1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 9

Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland
Sachsenring 17-19 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 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'31.320 *1'30.793        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 2  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'33.109 *1'31.709      Aprilia UGT 3000
 3 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'32.518 *1'32.034        Honda OXS Matteoni
 4 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'32.626 *1'32.068       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 5 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'33.263 *1'32.257      Aprilia Motoracing Team
 6  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'33.084 *1'32.279        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 7  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'32.985 *1'32.388      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 8  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *1'32.423  1'32.665      Aprilia Via Digital Team
 9 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'32.724 *1'32.497        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
10 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'33.191 *1'32.614      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
11 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN  1'32.812 *1'32.639        Honda Givi Honda LCR
12 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'33.278 *1'32.655        Honda Team UGT 3000
13  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'33.583 *1'32.797        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
14  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'33.561 *1'32.805        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
15 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'33.753 *1'32.913        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
16 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'34.238 *1'32.948      Aprilia Via Digital Team
17 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'35.953 *1'32.952       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
18 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA *1'33.317  1'34.735      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
19 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *1'33.356                  Honda Givi Honda LCR
20 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *1'33.503  1'33.602      Aprilia Scrab Competition
21 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'33.786 *1'33.651       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
22 85 Klaus NOHLES             GER  1'36.013 *1'33.820        Honda UGT 3000
23 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'35.532 *1'34.032        Honda Team Pileri
24 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'34.146 *1'34.082      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
25 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'34.611 *1'34.092      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
26 84 Reinhard STOLZ           GER  1'35.183 *1'34.156        Honda Agip Esch Racing
27 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  1'34.834 *1'34.190       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
28 88 Maik STIEF               GER *1'35.245  1'35.579       Yamaha Motorrad B.U.S. Levior Racing
29 86 Oliver PERSCHKE          GER *1'35.263  1'35.287       Yamaha Yamaha Loffler Racing Team
30 87 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER  1'36.540 *1'36.105        Honda Hein Gericke Castrol Jr Team

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'29.729 *1'28.684      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'29.743 *1'28.898      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'29.998 *1'29.056      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
 4 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'29.770 *1'29.078      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 5  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'29.857 *1'29.081        Honda Castrol 250 Team
 6  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'30.010 *1'29.089        Honda Benetton Honda
 7  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'29.992 *1'29.096    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 8 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'30.843 *1'29.147    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
 9  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'30.159 *1'29.208        Honda F.C.C. TSR
10  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'30.382 *1'29.237       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
11 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'30.169 *1'29.752        Honda Racing Factory
12 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  1'29.985 *1'29.791      Aprilia Docshop Racing
13 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'30.803 *1'29.809       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
14 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'30.155 *1'29.843       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
15 33 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR  1'30.174 *1'29.869       Yamaha Edo Racing
16 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'30.789 *1'29.905       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
17 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'30.956 *1'30.009    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
18  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'31.201 *1'30.009       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
19 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA *1'30.068  1'30.458    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
20 47 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA  1'31.011 *1'30.137       Yamaha Edo Racing
21 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  1'31.495 *1'30.936    Erp Honda Penguin Racing
22 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  1'31.868 *1'30.987    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
23 86 Markus OBER              GER  1'36.113 *1'31.283        Honda RS Rallye Sport Gmbh
24 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  1'33.358 *1'31.530      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
25 20 William COSTES           FRA  1'32.403 *1'31.569        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
26 84 Mike BALDINGER           GER  1'32.136 *1'31.845        Honda Team Klingels
27 85 Mathias NEUKIRCHEN       GER *1'32.387                Aprilia Docshop Racing
28 87 Adrian SCHMIDT           GER  1'36.487 *1'34.326        Honda Imt Racing Team

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

 1  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'28.488 *1'27.894        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 2 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'28.556 *1'28.180  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 3  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'29.293 *1'28.279        Honda Repsol Honda
 4 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'29.406 *1'28.606       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'29.380 *1'28.624       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 6  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'29.826 *1'28.628        Honda Honda Gresini
 7  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'30.136 *1'28.710        Honda Repsol Honda
 8  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'29.118 *1'28.778       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 9 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'29.464 *1'28.841        Honda Repsol Honda
10 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'29.707 *1'29.099        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
11 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'29.292 *1'29.143  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
12  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'30.303 *1'29.510       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 21 Kyoji NANBA              JPN  1'31.213 *1'29.518       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
14 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  1'30.803 *1'29.601          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
15 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'30.267 *1'29.873        Honda Shell Advance Racing
16 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'30.814 *1'30.158        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
17 39 Gregorio LAVILLA         SPA  1'30.525 *1'30.426        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
18 23 Matt WAIT                USA *1'30.674  1'30.727        Honda F.C.C. TSR
19 26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA  1'31.166 *1'30.906        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 72 Fernando CRISTOBAL       SPA  1'31.723 *1'31.415        Honda Shell Advance Racing
21 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  1'32.130 *1'31.955        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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

 1  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 44'37.947 136.8                  Honda Team UGT - 3000
 2 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 44'54.460 135.9     16.513     Aprilia Scrab Competition
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 45'02.701 135.5     24.754       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 4 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN 45'02.718 135.5     24.771       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 5  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 45'03.725 135.5     25.778     Aprilia Via Digital Team
 6 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 45'06.809 135.3     28.862      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 7  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 45'15.650 134.9     37.703     Aprilia UGT 3000
 8 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 45'17.628 134.8     39.681     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
 9  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 45'19.094 134.7     41.147     Aprilia Docshop Racing
10 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 45'27.396 134.3     49.449     Aprilia Via Digital Team
11 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 45'32.730 134.0     54.783     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
12 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 45'32.815 134.0     54.868      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
13 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 45'33.239 134.0     55.292       Honda Benetton Matteoni
14 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 45'33.297 134.0     55.350       Honda Team Pileri
15 16 Christian MANNA          ITA 45'36.266 133.8     58.319      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
16 85 Klaus NOHLES             GER 45'47.173 133.3   1'09.226       Honda UGT 3000
17 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA 45'55.921 132.9   1'17.974     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
18 84 Reinhard STOLZ           GER 46'05.383 132.4   1'27.436       Honda Agip Esch Racing
19 86 Oliver PERSCHKE          GER 46'06.123 132.4   1'28.176      Yamaha Yamaha Loffler Racing Team
20 87 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 46'07.152 132.4   1'29.205       Honda Hein Gericke Castrol Jr Team

Not Classified
   20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 15'41.000 134.2    19 Laps       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
   41 Youichi UI               JPN 13'55.998 136.0    20 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
   32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 13'56.248 135.9    20 Laps       Honda OXS Matteoni
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 12'41.093 132.7    21 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
   23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 10'56.403 134.7    22 Laps     Aprilia Motoracing Team
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 11'04.715 133.0    22 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
   88 Maik STIEF               GER 10'08.509 124.5    23 Laps      Yamaha Motorrad B.U.S. Levior Racing
    8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  4'44.913 133.0    26 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 44'43.421 141.2                Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 44'52.454 140.7      9.033   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'52.688 140.7      9.267     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 4 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 44'54.032 140.6     10.611     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 5 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 45'21.682 139.2     38.261   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
 6  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 45'27.032 138.9     43.611      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 7 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 45'28.664 138.8     45.243      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 8 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 45'29.123 138.8     45.702   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
 9 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 45'33.336 138.6     49.915      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
10 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 45'34.944 138.5     51.523       Honda Racing Factory
11 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 45'38.335 138.4     54.914   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
12  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 46'03.920 137.1   1'20.499      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 46'06.839 136.9   1'23.418   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
14 33 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR 46'07.336 136.9   1'23.915      Yamaha Edo Racing
15 84 Mike BALDINGER           GER 45'07.193 135.3      1 Lap       Honda Team Klingels
Not Classified
   86 Markus OBER              GER 20'22.707 134.3    17 Laps       Honda RS Rallye Sport Gmbh
   85 Mathias NEUKIRCHEN       GER 20'23.032 134.2    17 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing
   20 William COSTES           FRA 15'38.200 134.6    20 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   47 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA 13'48.915 137.1    21 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  9'12.997 137.0    24 Laps      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  6'03.915 138.8    26 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
    6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  6'24.886 131.2    26 Laps       Honda F.C.C. TSR
    4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  4'32.464 139.1    27 Laps       Honda Castrol 250 Team
    5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  4'32.525 139.0    27 Laps       Honda Benetton Honda

Not finished first lap
   41 Federico GARTNER         ARG                                Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   87 Adrian SCHMIDT           GER                                  Honda Imt Racing Team

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 46'00.876 141.8                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 46'03.749 141.7     2.873        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 3  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 46'12.255 141.2    11.379        Honda Repsol Honda
 4  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 46'12.409 141.2    11.533        Honda Honda Gresini
 5 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 46'19.969 140.8    19.093       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 6 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 46'30.963 140.3    30.087  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 7 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 46'35.757 140.0    34.881  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 8 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 46'35.909 140.0    35.033        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
 9 21 Kyoji NANBA              JPN 46'46.954 139.5    46.078       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 46'49.560 139.3    48.684       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
11 39 Gregorio LAVILLA         SPA 46'58.895 138.9    58.019        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12 26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA 47'04.041 138.6  1'03.165        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
13 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 47'11.703 138.3  1'10.827          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
14 23 Matt WAIT                USA 47'11.817 138.2  1'10.941        Honda F.C.C. TSR
15 72 Fernando CRISTOBAL       SPA 47'32.772 137.2  1'31.896        Honda Shell Advance Racing
16 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 46'41.099 135.3     1 Lap        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Not Classified
  18 Garry McCOY               AUS 45'48.675 137.8     1 Lap        Honda Shell Advance Racing
  15 Sete GIBERNAU             SPA 44'35.389 136.9    2 Laps        Honda Repsol Honda
  88 Scott SMART               GBR 40'08.424 136.3    5 Laps        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
  11 Simon CRAFAR              NZL 16'24.462 141.1   20 Laps       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   5 Norick ABE                JPN  7'30.544 140.2   26 Laps       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey

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