1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 3

Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Jerez 01-03 May. 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 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *1'49.281  1'50.939        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 2 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'50.438 *1'49.364        Honda OXS Matteoni
 3 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'49.880 *1'49.372       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 4  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN *1'49.503  1'49.583        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 5  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'50.187 *1'49.702        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 6  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'49.968 *1'49.769      Aprilia UGT 3000
 7 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *1'49.919  1'50.239        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN *1'49.939  1'50.109        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 9  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'51.068 *1'50.016        Honda Team UGT - 3000
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'50.679 *1'50.167      Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.
11  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN *1'50.217  1'50.448      Aprilia Docshop Racing
12 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *1'50.271  1'50.647        Honda Team UGT 3000
13 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'51.053 *1'50.304        Honda Benetton Matteoni
14 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA *1'50.483  1'51.990      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
15  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'51.731 *1'50.576      Aprilia Via Digital Team
16 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'52.150 *1'50.586       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
17  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA *1'50.687  1'50.873        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
18 11 Jose Ramon RAMIREZ       SPA *1'50.728  1'51.413      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
19 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'51.454 *1'50.768      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
20 19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  1'52.131 *1'51.206        Honda Team Pileri
21 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'51.721 *1'51.253      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
22 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'52.250 *1'51.369      Aprilia Scrab Competition
23 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'51.862 *1'51.431       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
24 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA *1'51.448  1'51.828      Aprilia Via Digital Team
25 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'52.231 *1'51.616      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
26 60 Alfonso GONZALEZ         SPA  1'53.353 *1'52.388      Aprilia Via Digital Team
27 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  1'54.608 *1'52.793       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
28 58 Alvaro MOLINA            SPA *1'53.036  1'53.249        Honda Echo Team Berner
29 61 Vicente ESPARRAGOSO      SPA  1'54.920 *1'54.694       Yamaha Team Esparragoso IGM

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'44.989 *1'44.431      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 2 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  1'45.957 *1'44.456      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'45.519 *1'44.537      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 4 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'45.307 *1'44.854      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 5 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  1'46.982 *1'45.364      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'46.075 *1'45.468        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 7 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'45.958 *1'45.761       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 8  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'46.439 *1'45.787        Honda Benetton Honda
 9  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'46.174 *1'45.807        Honda Castrol 250 Team
10  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'47.088 *1'45.858        Honda F.C.C. TSR
11  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'47.601 *1'45.918       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
12 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'49.452 *1'45.968      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
13  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR           *1'45.975    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'46.805 *1'46.419       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
15  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'46.598 *1'46.562       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
16 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'47.186 *1'46.670       Yamaha Edo Racing
17 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'47.263 *1'46.957       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
18 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA *1'47.377  1'47.384    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
19 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'47.990 *1'47.418    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
20 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'47.879 *1'47.466       Yamaha Edo Racing
21 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'48.175 *1'47.472    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
22 20 William COSTES           FRA *1'48.199  1'49.092        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
23 25 Yasumasa HATAKEYAMA      JPN *1'48.413  1'50.480        Honda Penguin Racing
24 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  1'50.223 *1'48.596        Honda OXS Matteoni
25 58 Eustaquio GAVIRA         SPA  1'49.792 *1'48.792        Honda SBK Sport
26 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  1'50.100 *1'49.366      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
27 59 Ismael BONILLA           SPA  1'51.174 *1'50.336        Honda SBK Sport
28 60 Agustin ESCOBAR          SPA  1'54.090 *1'51.022        Honda SBK Sport

Out of limit time
29 61 Manuel LUQUE             SPA *2'19.954  2'21.094       Yamaha Equipo Competition M-3

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

 1  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'43.712 *1'43.467        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 2  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'44.404 *1'43.627        Honda Repsol Honda
 3  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'43.939 *1'43.815        Honda Repsol Honda
 4  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'44.158 *1'43.970        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 5  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'45.015 *1'43.987        Honda Repsol Honda
 6 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'44.689 *1'43.992        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'44.389 *1'44.052  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 8  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'44.655 *1'44.160        Honda Honda Gresini
 9 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'44.417 *1'44.217  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
10  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'44.933 *1'44.281       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
11  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'45.256 *1'44.421       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
12 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'45.921 *1'44.833        Honda Repsol Honda
13 55 Regis LACONI             FRA *1'44.935  1'45.230       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 21 Kyoji NAMBA              JPN  1'45.483 *1'45.480       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
15 25 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN *1'45.497  1'45.513       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
16 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'45.622 *1'45.612       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
17 14 Juan BORJA               SPA *1'45.668  1'45.894        Honda Shell Advance Racing
18 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'46.538 *1'45.783        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
19 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'46.302 *1'45.786        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'48.366 *1'46.351        Honda Shell Advance Racing
21 23 Matt WAIT                USA *1'47.401  1'47.494        Honda F.C.C. TSR
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'48.359 *1'48.000        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA *1'49.301  1'49.889        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
24 58 Felisberto TEIXEIRA      POR  1'51.008 *1'49.501        Honda Shell Advance Racing

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

 1  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 42'19.751 144.2                Aprilia UGT 3000
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 42'21.852 144.1      2.101       Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 42'21.980 144.1      2.229       Honda OXS Matteoni
 4 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'22.482 144.0      2.731       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 5  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN 42'28.267 143.7      8.516       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 6 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 42'37.227 143.2     17.476       Honda Team UGT 3000
 7 41 Youichi UI               JPN 42'48.502 142.6     28.751      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 8  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 42'48.701 142.6     28.950       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 9 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'48.955 142.6     29.204     Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.
10 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'48.964 142.6     29.213       Honda Benetton Matteoni
11  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 42'55.430 142.2     35.679       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
12  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 43'02.065 141.8     42.314     Aprilia Docshop Racing
13 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 43'02.623 141.8     42.872     Aprilia Via Digital Team
14 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 43'09.703 141.4     49.952     Aprilia Scrab Competition
15 60 Alfonso GONZALEZ         SPA 43'12.573 141.3     52.822     Aprilia Via Digital Team
16 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 43'12.987 141.2     53.236     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
17 11 Jose Ramon RAMIREZ       SPA 43'13.285 141.2     53.534     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
18 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA 43'32.832 140.2   1'13.081     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
19 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 43'33.886 140.1   1'14.135     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar

Not Classified
   19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 30'02.296 141.4     7 Laps       Honda Team Pileri
   17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 20'37.674 141.5    12 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
   10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 18'26.198 143.9    13 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   16 Christian MANNA          ITA 17'15.658 138.4    14 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  7'43.544 137.4    19 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
   15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  5'36.589 141.9    20 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  5'47.897 137.3    20 Laps     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
   62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'58.299 134.6    22 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   58 Alvaro MOLINA            SPA  2'02.997 129.5    22 Laps       Honda Echo Team Berner

Not started
   61 Vicente ESPARRAGOSO      SPA                                 Yamaha Team Esparragoso IGM

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 46'00.131 150.0                Aprilia Aprilia Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 46'03.546 149.8      3.415     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 46'07.707 149.6      7.576       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 46'08.317 149.5      8.186       Honda Benetton Honda
 5 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA 46'14.468 149.2     14.337     Aprilia Aprilia Team
 6  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 46'25.070 148.6     24.939       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 7  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 46'28.566 148.5     28.435       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 8  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 46'31.623 148.3     31.492      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 9  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 46'45.134 147.6     45.003      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
10 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 46'45.689 147.6     45.558      Yamaha Edo Racing
11 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 46'46.130 147.5     45.999   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
12 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 46'49.163 147.4     49.032      Yamaha Edo Racing
13 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 47'04.174 146.6   1'04.043   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
14 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 47'07.997 146.4   1'07.866      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
15 20 William COSTES           FRA 47'37.5071144.9   1'37.376       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
16 25 Yasumasa HATAKEYAMA      JPN 46'32.663 142.5      1 Lap       Honda Penguin Racing
17 59 Ismael BONILLA           SPA 46'55.862 141.4      1 Lap       Honda SBK Sport
18 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 48'10.801 137.7      1 Lap     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

Not Classified
   11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER 41'15.206 148.0     3 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 33'16.752 143.5     8 Laps   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 21'44.302 146.5    14 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 16'29.159 144.9    17 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 23'04.989 103.5    17 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Team
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  7'23.462 143.6    22 Laps      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
   58 Eustaquio GAVIRA         SPA  7'28.023 142.2    22 Laps       Honda SBK Sport
   14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  3'49.408 138.8    24 Laps       Honda OXS Matteoni

Not finished first lap
   60 Agustin ESCOBAR          SPA                                  Honda SBK Sport
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR                              TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum

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

 1  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 47'21.522 151.3                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 47'21.915 151.3      0.393       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 47'22.392 151.3      0.870       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 4  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 47'23.890 151.2      2.368       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 5  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'34.833 150.6     13.311       Honda Honda Gresini
 6  5 Norick ABE               JPN 47'35.455 150.6     13.933      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 47'35.993 150.5     14.471       Honda Repsol Honda
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 47'45.649 150.0     24.127      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 47'48.222 149.9     26.700 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
10 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 47'51.119 149.7     29.597 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
11 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 47'53.083 149.6     31.561       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 47'57.663 149.4     36.141       Honda Repsol Honda
13 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 48'03.008 149.1     41.486      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 48'16.469 148.4     54.947      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
15 18 Garry McCOY              AUS 48'16.680 148.4     55.158       Honda Shell Advance Racing
16 21 Kyoji NAMBA              JPN 48'22.694 148.1   1'01.172      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
17 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 48'27.432 147.9   1'05.910       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
18 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 48'32.323 147.6   1'10.801       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
19 25 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN 48'53.907 146.5   1'32.385      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
20 23 Matt WAIT                USA 48'55.119 146.5   1'33.597       Honda F.C.C. TSR
21 88 Scott SMART              GBR 48'10.441 143.2      1 Lap       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
22 58 Felisberto TEIXEIRA      POR 48'27.918 142.4      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing

Not Classified
   57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 28'02.587 141.9    12 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   14 Juan BORJA               SPA 23'31.120 146.7    14 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing

Schedule & Results 1998
MAIN MENU (HOME)