1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix
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Date25 October 1998
LocationAutódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 4.350 km (2.703 mi)
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| Race 14 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 25 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 October 1998 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.
The 500cc race was known as being the final 500 cc victory for Australian Mick Doohan, while the 250cc race, won by Valentino Rossi saw a controversial title decider: on the final turn of the race, race and championship leader Tetsuya Harada was struck from behind by teammate and championship rival Loris Capirossi, who ultimately clinched the championship on appeal.[2][3]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 47:07.332 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 |  Tadayuki Okada |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +4.762 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +5.590 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +27.685 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 |  Max Biaggi |
Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 27 | +30.254 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 |  Régis Laconi |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +30.441 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +30.647 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 |  Carlos Checa |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +30.944 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +32.808 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 |  John Kocinski |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +41.714 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +46.746 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +48.264 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +1:02.063 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1:03.255 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1:06.271 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1:27.889 | 18 | |
| 17 | 23 | Matt Wait |
FCC TSR | Honda | 27 | +1:27.960 | 20 | |
| 18 | 14 | Juan Borja |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 27 | +1:28.404 | 19 | |
| 19 | 42 | Craig Connell |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 20 | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 21 | 71 |  Juan Pablo Gianini |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 4 | Àlex Crivillé |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 17 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 20 | Luca Cadalora |
MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 13 | Retirement | 9 | |
| DNS | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 22 | |
| Sources: [1][4][5] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 25 | 44:26.581 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 25 | +5.360 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 25 | +27.096 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 25 | +27.451 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 25 | +30.820 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 25 | +41.816 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 25 | +42.555 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 25 | +42.708 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 25 | +43.148 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 25 | +52.505 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 25 | +54.131 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Davide Bulega |
ERP Honda | 25 | +1:07.509 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.506 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 25 | +1:35.028 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 82 | Woolsey Coulter |
Honda | 25 | +1:37.371 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive |
Honda | 25 | +1:42.817 | 23 | |
| 17 | 41 | Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:45.353 | 24 | |
| 18 | 97 | Diego Ruabén |
Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 19 | 96 | Leandro Mulet |
Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 20 | 98 | Gabriel Borgmann |
Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 24 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 23 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 19 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 11 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 10 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 95 | Matías Ríos |
Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Sources: [6][3] | |||||||
