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1998 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorsports event

Field	Value
Grand Prix	German
flag	Germany
Official_Name	Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Location	Sachsenring
Course_mi	2.180
Course_km	3.508
Race_No	9
Season_No	14
Date	19 July
Year	1998
Image	Sachsenring 1998–1999.png
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:27.894
Fast_Rider_500	Alex Barros
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Brazil
Fast_Time_500	1:28.381 on lap 3
First_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
First_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Second_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Third_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:28.684
Fast_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:28.625 on lap 3
First_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Jeremy McWilliams
Second_Rider_250_Country	UK
Third_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:30.793
Fast_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	1:30.838 on lap 28
First_Rider_125	Tomomi Manako
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Arnaud Vincent
Second_Rider_125_Country	France
Third_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 1998 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 July 1998 at the Sachsenring.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	31	46:00.876	3	25
6	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	31	+2.873	1	20
4	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	31	+11.379	7	16
9	BRA Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	31	+11.533	6	13
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+19.093	4	11
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	31	+30.087	2	10
28	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	31	+34.881	11	9
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	31	+35.033	10	8
21	JPN Kyoji Nanba	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	31	+46.078	13	7
3	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	31	+48.684	12	6
39	ESP Gregorio Lavilla	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+58.019	17	5
26	FRA Bernard Garcia	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	31	+1:03.165	19	4
77	CHE Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	31	+1:10.827	14	3
23	USA Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	31	+1:10.941	18	2
72	ESP Fernando Cristóbal	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	31	+1:31.896	20	1
57	ITA Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	30	+1 lap	21
18	AUS Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	30	Retirement	15
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	29	Retirement	9
88	GBR Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	26	Retirement	16
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	11	Accident	5
5	JPN Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	5	Accident	8
60	DEU Jörg Schöllhorn	Team Zupin	Honda		Withdrew

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	30	44:43.421	1	25
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	30	+9.033	7	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	30	+9.267	4	16
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	30	+10.611	2	13
24	GBR Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	30	+38.261	8	11
7	JPN Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	30	+43.611	10	10
17	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	30	+45.243	13	9
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	30	+45.702	16	8
12	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	30	+49.915	12	7
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Honda	30	+51.523	11	6
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	30	+54.914	18	5
8	ESP Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	30	+1:20.499	17	4
14	ITA Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	30	+1:23.418	20	3
33	GBR Jamie Robinson	Yamaha	30	+1:23.915	14	2
84	DEU Mike Baldinger	Honda	29	+1 lap	24	1
86	DEU Markus Ober	Honda	13	Accident	21
85	DEU Matthias Neukirchen	Aprilia	13	Accident	25
20	FRA William Costes	Honda	10	Retirement	23
47	ITA Ivan Clementi	Yamaha	9	Accident	19
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	6	Accident	15
27	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	4	Accident	3
6	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Honda	4	Retirement	9
4	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	3	Accident	5
5	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	3	Accident	6
41	ARG Federico Gartner	Aprilia	0	Accident	22
87	DEU Adrian Schmidt	Honda	0	Accident	26
11	DEU Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia		Did not start
25	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP Honda		Did not start
68	FRA Julien Allemand	Honda		Withdrew

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	JPN Tomomi Manako	Honda	29	44:37.947	6	25
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	29	+16.513	18	20
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Honda	29	+24.754	9	16
52	JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	29	+24.771	11	13
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	29	+25.778	8	11
62	JPN Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	29	+28.862	16	10
4	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	29	+37.703	2	9
22	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	29	+39.681	10	8
5	JPN Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	29	+41.147	7	7
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	29	+49.449	15	6
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Aprilia	29	+54.783	23	5
17	ESP Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	29	+54.868	19	4
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	29	+55.292	1	3
65	ITA Andrea Iommi	Honda	29	+55.350	21	2
16	ITA Christian Manna	Yamaha	29	+58.319	25	1
85	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	29	+1:09.226	20
14	ITA Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	29	+1:17.974	17
84	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	29	+1:27.436	24
86	DEU Oliver Perschke	Yamaha	29	+1:28.176	27
87	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Honda	29	+1:29.205	28
20	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	10	Retirement	14
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Yamaha	9	Accident	4
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	9	Accident	3
59	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	8	Accident	22
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	7	Accident	5
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	7	Accident	12
88	DEU Maik Stief	Yamaha	6	Retirement	26
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	3	Accident	13
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Honda		Did not start
10	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	AUS Mick Doohan	160
2	ITA Max Biaggi	148
3	SPA Àlex Crivillé	142
4	SPA Carlos Checa	106
5	NZL Simon Crafar	75

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	220
2	JPN Yamaha	127
3	JPN Suzuki	81
4	MYS Modenas KR3	48
5	GER MuZ	9

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1997 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1999 German Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "1998 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(19 July 1998). "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(19 July 1998). "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(19 July 1998). "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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