1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix
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Date6 September 1998
LocationAutodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 4.930 km (3.063 mi)
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| Race 11 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 September 1998 at Imola.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | 46:00.092 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Àlex Crivillé |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +6.564 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 |  Max Biaggi |
Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 25 | +8.721 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 |  Alex Barros |
Honda Gresini | Honda | 25 | +11.244 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 |  Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 25 | +21.672 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 |  Norick Abe |
Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 25 | +28.407 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +36.627 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Repsol Honda | Honda | 25 | +36.876 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +37.332 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Carlos Checa |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +47.677 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +55.890 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Régis Laconi |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +57.040 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 |  John Kocinski |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +58.878 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:06.104 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:18.308 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +1:19.432 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Juan Borja |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 25 | +1:28.491 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Matt Wait |
FCC TSR | Honda | 25 | +1:50.817 | 20 | |
| 19 | 57 | Fabio Carpani |
Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Eskil Suter |
MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 18 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Bernard Garcia |
Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 88 |  Scott Smart |
Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 43 | Paolo Tessari |
Team Paton | Paton | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Sources: [1][2][3] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 23 | 43:43.815 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Aprilia | 23 | +2.687 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 23 | +4.175 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 23 | +6.524 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Honda | 23 | +29.180 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 23 | +31.615 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +32.948 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +33.614 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura |
Yamaha | 23 | +35.892 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia | 23 | +39.595 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Luis d'Antin |
Yamaha | 23 | +53.590 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 23 | +53.988 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Yamaha | 23 | +54.686 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata |
Suzuki | 23 | +56.383 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:00.924 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Davide Bulega |
ERP Honda | 23 | +1:13.181 | 16 | |
| 17 | 45 | Diego Giugovaz |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.205 | 21 | |
| 18 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki |
Yamaha | 23 | +1:25.369 | 17 | |
| 19 | 48 | Igor Antonelli |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:29.514 | 22 | |
| 20 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama |
Honda | 23 | +1:33.769 | 24 | |
| 21 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Suzuki | 23 | +1:35.296 | 23 | |
| 22 | 22 | Matthieu Lagrive |
Honda | 23 | +1:38.260 | 25 | |
| 23 | 49 | Filippo Cotti |
Honda | 23 | +1:42.065 | 26 | |
| 24 | 41 |  Federico Gartner |
Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
TSR-Honda | 6 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi |
Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto |
Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||||
