1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 13

Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Phillip Island 02-04 Oct. 1998
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'40.490  1'42.075        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'41.395 *1'40.582        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'40.992 *1'40.608      Aprilia UGT 3000
 4 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN *1'40.747  1'41.481        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 5 41 Youichi UI               JPN *1'40.886  1'41.254       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'41.012 *1'40.968        Honda OXS Matteoni
 7 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN *1'41.019  1'42.334       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 8 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'41.760 *1'41.060      Aprilia Scrab Competition
 9 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *1'41.137  1'42.963        Honda Team UGT 3000
10  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA *1'41.192  1'43.097        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
11  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN *1'41.314  1'42.790        Honda Givi Honda LCR
12 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'41.560 *1'41.343        Honda Givi Honda LCR
13  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA *1'41.481  1'42.305        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
14 19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA *1'41.589  1'42.396       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
15 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA *1'41.688  1'42.148      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
16  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'42.206 *1'41.698      Aprilia Docshop Racing
17 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *1'41.742  1'41.856        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
18 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'43.004 *1'41.759      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
19 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA *1'41.783  1'41.980      Aprilia Motoracing Team
20 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA *1'41.903  1'42.509      Aprilia Via Digital Team
21 22 Steve JENKNER            GER *1'42.291  1'42.379      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
22  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *1'42.322  1'43.013      Aprilia Via Digital Team
23 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA *1'42.731  1'45.131       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
24 45 Jay TAYLOR               AUS *1'42.741  1'42.763        Honda Team Taylor Racing
25 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'45.004 *1'43.600        Honda Team Pileri
26 46 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'45.173 *1'43.886        Honda Christopher West Plumbing
27 43 Peter GALVIN             AUS *1'44.413  1'45.479        Honda Teknic Motorcycle Clothing
28 24 Alessandro ROMAGNOLI     ITA *1'44.991  1'48.413      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
29 44 Judd GREEDY              AUS  1'47.125 *1'45.132        Honda Southern Cross Sports
30 42 Chedryian BRESLAND       AUS  1'46.464 *1'45.394        Honda Fairbairn Cranes-Black Mamba

250cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'35.589 *1'35.025      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'35.483 *1'35.439      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 50 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'35.925 *1'35.536       Yamaha BP Yamaha Racing Team
 4 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN *1'35.582  1'36.897      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 5  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN *1'35.776  1'37.536        Honda F.C.C. TSR
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA *1'35.867  1'36.202        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 7  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *1'35.972  1'36.778        Honda Benetton Honda
 8  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *1'36.108  1'37.338        Honda Castrol 250 Team
 9 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'36.825 *1'36.354      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *1'36.396  1'36.848       Yamaha Edo Racing
11  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA *1'36.429  1'36.456       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
12 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA *1'36.439                 Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA *1'36.501  1'37.926    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
14  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR *1'36.515  1'36.881    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
15 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'37.180 *1'36.567       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
16 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'37.669 *1'36.967       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
17 15 Martin CRAGGILL          AUS *1'37.217                Aprilia Docshop Racing
18 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN *1'37.453  1'38.472        Honda Penguin Racing
19  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN *1'37.668  1'37.919       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
20 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR *1'38.118  1'38.496    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
21 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'39.252 *1'38.527       Yamaha Edo Racing
22 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'39.192 *1'38.654    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
23 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA *1'39.147  1'39.469    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
24 64 Shaun GERONIMI           AUS  1'41.306 *1'39.563       Yamaha Rgv Spares
25 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG *1'39.585  1'40.035      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
26 43 David HORTON             AUS *1'39.642  1'39.833        Honda Team Taylor Racing
27 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA  1'40.950 *1'40.060        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
28 42 William STRUGNELL        AUS *1'40.857                 Yamaha Strugnell Racing
29 63 Craig FREDERICKSON       NZL  1'42.909 *1'41.177        Honda Allect Racing

Out of limit time
30 62 Adam BRUNSKILL           AUS *1'41.719  1'43.065       Yamaha Brunskill Racing

500cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS *1'33.162  1'34.164        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA *1'33.712  1'35.371        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 3 19 John KOCINSKI            USA *1'33.789  1'35.721        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 4 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL *1'33.860  1'34.137       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5  9 Alex BARROS              BRA *1'34.106  1'34.694        Honda Honda Gresini
 6  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN *1'34.169  1'35.234        Honda Repsol Honda
 7  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA *1'34.240  1'34.332        Honda Repsol Honda
 8 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'35.412 *1'34.403       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 9  5 Norick ABE               JPN *1'34.483  1'34.863       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER *1'34.544  1'35.886  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
11  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN *1'34.702  1'34.815       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
12 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA *1'34.805  1'36.221  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
13 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'36.129 *1'35.389        Honda Repsol Honda
14  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA *1'35.731                  Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
15 33 Mark WILLIS              AUS  1'37.307 *1'36.036       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
16 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED *1'36.114  1'36.136        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
17 42 Craig CONNELL            AUS  1'36.604 *1'36.536        Honda Shell Advance Racing
18 23 Matt WAIT                USA *1'36.684  1'37.122        Honda F.C.C. TSR
19 14 Juan BORJA               SPA *1'36.750  1'36.805        Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'37.669 *1'37.245        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
21 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA *1'37.525  1'37.821        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
22 18 Garry McCOY              AUS *1'39.078  1'39.325        Honda Shell Advance Racing
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA *1'39.646  1'40.117        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 38'56.336 157.6                  Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 38'56.361 157.6      0.025       Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 38'56.380 157.6      0.044       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 4  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 38'58.739 157.5      2.403     Aprilia UGT 3000
 5 41 Youichi UI               JPN 38'59.183 157.4      2.847      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 39'01.019 157.3      4.683       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 7 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 39'01.540 157.3      5.204       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 39'09.094 156.8     12.758       Honda Team UGT 3000
 9  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 39'12.047 156.6     15.711       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 39'18.956 156.1     22.620     Aprilia Motoracing Team
11 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 39'20.717 156.0     24.381     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
12 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 39'20.751 156.0     24.415       Honda OXS Matteoni
13 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 39'21.131 156.0     24.795     Aprilia Via Digital Team
14  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 39'21.492 156.0     25.156       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
15 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 39'21.590 156.0     25.254     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
16  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 39'25.274 155.7     28.938     Aprilia Docshop Racing
17 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 39'37.876 154.9     41.540      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
18  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN 39'37.951 154.9     41.615       Honda Givi Honda LCR
19 19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 39'38.981 154.8     42.645      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
20 45 Jay TAYLOR               AUS 39'50.990 154.0     54.654       Honda Team Taylor Racing
21  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 39'58.168 153.6   1'01.832     Aprilia Via Digital Team
22 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 40'02.222 153.3   1'05.886       Honda Team Pileri
23 43 Peter GALVIN             AUS 40'14.925 152.5   1'18.589       Honda Teknic Motorcycle Clothing

Not Classified
   44 Judd GREEDY              AUS 38'45.059 151.5      1 Lap       Honda Southern Cross Sports
   46 Anthony WEST             AUS 20'42.574 154.6    11 Laps       Honda Christopher West Plumbing
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 20'42.660 154.6    11 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
   21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 20'52.654 153.4    11 Laps     Aprilia Scrab Competition
   62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  3'33.111 150.3    21 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   24 Alessandro ROMAGNOLI     ITA  3'42.835 143.7    21 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 40'06.135 166.4                Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 40'07.474 166.3      1.339     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 40'07.556 166.3      1.421       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 4 50 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 40'14.596 165.8      8.461      Yamaha BP Yamaha Racing Team
 5  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 40'36.930 164.3     30.795       Honda Benetton Honda
 6  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 40'38.010 164.2     31.875       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 7  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 40'48.439 163.5     42.304      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 8  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 40'48.875 163.5     42.740       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 9 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 40'48.908 163.5     42.773      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
10 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 40'51.831 163.3     45.696   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
11 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 40'53.985 163.1     47.850      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
12  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 40'54.256 163.1     48.121      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
13 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 41'22.258 161.3   1'16.123   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
14 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 41'22.573 161.3   1'16.438       Honda Penguin Racing
15 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 41'22.659 161.2   1'16.524      Yamaha Edo Racing
16 64 Shaun GERONIMI           AUS 40'14.712 159.2      1 Lap      Yamaha Rgv Spares
17 43 David HORTON             AUS 40'28.030 158.3      1 Lap       Honda Team Taylor Racing
18 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA 40'28.036 158.3      1 Lap       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
19 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 40'46.848 157.1      1 Lap     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
20 63 Craig FREDERICKSON       NZL 41'42.995 153.5      1 Lap       Honda Allect Racing

Not Classified
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 29'48.449 161.2     7 Laps   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 26'01.136 164.1     9 Laps   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
   21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 26'01.683 164.1     9 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 26'13.858 162.8     9 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   42 William STRUGNELL        AUS 25'40.077 156.0    10 Laps      Yamaha Strugnell Racing
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 22'29.308 166.1    11 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
   17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 14'59.253 160.3    16 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
   14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 15'12.031 158.0    16 Laps   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 42'42.511 168.7                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 42'43.329 168.7      0.818      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 3  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 42'45.195 168.5      2.684       Honda Repsol Honda
 4  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 42'45.238 168.5      2.727       Honda Honda Gresini
 5  5 Norick ABE               JPN 42'51.571 168.1      9.060      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 42'55.472 167.9     12.961      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 7 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 42'55.567 167.9     13.056      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 8  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 42'56.622 167.8     14.111       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 9  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 43'18.969 166.4     36.458       Honda Repsol Honda
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 43'25.865 165.9     43.354 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
11 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 43'43.062 164.8   1'00.551       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
12 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 43'48.266 164.5   1'05.755       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
13 23 Matt WAIT                USA 43'50.170 164.4   1'07.659       Honda F.C.C. TSR
14 33 Mark WILLIS              AUS 43'53.231 164.2   1'10.720      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
15 88 Scott SMART              GBR 44'12.943 163.0   1'30.432       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
16 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 42'53.089 161.8      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing

Not Classified
   22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 32'35.736 163.8     7 Laps       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 22'01.798 157.5    14 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   42 Craig CONNELL            AUS 11'25.494 163.5    20 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
   28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  9'44.208 164.5    21 Laps Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
   18 Garry McCOY              AUS  6'46.677 157.5    23 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
   15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  3'18.342 161.5    25 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda

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