1998 Dutch TT

The 1998 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1998 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

  1998 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 June 1998
Official name	Rizla Dutch TT
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:02.092 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:02.941 on lap 20 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Max Biaggi Third Simon Crafar
250cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 2:05.567 Fastest lap Rider Tetsuya Harada Time 2:06.452 on lap 3 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jürgen Fuchs Third Haruchika Aoki
125cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 2:13.411 Fastest lap Rider Tomomi Manako Time 2:14.378 on lap 16 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Kazuto Sakata Third Tomomi Manako

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	20	41:17.788	1	25
2	6	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	20	0.560	4	20
3	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	20	1.151	2	16
4	9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	20	5.151	6	13
5	8	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	20	13.827	5	11
6	4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	20	21.256	9	10
7	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	20	28.877	8	9
8	2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	20	33.544	10	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	20	44.870	17	7
10	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	20	48.118	11	6
11	18	Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	20	1:11.257	15	5
12	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	20	1:30.137	13	4
13	23	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	20	1:39.885	19	3
14	88	Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	20	2:49.856	20	2
15	26	Bernard Garcia	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	20	3:02.687	18	1
Ret	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	16	Retirement	3
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	16	Retirement	12
Ret	20	Luca Cadalora	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	9	Accident	7
Ret	14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	9	Accident	16
Ret	16	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	5	Retirement	14
DNS	28	Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3		Did not start
DNS	19	John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	57	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda		Did not qualify
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	18	38:31.905	3	25
2	11	Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	18	19.184	4	20
3	6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	18	19.516	5	16
4	8	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	18	21.682	21	13
5	5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	18	21.721	6	11
6	27	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	18	21.927	9	10
7	7	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	18	22.084	10	9
8	24	Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	18	27.290	17	8
9	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	18	33.444	15	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	18	37.467	11	6
11	12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	18	42.228	12	5
12	9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	18	42.659	13	4
13	20	William Costes	Honda	18	50.841	16	3
14	47	Ivan Clementi	Yamaha	18	52.029	22	2
15	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	18	53.759	20	1
16	25	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP Honda	18	1:08.503	19
17	14	Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	18	1:08.716	18
18	76	Jarno Janssen	Honda	18	1:21.462	24
19	75	Maurice Bolwerk	Honda	18	1:21.546	23
20	78	Rudie Markink	Honda	18	1:44.511	25
21	77	André Romein	Honda	18	2:11.041	26
Ret	17	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	12	Accident	14
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	9	Retirement	1
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	8	Retirement	2
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Honda	4	Accident	7
Ret	4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	4	Accident	8
DNS	18	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha		Did not start
DNQ	79	Henk van de Lagemaat	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	41	Federico Gartner	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source:

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	17	38:27.391	6	25
2	4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	17	0.028	1	20
3	3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	17	9.626	3	16
4	10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	17	10.331	8	13
5	5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	17	10.410	2	11
6	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	17	10.425	4	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	17	10.700	7	9
8	9	Frédéric Petit	Honda	17	11.417	12	8
9	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	17	14.678	10	7
10	20	Masao Azuma	Honda	17	24.158	5	6
11	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	17	25.011	14	5
12	41	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	17	30.265	13	4
13	52	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	17	30.369	15	3
14	26	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	17	33.345	9	2
15	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	17	33.527	21	1
16	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	17	33.742	11
17	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	17	36.359	20
18	14	Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	17	59.159	19
19	17	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	17	1:02.676	23
20	59	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	17	1:02.920	17
21	65	Andrea Iommi	Honda	17	1:43.557	24
22	74	Hans Koopman	EGA Honda	17	3:53.297	25
23	78	Wilhelm van Leeuwen	Honda	16	1 lap	27
24	76	Harold de Haan	Honda	16	1 lap	28
Ret	62	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	10	Retirement	22
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	9	Accident	16
Ret	16	Christian Manna	Yamaha	9	Retirement	26
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	0	Retirement	18
DNQ	77	Ronnie Timmer	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	75	Wim Kroegman	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Max Biaggi	118
2	Mick Doohan	115
3	Àlex Crivillé	113
4	Carlos Checa	106
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	56

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	175
2	Yamaha	91
3	Suzuki	66
4	Modenas KR3	38
5	MuZ	6

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