1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 April 1998 at the Johor Circuit.

  1998 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 April 1998
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix
Location	Johor Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.860 km (2.398 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Honda Time 1:28.225 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Honda Time 1:29.636 on lap 3 Podium First Mick Doohan Honda Second Carlos Checa Honda Third Max Biaggi Honda
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jürgen Fuchs Aprilia Time 1:30.395 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Aprilia Time 1:30.897 on lap 27 Podium First Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Second Tohru Ukawa Honda Third Olivier Jacque Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Honda Time 1:34.516 Fastest lap Rider Masao Azuma Honda Time 1:34.782 on lap 10 Podium First Noboru Ueda Honda Second Mirko Giansanti Honda Third Tomomi Manako Honda

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	45:15.533	1	25
2	8	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	30	+2.634	3	20
3	6	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	30	+4.410	2	16
4	4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+10.619	17	13
5	19	John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	30	+13.079	9	11
6	25	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+19.382	5	10
7	52	Norihiko Fujiwara	BP Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	30	+41.494	12	9
8	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+48.970	18	8
9	28	Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	30	+52.131	13	7
10	18	Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	30	+1:00.294	16	6
11	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	30	+1:20.245	19	5
12	23	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	30	+1:23.599	21	4
13	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	30	+1:34.532	20	3
Ret	14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	11	Accident	15
Ret	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	6	Accident	7
Ret	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	3	Accident	8
Ret	57	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	3	Retirement	22
Ret	21	Kyoji Nanba	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	1	Accident	4
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	1	Accident	14
Ret	53	Russell Wood	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	1	Accident	23
Ret	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	0	Accident	11
Ret	2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	0	Accident	6
Ret	9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Retirement	10
DNS	7	Doriano Romboni	MuZ Roc Rennen Sport	MuZ		Did not start
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	28	42:55.302	5	25
2	5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	28	+1.259	7	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Honda	28	+12.166	4	16
4	6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	28	+15.887	8	13
5	65	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	28	+18.934	3	11
6	4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	28	+19.162	10	10
7	9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	28	+21.821	9	9
8	11	Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	28	+24.109	1	8
9	27	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	28	+26.216	6	7
10	17	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	28	+34.541	11	6
11	7	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	28	+40.510	14	5
12	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	28	+45.201	13	4
13	12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	28	+45.397	19	3
14	24	Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	28	+47.662	17	2
15	18	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	28	+1:13.383	16	1
16	41	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	28	+1:26.065	22
17	56	Shahrol Yuzy	Honda	28	+1:31.633	23
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	27	Accident	2
Ret	20	William Costes	Honda	18	Retirement	20
Ret	25	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	18	Accident	25
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	17	Retirement	15
Ret	8	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	17	Retirement	18
Ret	14	Davide Bulega	Honda	14	Retirement	24
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	11	Retirement	12
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	2	Accident	21
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Noboru Ueda	Honda	26	41:34.332	1	25
2	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	26	+0.277	3	20
3	3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	26	+1.902	6	16
4	5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	26	+12.991	5	13
5	15	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	26	+14.086	2	11
6	4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	26	+31.874	4	10
7	9	Frédéric Petit	Honda	26	+36.955	10	9
8	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	26	+37.508	13	8
9	20	Masao Azuma	Honda	26	+39.492	9	7
10	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	26	+42.748	20	6
11	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	26	+44.743	18	5
12	10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	26	+44.950	11	4
13	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	26	+56.948	7	3
14	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	26	+58.446	22	2
15	26	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	26	+1:01.914	15	1
16	7	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	26	+1:02.499	17
17	62	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	26	+1:03.953	14
18	18	Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	26	+1:20.527	19
Ret	11	José Ramírez	Aprilia	7	Retirement	21
Ret	16	Christian Manna	Yamaha	7	Retirement	24
Ret	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	3	Accident	8
Ret	17	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	2	Retirement	16
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	0	Accident	12
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	0	Retirement	26
DNS	56	Magilai Meganathan	Honda	0	Did not start	25
DSQ	19	Andrea Ballerini	Honda	8	Disqualified	23
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Max Biaggi	41
2	Carlos Checa	28
3	Àlex Crivillé	26
4	Mick Doohan	25
5	Tadayuki Okada	20

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	50
2	Yamaha	25
3	Suzuki	20
4	Modenas KR3	12
5	MuZ	4

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.