1998 Argentine Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 October 1998
Official name	Gran PremioMarlboro de Argentina[1]
Location	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.350 km (2.703 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:44.193 Fastest lap Rider Tadayuki Okada Time 1:44.122 on lap 24 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Tadayuki Okada Third Alex Barros
250cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:45.568 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:45.473 on lap 6 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position Rider Roberto Locatelli Time 1:50.550 Fastest lap Rider Masao Azuma Time 1:49.917 on lap 21 Podium First Tomomi Manako Second Marco Melandri Third Lucio Cecchinello

The1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 October 1998 at theAutódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez inBuenos Aires.

The 500cc race was known as being the final 500 cc victory for AustralianMick Doohan, while the 250cc race, won byValentino Rossi saw a controversial title decider: on the final turn of the race, race and championship leaderTetsuya Harada was struck from behind by teammate and championship rivalLoris Capirossi, who ultimately clinched the championship on appeal.^[2][3]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	47:07.332	1	25
2	2	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+4.762	2	20
3	9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+5.590	8	16
4	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+27.685	17	13
5	6	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	27	+30.254	14	11
6	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+30.441	5	10
7	12	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	27	+30.647	6	9
8	8	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+30.944	3	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	+32.808	4	7
10	19	John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+41.714	10	6
11	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	ModenasKR3	27	+46.746	11	5
12	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+48.264	13	4
13	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+1:02.063	16	3
14	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:03.255	15	2
15	28	Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	ModenasKR3	27	+1:06.271	12	1
16	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	27	+1:27.889	18
17	23	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	27	+1:27.960	20
18	14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	27	+1:28.404	19
19	42	Craig Connell	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	26	+1 lap	21
20	57	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	26	+1 lap	23
21	71	Juan Pablo Gianini	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	26	+1 lap	24
Ret	4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	17	Accident	7
Ret	20	Luca Cadalora	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	13	Retirement	9
DNS	88	Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	0	Did not start	22
Sources:[1][4][5]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	25	44:26.581	3	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	25	+5.360	1	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Honda	25	+27.096	2	16
4	5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+27.451	6	13
5	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	25	+30.820	16	11
6	9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	25	+41.816	9	10
7	12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	25	+42.555	8	9
8	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	25	+42.708	11	8
9	21	Franco Battaini	Yamaha	25	+43.148	7	7
10	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	25	+52.505	15	6
11	7	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	25	+54.131	12	5
12	14	Davide Bulega	ERPHonda	25	+1:07.509	19	4
13	45	Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	25	+1:12.506	18	3
14	18	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	25	+1:35.028	17	2
15	82	Woolsey Coulter	Honda	25	+1:37.371	21	1
16	22	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda	25	+1:42.817	23
17	41	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	25	+1:45.353	24
18	97	Diego Ruabén	Honda	24	+1 lap	25
19	96	Leandro Mulet	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	27
20	98	Gabriel Borgmann	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	28
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	24	Accident	4
Ret	6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	23	Retirement	13
Ret	25	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	19	Accident	22
Ret	8	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	18	Accident	20
Ret	27	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	12	Retirement	5
Ret	17	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	11	Retirement	10
Ret	4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	10	Retirement	14
Ret	95	Matías Ríos	Yamaha	1	Retirement	26
Sources:[6][3]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	23	42:43.976	8	25
2	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	23	+0.566	2	20
3	10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+1.137	16	16
4	20	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+1.191	10	13
5	4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	23	+16.111	3	11
6	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+16.314	4	10
7	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+21.921	7	9
8	5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	23	+22.833	13	8
9	2	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+23.597	11	7
10	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	23	+23.922	15	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	23	+23.958	14	5
12	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+27.543	12	4
13	9	Frédéric Petit	Honda	23	+27.720	6	3
14	62	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	23	+27.822	22	2
15	41	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	23	+42.461	5	1
16	17	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	23	+52.756	21
17	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+54.889	20
18	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+55.022	19
19	94	Cristiano Vieira	Honda	22	+1 lap	26
20	97	Sílvio César Zequim	Honda	22	+1 lap	27
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	10	Accident	1
Ret	16	Christian Manna	Yamaha	7	Retirement	24
Ret	65	Andrea Iommi	Honda	6	Accident	18
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	5	Accident	23
Ret	14	Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	5	Retirement	25
Ret	59	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	2	Retirement	17
DNS	7	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	0	Did not start	9
DNQ	95	César Barros	Honda		Did not qualify
Source:[7]

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[8][9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Mick Doohan 260 2 Max Biaggi 208 3 Àlex Crivillé 198 4 Carlos Checa 139 5 Alex Barros 138

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 345 2 Yamaha 198 3 Suzuki 111 4 ModenasKR3 73 5 MuZ 11

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

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