1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 10

Grand Prix Ceske Republiky
Brno 21-23 Aug. 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  2'11.422 *2'11.302      Aprilia UGT 3000
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN *2'11.408  2'11.519        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *2'11.573  2'14.154        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 4 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'12.463 *2'11.577        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 5  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  2'12.431 *2'11.589      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *2'11.726  2'14.453        Honda Team UGT 3000
 7 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  2'12.141 *2'11.742        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 8 41 Youichi UI               JPN *2'11.964  2'12.153       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 9 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'13.083 *2'12.127        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
10 22 Steve JENKNER            GER *2'12.398  2'13.325      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
11  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  2'13.073 *2'12.481        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
12 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN  2'13.921 *2'12.605        Honda Givi Honda LCR
13 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  2'13.311 *2'12.747      Aprilia Scrab Competition
14 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  2'13.071 *2'12.807        Honda OXS Matteoni
15 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  2'14.339 *2'12.837      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
16  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA *2'12.979  2'13.356        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
17 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN *2'13.196  2'15.074       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
18  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  2'13.556 *2'13.241      Aprilia Via Digital Team
19 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'14.881 *2'13.248      Aprilia Motoracing Team
20 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  2'14.343 *2'13.425      Aprilia Via Digital Team
21 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA *2'13.869  2'13.970      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
22 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  2'14.968 *2'14.048       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
23 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  2'14.887 *2'14.686      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
24 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  2'15.951 *2'15.390       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
25 90 Jakub SMRZ               CZE *2'15.880  2'16.123        Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch
26 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  2'16.480 *2'15.898        Honda Team Pileri
27 89 Igor KALAB               CZE *2'19.128  2'20.000        Honda Repsol Team
28 92 Michal BREZINA           CZE  2'20.335 *2'19.515        Honda Delta Uamk Team
29 91 Martin PSOTNY            SLK *2'19.807  2'23.454        Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch
30 93 Bohuslav SEIFERT         CZE  2'20.459 *2'20.231        Honda Telemark Racing Team

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  2'05.077 *2'03.974      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'06.200 *2'04.145      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  2'06.066 *2'04.552      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 4 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  2'05.480 *2'05.278      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 5 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  2'05.886 *2'05.778        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 6  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  2'07.833 *2'06.144    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 7  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *2'06.193  2'06.322        Honda Castrol 250 Team
 8  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  2'06.705 *2'06.250        Honda Benetton Honda
 9 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  2'08.038 *2'06.650       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
10  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  2'07.183 *2'06.757        Honda F.C.C. TSR
11  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  2'07.881 *2'06.981       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
12 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *2'07.223  2'07.626       Yamaha Edo Racing
13 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  2'08.028 *2'07.460    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
14 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  2'07.612 *2'07.467      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
15  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  2'08.466 *2'07.503       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
16 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  2'08.843 *2'07.682    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
17 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'10.205 *2'07.870    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
18 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  2'10.397 *2'08.008       Yamaha Edo Racing
19 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  2'08.701 *2'08.360       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
20 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  2'08.822 *2'08.796       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
21 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA *2'08.986  2'09.458    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
22 88 Vladimir CASTKA          SLK *2'09.109  2'09.142    Erp Honda Slovnaft Sport Moto Team
23 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  2'10.219 *2'09.685        Honda Penguin Racing
24 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA  2'10.742 *2'10.168        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
25 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  2'14.156 *2'11.905      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
26 89 Radomil ROUS             CZE *2'12.327  2'13.095       Yamaha Klub Racing Team Znojmo

Out of limit time
27 90 Lukas VAVRECKA           CZE  2'14.149 *2'13.047        Honda Moto Racing Klub Ostrava
28 91 Lars LANGER              GER *2'13.071  2'14.028       Yamaha Muller Maler Racing Team

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  2'02.510 *2'01.585        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA *2'02.087  2'02.456        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 3 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA *2'02.528  2'03.239       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 4 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  2'03.959 *2'02.640  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
 5  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  2'03.353 *2'02.730        Honda Honda Gresini
 6  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  2'02.854 *2'02.784        Honda Repsol Honda
 7  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  2'03.575 *2'02.900        Honda Repsol Honda
 8 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  2'04.896 *2'02.950  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 9  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  2'04.128 *2'03.168       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
10  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  2'03.564 *2'03.218        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
11 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  2'04.706 *2'03.304       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12  5 Norick ABE               JPN  2'03.390 *2'03.372       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
13 55 Regis LACONI             FRA *2'03.488  2'03.804       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  2'04.093 *2'03.799          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
15 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  2'04.698 *2'03.814        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
16 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  2'05.220 *2'03.976        Honda Repsol Honda
17 19 John KOCINSKI            USA *2'04.207  2'04.693        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
18 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  2'05.463 *2'04.409        Honda Shell Advance Racing
19 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  2'04.984 *2'04.723        Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  2'07.176 *2'05.435        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
21 27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN  2'07.095 *2'05.900       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR  2'08.242 *2'07.997        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA *2'08.211  2'08.979        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
24 23 Matt WAIT                USA  2'09.258 *2'08.230        Honda F.C.C. TSR

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

 1 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'05.161 146.4                  Honda Benetton Matteoni
 2  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 42'05.199 146.4      0.038     Aprilia UGT 3000
 3 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'05.525 146.3      0.364       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 4 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 42'08.906 146.1      3.745       Honda OXS Matteoni
 5  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 42'08.955 146.1      3.794       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 6 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 42'12.243 145.9      7.082     Aprilia Scrab Competition
 7 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN 42'12.305 145.9      7.144       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'12.421 145.9      7.260       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 9 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 42'14.340 145.8      9.179     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
10  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 42'17.331 145.7     12.170       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
11 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 42'20.433 145.5     15.272     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
12 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 42'39.070 144.4     33.909     Aprilia Via Digital Team
13 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 42'40.244 144.3     35.083      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
14 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'40.494 144.3     35.333     Aprilia Motoracing Team
15 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 42'59.685 143.3     54.524      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
16 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 43'19.576 142.2   1'14.415       Honda Team Pileri
17 16 Christian MANNA          ITA 43'36.009 141.3   1'30.848      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
18 89 Igor KALAB               CZE 44'10.394 139.4   2'05.233       Honda Repsol Team
19 92 Michal BREZINA           CZE 44'11.791 139.4   2'06.630       Honda Delta Uamk Team
20 93 Bohuslav SEIFERT         CZE 43'04.847 135.4      1 Lap       Honda Telemark Racing Team

Not Classified
   20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 39'52.634 146.3      1 Lap       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
    3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 33'18.567 146.0     4 Laps       Honda Team UGT - 3000
   41 Youichi UI               JPN 31'04.654 146.0     5 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 18'23.652 141.0    11 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
    5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 15'41.628 144.6    12 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing
    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 13'29.147 144.2    13 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
   91 Martin PSOTNY            SLK  9'38.100 134.6    15 Laps       Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  4'42.091 137.9    17 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar

Not finished first lap
   14 Federico CERRONI         ITA                                Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
   90 Jakub SMRZ               CZE                                  Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 41'52.318 154.8                Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 41'57.525 154.5      5.207     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA 42'20.572 153.1     28.254     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 4  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 42'22.750 153.0     30.432   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 5  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 42'23.021 153.0     30.703       Honda Benetton Honda
 6  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 42'23.408 153.0     31.090       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 7 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 42'41.481 151.9     49.163   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
 8  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 42'41.602 151.9     49.284      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 9 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 42'41.716 151.9     49.398   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
10 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 42'42.619 151.8     50.301      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
11  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 42'50.130 151.4     57.812       Honda Castrol 250 Team
12  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 42'50.314 151.3     57.996      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 42'53.615 151.2   1'01.297      Yamaha Edo Racing
14 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 43'02.421 150.6   1'10.103      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
15 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 43'07.951 150.3   1'15.633   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 43'08.039 150.3   1'15.721      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
17 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 43'30.260 149.0   1'37.942       Honda Penguin Racing
18 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 43'32.047 148.9   1'39.729      Yamaha Edo Racing
19 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA 43'32.210 148.9   1'39.892       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
20 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 43'32.546 148.9   1'40.228   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
21 88 Vladimir CASTKA          SLK 43'41.784 148.4   1'49.466   Erp Honda Slovnaft Sport Moto Team
22 89 Radomil ROUS             CZE 42'20.860 145.4      1 Lap      Yamaha Klub Racing Team Znojmo

Not Classified
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 23'42.787 150.4     9 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 23'48.561 149.8     9 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 17'44.428 146.2    12 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

Not finished first lap
   46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA                                Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia

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

 1  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 45'12.043 157.8                  Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 2  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 45'12.811 157.7      0.768       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 45'13.589 157.7      1.546       Honda Honda Gresini
 4  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 45'14.278 157.7      2.235       Honda Repsol Honda
 5  5 Norick ABE               JPN 45'23.860 157.1     11.817      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 45'23.989 157.1     11.946       Honda Repsol Honda
 7  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 45'28.360 156.8     16.317       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 8 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA 45'30.569 156.7     18.526      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 9 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 45'36.200 156.4     24.157      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 45'42.592 156.0     30.549 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
11 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 45'46.606 155.8     34.563      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 45'50.156 155.6     38.113      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 45'50.568 155.6     38.525 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
14 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 45'58.188 155.1     46.145         Muz Muz Roc RennSport
15 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 46'05.172 154.8     53.129       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
16 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 46'06.244 154.7     54.201       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
17 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 46'34.082 153.2   1'22.039       Honda Shell Advance Racing
18 27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN 46'42.766 152.7   1'30.723      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
19 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 46'45.736 152.5   1'33.693       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 23 Matt WAIT                USA 46'45.905 152.5   1'33.862       Honda F.C.C. TSR
21 88 Scott SMART              GBR 47'09.999 151.2   1'57.956       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain

Not Classified
    1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 27'54.883 151.0     9 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda

Not finished first lap
   57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA                                  Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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