1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 8

British Grand Prix
Donington Park 03-05 Jul. 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  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'40.609 *1'39.294      Aprilia UGT 3000
 2 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'40.893 *1'39.311       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 3  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'40.569 *1'39.554        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'40.512 *1'39.917        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 5 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'40.231 *1'39.962        Honda OXS Matteoni
 6 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'40.400 *1'40.114        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 7  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'40.773 *1'40.144        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 8 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'40.842 *1'40.197      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
 9 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'41.406 *1'40.220        Honda Team UGT 3000
10  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'40.932 *1'40.291      Aprilia Docshop Racing
11 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'40.859 *1'40.346      Aprilia Motoracing Team
12  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'41.154 *1'40.549        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
13 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'40.657 *1'40.626        Honda Givi Honda LCR
14 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'41.610 *1'40.829      Aprilia Via Digital Team
15 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'41.687 *1'40.910       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
16 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN  1'41.805 *1'41.069        Honda Givi Honda LCR
17 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'41.950 *1'41.089      Aprilia Scrab Competition
18 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'41.495 *1'41.093      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
19 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'43.717 *1'41.340       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
20 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN *1'41.348  1'42.211        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
21  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'41.974 *1'41.470      Aprilia Via Digital Team
22 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA  1'41.848 *1'41.687      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
23 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'43.286 *1'42.190        Honda Team Pileri
24 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA *1'42.489  1'42.600      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
25 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  1'44.856 *1'43.432       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
26 82 John PEARSON             GBR  1'44.390 *1'43.507        Honda Racing Lines / Clive Horton
27 81 Chris PALMER             GBR  1'44.266 *1'43.547        Honda L Rumney / Garstang Cleaning
28 80 Leon HASLAM              GBR  1'44.754 *1'44.132        Honda Honda Britain / Ron Haslam
29 83 David MATEER             GBR  1'45.590 *1'44.602        Honda Ulster Racing / Eddie Mateer

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'34.270 *1'34.085      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'35.596 *1'34.440      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN *1'34.570  1'34.577      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'36.022 *1'35.323        Honda Benetton Honda
 5  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'36.239 *1'35.497        Honda Castrol 250 Team
 6 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'39.103 *1'35.498      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
 7  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'35.930 *1'35.508        Honda F.C.C. TSR
 8  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'36.017 *1'35.608       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 9 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER           *1'35.694      Aprilia Docshop Racing
10 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'36.391 *1'35.698    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
11  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'36.634 *1'35.856    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
12 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'36.342 *1'36.000       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'36.351 *1'36.009       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
14  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'36.890 *1'36.534       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
15 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'37.850 *1'37.198       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
16 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'37.242 *1'37.233    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
17 20 William COSTES           FRA *1'37.249  1'37.363        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
18 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  1'38.748 *1'37.292    Erp Honda Penguin Racing
19 33 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR  1'38.700 *1'37.339       Yamaha Edo Racing
20 82 Woolsey COULTER          GBR  1'37.847 *1'37.343        Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
21 47 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA *1'37.401  1'37.572       Yamaha Edo Racing
22 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA *1'37.896  1'38.952    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
23 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA *1'37.992  1'52.695    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
24 68 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  1'39.221 *1'38.036        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
25 40 Gary MAY                 GBR  1'38.896 *1'38.445      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
26 80 Paul JONES               GBR  1'39.140 *1'38.568      Aprilia Aprilia UK / Blacks Bikeshop
27 83 Shane NORVAL             GBR  1'38.684 *1'38.621        Honda Team Colin Appleyard Racing
28 81 Callum RAMSAY            GBR  1'39.721 *1'38.836        Honda Honda Britain / Qub Team Optimum

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

 1 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'33.038 *1'32.128       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'32.871 *1'32.173        Honda Repsol Honda
 3  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'33.733 *1'32.490        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 4  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'33.151 *1'32.613       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 5  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'33.365 *1'32.881        Honda Repsol Honda
 6 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'33.884 *1'32.892  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 7  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'33.236 *1'33.150        Honda Honda Gresini
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'33.833 *1'33.394       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'34.431 *1'33.437       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
10 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'35.046 *1'33.713        Honda Repsol Honda
11 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'34.512 *1'34.079        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'35.360 *1'34.370        Honda Shell Advance Racing
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'35.287 *1'34.452        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
14 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'35.903 *1'34.932        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
15 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI *1'35.287                    Muz Muz Roc RennSport
16 23 Matt WAIT                USA  1'36.572 *1'36.025        Honda F.C.C. TSR
17 26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA  1'37.139 *1'36.034        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
18 68 John McGUINNESS          GBR  1'37.376 *1'36.094        Honda Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird
19 72 Fernando CRISTOBAL       SPA  1'40.781 *1'38.067        Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  1'39.511 *1'38.300        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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

 1  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 43'48.777 143.2                Aprilia UGT 3000
 2 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 43'49.208 143.2      0.431       Honda OXS Matteoni
 3 41 Youichi UI               JPN 43'53.377 143.0      4.600      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 4 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 43'53.974 143.0      5.197       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 5  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 43'54.375 142.9      5.598     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 43'55.294 142.9      6.517       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 7 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 44'08.930 142.2     20.153     Aprilia Motoracing Team
 8  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 44'11.111 142.0     22.334       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 9  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 44'20.748 141.5     31.971       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
10 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 44'26.209 141.2     37.432     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
11 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 44'28.138 141.1     39.361     Aprilia Scrab Competition
12 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 44'28.336 141.1     39.559     Aprilia Via Digital Team
13 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA 44'31.808 140.9     43.031     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
14  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 44'32.491 140.9     43.714     Aprilia Via Digital Team
15 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN 44'33.147 140.9     44.370       Honda Givi Honda LCR
16 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 44'33.253 140.9     44.476      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
17 80 Leon HASLAM              GBR 45'09.993 138.9   1'21.216       Honda Honda Britain / Ron Haslam
18 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 45'13.540 138.8   1'24.763       Honda Team Pileri

Not Classified
   81 Chris PALMER             GBR 38'47.407 136.9     4 Laps       Honda L Rumney / Garstang Cleaning
   22 Steve JENKNER            GER 33'47.419 142.9     6 Laps     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
   82 John PEARSON             GBR 24'34.680 137.5    12 Laps       Honda Racing Lines / Clive Horton
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 17'05.263 141.3    16 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
    3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 13'31.000 142.9    18 Laps       Honda Team UGT - 3000
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 10'26.957 138.6    20 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
   16 Christian MANNA          ITA  8'52.672 135.9    21 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  6'51.468 140.8    22 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'48.153 133.9    25 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  4'04.592  59.2    25 Laps       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.

Not finished first lap
   83 David MATEER             GBR                                  Honda Ulster Racing / Eddie Mateer

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 42'55.085 151.9                Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 43'00.767 151.5      5.682     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 43'33.088 149.6     38.003       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 43'33.434 149.6     38.349       Honda Benetton Honda
 5  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 43'33.546 149.6     38.461       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 6 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 43'34.169 149.6     39.084   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
 7  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 43'46.889 148.9     51.804   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 8  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 43'54.031 148.5     58.946      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 9  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 44'13.572 147.4   1'18.487      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
10 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 44'14.617 147.3   1'19.532      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
11 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 44'19.186 147.1   1'24.101      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
12 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 44'21.041 146.9   1'25.956   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
13 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 44'21.972 146.9   1'26.887      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
14 20 William COSTES           FRA 44'24.595 146.8   1'29.510       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
15 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 44'30.572 146.4   1'35.487   Erp Honda Penguin Racing
16 33 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR 44'33.137 146.3   1'38.052      Yamaha Edo Racing
17 68 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA 43'03.344 145.8      1 Lap       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
18 83 Shane NORVAL             GBR 43'10.876 145.3      1 Lap       Honda Team Colin Appleyard Racing

Not Classified
   40 Gary MAY                 GBR 40'45.688 142.1     3 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   82 Woolsey COULTER          GBR 18'18.968 145.0    16 Laps       Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
   80 Paul JONES               GBR 18'25.517 144.1    16 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia UK / Blacks Bikeshop
   11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  6'35.168 146.6    23 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing
   47 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA  6'41.257 144.4    23 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   81 Callum RAMSAY            GBR  5'16.715 137.2    24 Laps       Honda Honda Britain / Qub Team Optimum
   46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  3'14.967 148.6    25 Laps     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia

Not finished first lap
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG                                Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

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

 1 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 46'45.662 154.9                 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 46'57.192 154.2     11.530       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  5 Norick ABE               JPN 47'03.586 153.9     17.924      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 4  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 47'08.595 153.6     22.933       Honda Repsol Honda
 5  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'09.092 153.6     23.430       Honda Honda Gresini
 6  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 47'20.876 152.9     35.214       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 7  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 47'39.659 151.9     53.997      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 8 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 47'53.873 151.2   1'08.211      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 9 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 48'24.918 149.6   1'39.256       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
10 88 Scott SMART              GBR 47'02.723 148.8      1 Lap       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
11 26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA 47'19.625 147.9      1 Lap       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
12 68 John McGUINNESS          GBR 47'28.833 147.4      1 Lap       Honda Team Vimto Honda / Paul Bird
13 18 Garry McCOY              AUS 48'19.440 144.9      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing
14 72 Fernando CRISTOBAL       SPA 48'22.209 144.7      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing
15 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 47'07.566 143.4     2 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Not Classified
   10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 42'59.046 151.6     3 Laps Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
   15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 31'28.381 153.4    10 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda
   77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 29'29.146  90.0    19 Laps         Muz Muz Roc RennSport
   23 Matt WAIT                USA 14'34.957 149.0    21 Laps       Honda F.C.C. TSR

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