1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 50th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Mick Doohan (pictured at Phillip Island) became the 1998 500cc world champion

Season summary

Mick Doohan and Honda continued to dominate the 500 class with the Australian taking 8 victories and Honda winning all but one race.^[1] Simon Crafar winning the British Grand Prix for Yamaha's lone victory.^[1] After being shocked by 500 class rookie Max Biaggi's opening round victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, Doohan went on to claim his fifth world championship in as many years, finishing off the season with four consecutive wins.^[1]

A controversial finish marked the 250 title race. Aprilia teammates Tetsuya Harada and Loris Capirossi both went into the final race in Argentina with a chance to win the title, Capirossi leading Harada by 4 points.^[1] With one corner to go, Harada was in second, with Capirossi third, which would have given Harada the championship on tiebreak. Entering the final turn, his bike was struck from behind by Capirossi's machine, sending both riders off the track.^[1] Valentino Rossi took the win with Capirossi recovering to finish in second and claiming the title.^[1] Afterwards, Aprilia would release Capirossi from his contract.^[1]

Kazuto Sakata would win his second 125 title for Aprilia after a tight battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri.^[1]

1998 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1998:^[2]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	5 April	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
2	19 April	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix	Johor Circuit
3	3 May	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
4	17 May	Gran Premio Q8 d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
5	31 May	Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
6	14 June	Gran Premio Comunidad de Madrid	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
7	27 June ††	Rizla Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
8	5 July	British Grand Prix	Donington Park
9	19 July	Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
10	23 August	Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
11	6 September	Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
12	20 September	Grand Prix Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
13	4 October	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
14	25 October	Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

The Malaysian Grand Prix and Japanese Grand Prix swapped places, with Japan hosting the opening round Grand Prix, instead of Malaysia.
The Malaysian Grand Prix moved from the Shah Alam Circuit to the Johor Circuit.
The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Sachsenring because of the very low number of spectators who came to view the race there.
The Austrian Grand Prix was removed from the calendar, mainly because of a low number of spectators.
The Rio Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of organisational problems.
The Indonesian Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of 1997 Asian Financial Crisis that affected the country and was replaced by the Argentine Grand Prix.
The Madrid Grand Prix was added as an extra, one-off Grand Prix.

1998 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	5 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Kazuto Sakata	Daijiro Kato	Max Biaggi	Report
2	19 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Johor	Noboru Ueda	Tetsuya Harada	Mick Doohan	Report
3	3 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Loris Capirossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
4	17 May	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Tomomi Manako	Marcellino Lucchi	Mick Doohan	Report
5	31 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Kazuto Sakata	Tetsuya Harada	Àlex Crivillé	Report
6	14 June	Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix	Jarama	Lucio Cecchinello	Tetsuya Harada	Carlos Checa	Report
7	27 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Mick Doohan	Report
8	5 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Kazuto Sakata	Loris Capirossi	Simon Crafar	Report
9	19 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Tomomi Manako	Tetsuya Harada	Mick Doohan	Report
10	23 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Marco Melandri	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Report
11	6 September	City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix	Imola	Tomomi Manako	Valentino Rossi	Mick Doohan	Report
12	20 September	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Tomomi Manako	Valentino Rossi	Mick Doohan	Report
13	4 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Valentino Rossi	Mick Doohan	Report
14	25 October	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Tomomi Manako	Valentino Rossi	Mick Doohan	Report

†† = Saturday race

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Repsol Honda	Honda	Honda NSR500	1	Mick Doohan	All
			2	Tadayuki Okada	1–4, 7, 10–14
			4	Àlex Crivillé	All
		Honda NSR500V	15	Sete Gibernau	All
Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500 (XR88)	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	All
			20	Luca Cadalora	7
			25	Yukio Kagayama	2–5
			27	Katsuaki Fujiwara	10–12
			29	Keiichi Kitagawa	1
			33	Mark Willis	13
/ Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500 (OWK1)	5	Norick Abe	All
			12	Jean-Michel Bayle	10–12, 14
			20	Luca Cadalora	5–6
			21	Kyoji Nanba	1–4, 9
Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	Honda NSR500	6	Max Biaggi	All
/ / Muz Roc Rennen Sport	MuZ	MuZ 500	7	Doriano Romboni	1–2
			16	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	7
			20	Luca Cadalora	14
			77	Eskil Suter	4–6, 8–12
Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	Honda NSR500	8	Carlos Checa	1–8, 10–14
			14	Juan Borja	8
			19	John Kocinski	1–7, 10–14
			39	Gregorio Lavilla	9
Honda Gresini	Honda	Honda NSR500	9	Alex Barros	All
/ Team Roberts Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR	Modenas KR3	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	All
/ Team Roberts Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR	Modenas KR3	28	Ralf Waldmann	1–7, 9–14
Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	11	Simon Crafar	All
Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	55	Régis Laconi	1, 3–14
Shell Advance Racing	Honda	Honda NSR500V	14	Juan Borja	1–7, 10–14
			18	Garry McCoy	1–10, 13
			26	Bernard Garcia	11
			42	Craig Connell	12, 14
			42	Craig Connell	13
			53	Russel Wood	2
			58	Felisberto Teixeira	3
			71	Juan Pablo Gianini	14
			72	Fernando Cristóbal	6
			72	Fernando Cristóbal	8–9
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSR500V	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	All
Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	Honda NSR500V	22	Sébastien Gimbert	1–6, 10–14
Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	Honda NSR500V	26	Bernard Garcia	7–9
F.C.C. TSR	Honda	Honda NSR500V	23	Matt Wait	All
Team Paton	Paton	Paton V70 C10/4	43	Paolo Tessari	11–12
Team Paton	Paton	Paton V70 C10/4	63	Gianmaria Liverani	4
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	50	Noriyuki Haga	1
BP Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	52	Norihiko Fujiwara	2
Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	Honda NSR500V	57	Fabio Carpani	All
Team Zupin	Honda	Honda NSR500V	60	Jörg Schöllhorn	9
Team Vimto Honda/Paul Bird	Honda	Honda NSR500V	68	John McGuinness	8
Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	Honda NSR500V	88	Scott Smart	1, 3–14

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Standings

Riders' standings

500cc

^[3]^[4]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award.

Pos	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	Ret	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	260
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	1	3	3	2	5	6	2	6	2	1	3	DSQ	8	5	208
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	4	4	1	3	1	5	6	4	3	2	2	Ret	3	Ret	198
4	Carlos Checa	Honda	8	2	4	4	3	1	5	WD		7	10	6	DNS	8	139
5	Alex Barros	Honda	7	Ret	5	9	Ret	9	4	5	4	3	4	7	4	3	138
6	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	14	Ret	6	6	7	2	Ret	3	Ret	5	6	3	5	4	128
7	Simon Crafar	Yamaha	9	Ret	13	7	9	8	3	1	Ret	11	11	5	2	13	119
8	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	2	Ret	7	DNQ			8			4	7	2	9	2	106
9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	6	Ret	8	8	8	4	7	7	10	12	9	11	6	12	101
10	Régis Laconi	Yamaha	DNS		14	10	11	7	9	8	5	9	12	8	7	6	86
11	Sete Gibernau	Honda	10	Ret	12	14	10	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	4	Ret	9	72
12	John Kocinski	Honda	13	5	11	5	4	Ret	DNS			15	13	9	12	10	64
13	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Modenas KR3	11	11	9	Ret	13	WD	12	Ret	6	10	14	10	10	11	59
14	Ralf Waldmann	Modenas KR3	Ret	9	10	11	12	10	DNS		7	13	15	12	Ret	15	46
15	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Honda	Ret	8	18	16	15	Ret	10	9	8	16	Ret	13	11	14	40
16	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha										8	5	Ret		7	28
17	Garry McCoy	Honda	Ret	10	15	13	17	11	11	13	Ret	DNS			Ret		23
18	Kyoji Nanba	Yamaha	5	Ret	16	12					9						22
19	Matt Wait	Honda	Ret	12	20	Ret	18	13	13	Ret	14	20	18	14	13	17	17
20	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	3														16
21	Scott Smart	Honda	Ret		21	19	Ret	12	14	10	Ret	21	Ret	15	15	DNS	14
22	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki		6	19	17	DNS										10
23	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha					6	Ret									10
		Suzuki							Ret
		MuZ														Ret
24	Bernard Garcia	Honda							15	11	12		Ret				10
25	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha		7													9
26	Eskil Suter	MuZ				18	Ret	14		Ret	13	14	Ret	Ret			7
27	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda									11						5
28	Doriano Romboni	MuZ	12	DNS													4
29	John McGuinness	Honda								12							4
30	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda	Ret	13	17	15	16	DNQ				19	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	4
31	Fernando Cristóbal	Honda						15		14	15						4
32	Juan Borja	Honda	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	DNS		17	17	Ret	16	18	3
33	Mark Willis	Suzuki													14		2
34	Fabio Carpani	Honda	16	Ret	Ret	20	19	16	DNQ	15	16	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	20	1
	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki										18	16	Ret			0
	Paolo Tessari	Paton											Ret	16			0
	Craig Connell	Honda												Ret	Ret	19	0
	Juan Pablo Gianini	Honda														21	0
	Felisberto Teixeira	Honda			22												0
	Keiichi Kitagawa	Suzuki	Ret														0
	Russell Wood	Honda		Ret													0
	Gianmaria Liverani	Paton				Ret											0
	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	MuZ							Ret								0
	Jörg Schöllhorn	Honda									WD						0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

250cc

^[5]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award.

Pos	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	7	5	1	4	3	3	Ret	1	4	2	2	3	2	2	224
2	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	1	Ret	3	Ret	1	1	1	1	201
3	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	4	1	DSQ	3	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	10	2	Ret	Ret	200
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Ret	2	4	7	Ret	2	5	4	Ret	5	4	5	5	4	145
5	Olivier Jacque	Honda	5	3	3	Ret	4	Ret	Ret			Ret	5	4	3	3	112
6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	11	4	6	6	6	Ret	3	5	Ret	6	6	7	8	Ret	112
7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	12	6	7	5	5	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	11	3	6	6	Ret	102
8	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	15	11	8	12	9	7	7	8	6	8	9	10	12	11	91
9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	10	7	Ret	Ret	7	9	12	7	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	87
10	Luis D'Antin	Yamaha	DNS	Ret	9	9	8	6	4	9	12	12	11	16	7	Ret	74
11	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	8	10	Ret	8	13	5	Ret	10	7	10	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	61
12	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	Ret	12	13	Ret	14	10	10	12	11	15	8	8	13	5	61
13	Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	19	14	Ret	Ret	10	8	8	6	5	7	15	11	Ret		60
14	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	18	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	9	DNS	8	9	7	12	10	10	58
15	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia			5	1						3	Ret	Ret			52
16	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	9	12	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	9	14	14	13	9	7	52
17	Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	17	8	Ret	Ret	12	4	2	Ret	DNS						45
18	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	12	11	11	DNS				13	13	9	Ret	9	34
19	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	2												4		33
20	Daijiro Kato	Honda	1														25
21	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	15	13	Ret	16	21	15	11	8	22
22	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
23	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	3														16
24	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	14	15	10	Ret	Ret		DNS			18	18	14	15	14	14
25	Davide Bulega	Honda	20	Ret	Ret	14											11
25	Davide Bulega	ERP-Honda					16	14	17	DNS	13	20	16	Ret	Ret	12	11
26	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	6														10
27	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	Ret	Ret	16							17	20	17	14	Ret	9
27	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP-Honda				13	Ret	13	16	15	DNS						9
28	Ivan Clementi	Yamaha						11	14	Ret	Ret						7
29	Alex Hofmann	Honda									10						6
30	William Costes	Honda	DNS	Ret	15	16	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret						6
31	Choujun Kameya	Suzuki	13														3
32	Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia											17	18		13	3
33	Jamie Robinson	Yamaha								16	14						2
34	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	Ret	16	18	15	Ret	16	WD		Ret	Ret	24	Ret	19	17	1
35	Julien Allemand	Honda					15			17	WD						1
36	Ismael Bonilla	Honda			17			15									1
37	Mike Baldinger	Honda									15						1
38	Woolsey Coulter	Honda								Ret						15	1
	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda					DNS					19	22	19	18	16	0
	Makoto Tamada	Honda	16														0
	Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha													16		0
	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha		17													0
	Vincent Philippe	Honda					17										0
	David Horton	Honda													17		0
	Franck Poulle	Honda					18										0
	Jarno Janssen	Honda							18								0
	Shane Norval	Honda								18							0
	Diego Ruabén	Honda														18	0
	Maurice Bolwerk	Honda							19								0
	Igor Antonelli	Aprilia											19				0
	Leandro Mulet	Yamaha														19	0
	Rudie Markink	Honda							20								0
	David García	Honda												20			0
	Craig Frederickson	Honda													20		0
	Gabriel Borgmann	Yamaha														20	0
	André Romein	Honda							21								0
	Vladimír Častka	ERP-Honda										21					0
	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Honda												21			0
	Radomil Rous	Yamaha										22					0
	David Ortega	Honda												22			0
	Filippo Cotti	Honda											23				0
	Eustaquio Gavira	Honda			Ret									Ret			0
	Agustín Escobar	Honda			Ret												0
	Hervé Mora	Aprilia					Ret										0
	Alex Debón	Honda						Ret									0
	Gary May	Aprilia								Ret							0
	Paul Jones	Aprilia								Ret							0
	Callum Ramsay	Honda								Ret							0
	Markus Ober	Honda									Ret						0
	Mathias Neukirchen	Aprilia									Ret						0
	Adrian Schmidt	Honda									Ret						0
	Iván Silva	Honda												Ret			0
	William Strugnell	Honda													Ret		0
	Matías Ríos	Yamaha														Ret	0
	Martin Craggill	Aprilia													DNS		0
	Manuel Luque	Yamaha			DNQ												0
	José David de Gea	Yamaha						DNQ									0
	Henk van de Lagemaat	Honda							DNQ								0
	Lukáš Vavrečka	Honda										DNQ					0
	Lars Langer	Yamaha										DNQ					0
	Adam Brunskill	Yamaha													DNQ		0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

125cc

^[6]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year award.

Pos	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	1	6	1	4	1	4	2	1	7	2	4	9	4	5	229
2	Tomomi Manako	Honda	2	3	2	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	2	1	217
3	Marco Melandri	Honda	10	Ret	10	2	2	2	1	4	13	1	2	8	3	2	202
4	Masao Azuma	Honda	3	9	4	9	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	1	4	135
5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	4	12	Ret	Ret	5	1	4	6	DNS	3	Ret	4	7	3	130
6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	4	Ret	2	12	6	113
7	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	8	4	12	10	8	9	5	5	9	Ret	5	13	16	8	97
8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	6	13	8	3	Ret	5	Ret	9	Ret	5	12	10	9	10	89
9	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7	Ret	3	8	7	5	6	Ret	87
10	Frédéric Petit	Honda	11	7	11	8	6	8	8	8	DNS	10	11	15	14	13	78
11	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	7	5	11	7	12	3	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	15	76
12	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	20	10	14	11	12	Ret	16	11	2	6	9	12	Ret	7	72
13	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Ret	1	5	7	Ret							6	18	9	62
14	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	15	15	Ret	13	9	Ret	14	10	11	9	10	11	11	11	53
15	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	7					3	13	15	4	7	DNS				52
16	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	12	17	Ret	19	10	11	Ret	Ret	6	15	8	7	Ret	14	45
17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	Ret	11	16	14	7	10	9	Ret	8	11	14	16	15	17	45
18	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	9	6	Ret	16	11	7	Ret	14	Ret	20	10	12	43
19	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Aprilia	13	8	13	Ret	Ret	6	17	12	10	12	Ret	18	13	Ret	41
20	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	Ret	14	6	Ret	Ret	12	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	8	18	25
21	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	21	16	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	5	Ret	13	14	21	DNS	18
22	Nobuyuki Osaki	Yamaha	5														11
23	Juan Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	16	Ret	Ret	18	14	15	19	16	12	13	16	Ret	17	16	10
24	Takashi Akita	Yamaha	9														7
25	Paolo Tessari	Aprilia	19	18	18	12	15										5
26	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia			19	16	13	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	3
27	Álvaro Molina	Honda			Ret			13						25			3
28	Federico Cerroni	Aprilia						Ret	18	13	17	Ret	18	DNS		Ret	3
29	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia			15			14						17			3
30	Kazuhiro Takao	Honda	14														2
31	Andrea Iommi	Honda				Ret	16	18	21	18	14	16	19	24	22	Ret	2
32	Claudio Cipriani	Aprilia				15											1
33	Christian Manna	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	17	DNS			Ret	1
34	Andrea Zappa	Honda											15				1
Pos.	Rider	Bike	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

500cc

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Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	345
2	Yamaha	3	7	6	6	6	2	3	1	5	5	5	3	2	4	198
3	Suzuki	6	6	8	8	8	4	7	7	10	12	9	11	6	12	111
4	Modenas KR3	11	9	9	11	12	10	12	Ret	6	10	14	10	10	11	73
5	MuZ	12	DNS		18	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret	Ret		Ret	11
	Paton				Ret							Ret	16			0
Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

250cc

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Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Aprilia	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	338
2	Honda	1	2	3	5	4	2	3	3	10	5	3	4	3	3	215
3	Yamaha	2	10	8	8	8	5	4	8	6	8	9	9	4	9	134
4	TSR-Honda	10	7	11	10	7	8	8	6	2	4	7	8	10	5	128
5	Suzuki	6	13	14	Ret	Ret	12	11	11	9	14	14	13	9	7	59
6	ERP Honda				13	16	13	16	15	13	20	16	Ret	Ret	12	14
Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

125cc

Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts
1	Honda	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	330
2	Aprilia	1	4	1	4	1	4	2	1	2	2	4	9	4	5	243
3	Yamaha	5	17	7	5	10	7	12	3	6	13	6	7	5	14	111
	EGA Honda							22								0
Pos.	Manufacturer	JPN	MAL	ESP	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS	ARG	Pts

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