · Suzuka

Winners

Pole: Max Biaggi

Pos	No.	Rider	Time/Gap
1+25	6	Max Biaggi	44:59.478
2+20	2	Tadayuki Okada	+5.416
3+16	50	Noriyuki Haga	+5.502
4+13	4	Alex Criville	+10.532
5+11	21	Kyoji Nanba	+10.879
6+10	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	+13.479
7+9	9	Alex Barros	+20.266
8+8	8	Carlos Checa	+20.439
9+7	11	Simon Crafar	+20.773
10+6	15	Sete Gibernau	+47.101
11+5	10	Kenny Roberts Jr	+1:13.558
12+4	7	Doriano Romboni	+1:22.856
13+3	19	John Kocinski	+1:24.964
14+2	5	Norick Abe	+1:25.293
15+1	14	Juan Borja	+1:59.992
—	1	Mick Doohan	DNF
—	22	Sebastien Gimbert	DNF
—	88	Scott Smart	DNF
—	17	Jurgen Van Den Goor	DNF
—	23	Matt Wait	DNF
—	29	Keiichi Kitagawa	DNF
—	18	Garry Mccoy	Out on lap 1
—	28	Ralf Waldmann	Out on lap 1

Pole: Daijiro Kato

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Daijiro Kato	Honda	41:17.096
2+20	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+0.896
3+16	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+0.962
4+13	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+1.094
5+11	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+34.301
6+10	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	+37.035
7+9	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	+37.104
8+8	Jose Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+43.094
9+7	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	+43.105
10+6	Jeremy Mcwilliams	TSR	+43.909
11+5	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+44.000
12+4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	+44.067
13+3	Choujun Kameya	Suzuki	+44.168
14+2	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+44.637
15+1	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	+44.727
16	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+53.855
17	Jurgen Fuchs	Aprilia	+1:01.999
18	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR	+1:04.359
19	Jay Vincent	TSR	+1:08.853
20	Davide Bulega	Honda	+1 lap
—	Yasu Hatakeyama	Honda	DNF
—	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	DNF
—	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	DNF
—	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	DNF
—	Roberto Rolfo	TSR	DNF
—	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	DNF
—	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	DNF
—	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	Out on lap 1

Pole: Noboru Ueda

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	41:23.963
2+20	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+0.156
3+16	Masao Azuma	Honda	+0.201
4+13	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+2.783
5+11	Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	+26.381
6+10	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+26.468
7+9	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	+33.198
8+8	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+33.422
9+7	Takashi Akita	Yamaha	+33.552
10+6	Marco Melandri	Honda	+33.834
11+5	Frederic Petit	Honda	+34.215
12+4	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+46.152
13+3	Angel Nieto Jr.	Aprilia	+46.574
14+2	Kazuhiro Takao	Honda	+48.281
15+1	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	+59.684
16	Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:03.598
17	Jose Ramon Ramirez	Aprilia	+1:12.202
18	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	+1:12.287
19	Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	+1:21.902
20	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+1:28.393
21	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	+1:33.214
—	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	DNF
—	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	DNF
—	Noboru Ueda	Honda	DNF
—	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	DNF
—	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	DNF
—	Christian Manna	Yamaha	DNF
—	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	DNF
—	Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	DNF
—	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	DNF

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