1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 12

Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya
Catalunya 18-20 Sep. 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  1'54.245 *1'52.641        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'54.966 *1'53.218        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'54.063 *1'53.222        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 4  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'54.676 *1'53.709      Aprilia UGT 3000
 5 41 Youichi UI               JPN *1'53.823  1'53.973       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'54.100 *1'53.847        Honda OXS Matteoni
 7 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'54.898 *1'53.873       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 8  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'54.808 *1'53.937      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 9 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'55.797 *1'54.018      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
10  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'55.552 *1'54.072      Aprilia Via Digital Team
11 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'55.345 *1'54.111        Honda Givi Honda LCR
12 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'54.254  1'54.330        Honda Benetton Matteoni
13  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA *1'54.353  1'54.713        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
14  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'55.157 *1'54.480        Honda Givi Honda LCR
15 60 Alfonso GONZALEZ NIETO   SPA  1'55.809 *1'54.659      Aprilia Via Digital Team
16 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'56.726 *1'54.699      Aprilia Scrab Competition
17 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'55.953 *1'54.764      Aprilia Motoracing Team
18  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'55.218 *1'54.827        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
19 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'56.884 *1'55.069      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
20 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'55.551 *1'55.131       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
21 58 Alvaro MOLINA            SPA  1'57.538 *1'55.188        Honda Echo-Berner / C.C. Neptuno
22 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'57.555 *1'55.290      Aprilia Via Digital Team
23 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'58.502 *1'55.325        Honda Team Pileri
24 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'56.120 *1'55.502        Honda Team UGT 3000
25 19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  1'56.936 *1'55.553       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
26 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA  1'58.448 *1'55.741      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
27 79 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'58.088 *1'56.317      Aprilia Via Digital Team
28 73 Ivan MARTINEZ            SPA  1'57.173 *1'56.348      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
29 70 Adrian ARAUJO            SPA  1'58.115 *1'56.361        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
30 71 Josep SARDA              SPA  1'57.492 *1'56.519        Honda Team TMR

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

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'48.502 *1'47.457      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'48.400 *1'47.580      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  1'49.755 *1'48.288      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'49.559 *1'48.319        Honda Benetton Honda
 5 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'49.342 *1'48.432      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'49.843 *1'48.766        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 7 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'51.157 *1'48.885       Yamaha Edo Racing
 8  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'50.317 *1'49.367        Honda F.C.C. TSR
 9 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'50.730 *1'49.498      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
10  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'50.215 *1'49.555        Honda Castrol 250 Team
11  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'50.283 *1'49.636    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
12 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'50.200 *1'49.696       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
13 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *1'49.759  1'50.510       Yamaha Edo Racing
14  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'50.169 *1'49.875       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'50.420 *1'50.165    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'51.121 *1'50.338       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
17 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'50.983 *1'50.459    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
18 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  1'51.822 *1'50.698    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
19 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'51.253 *1'50.825       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
20 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'51.145 *1'50.830    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
21 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA  1'52.196 *1'50.859      Aprilia Docshop Racing
22 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'52.577 *1'50.912       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
23 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  1'51.337 *1'50.979        Honda Penguin Racing
24 92 David GARCIA             SPA *1'51.556  1'52.123       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
25 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA  1'52.716 *1'51.901        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
26 58 Eustaquio GAVIRA         SPA  1'53.501 *1'51.948        Honda SBK Sport
27 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  1'54.524 *1'52.289      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
28 94 David ORTEGA             SPA  1'53.863 *1'52.724        Honda Costa Azahar
29 74 Lucas OLIVER             SPA  1'54.786 *1'53.680        Honda Team Chupa Chups
30 93 Ivan SILVA               SPA  1'54.432 *1'53.778        Honda Team Chupa Chups

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

 1  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'46.525 *1'45.583        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'46.083 *1'45.730        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 3  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'46.442 *1'45.945        Honda Honda Gresini
 4  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'46.500 *1'46.039        Honda Repsol Honda
 5  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'47.758 *1'46.047       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 6  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'46.621 *1'46.277        Honda Repsol Honda
 7 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'47.639 *1'46.427  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
 8 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA  1'47.263 *1'46.593       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 9  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'47.905 *1'46.654       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'47.361 *1'46.716        Honda Repsol Honda
11 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'47.363 *1'46.776        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'47.317 *1'46.777        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'48.580 *1'46.796        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
14 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'46.890 *1'46.853       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
15 27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN  1'48.516 *1'47.034       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
16 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'47.305 *1'47.052       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
17 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'49.498 *1'47.602  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
18 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  1'48.320 *1'47.686          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
19 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'49.444 *1'48.763        Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'50.522 *1'49.302        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
21 42 Craig CONNELL            AUS  1'52.299 *1'49.827        Honda Shell Advance Racing
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'51.882 *1'49.848        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 23 Matt WAIT                USA  1'51.080 *1'50.377        Honda F.C.C. TSR
24 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  1'54.115 *1'51.241        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
25 43 Paolo TESSARI            ITA  1'53.024 *1'51.336        Paton Team Paton

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

 1  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 42'10.704 147.9                  Honda Team UGT - 3000
 2 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 42'10.783 147.9      0.079       Honda OXS Matteoni
 3 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'10.800 147.9      0.096       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 4 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'10.876 147.9      0.172       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 5 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'11.040 147.9      0.336       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 6  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN 42'11.428 147.9      0.724       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 7 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 42'11.646 147.9      0.942      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 8 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'11.731 147.9      1.027       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 9  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 42'11.766 147.9      1.062     Aprilia UGT 3000
10  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 42'12.244 147.8      1.540       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
11 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 42'12.441 147.8      1.737     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
12 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 42'12.767 147.8      2.063     Aprilia Scrab Competition
13  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 42'13.311 147.8      2.607     Aprilia Docshop Racing
14  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 42'13.750 147.8      3.046     Aprilia Via Digital Team
15  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 42'15.729 147.6      5.025       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
16 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 42'25.081 147.1     14.377     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
17 60 Alfonso GONZALEZ NIETO   SPA 42'25.207 147.1     14.503     Aprilia Via Digital Team
18 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 42'26.728 147.0     16.024     Aprilia Via Digital Team
19 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 42'34.483 146.6     23.779       Honda Team UGT 3000
20 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'44.586 146.0     33.882     Aprilia Motoracing Team
21 19 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 42'44.636 146.0     33.932      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
22 79 Pablo NIETO              SPA 42'47.952 145.8     37.248     Aprilia Via Digital Team
23 71 Josep SARDA              SPA 42'58.233 145.2     47.529       Honda Team TMR
24 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 42'58.301 145.2     47.597       Honda Team Pileri
25 58 Alvaro MOLINA            SPA 42'58.560 145.2     47.856       Honda Echo-Berner / C.C. Neptuno

Not Classified
   17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 39'07.411 145.0     2 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
   41 Youichi UI               JPN 28'48.392 147.7     7 Laps      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
   73 Ivan MARTINEZ            SPA 25'44.403 143.2     9 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
   70 Adrian ARAUJO            SPA  2'05.458 135.6    21 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 41'48.737 156.0                Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 41'52.659 155.8      3.922     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 42'02.785 155.1     14.048     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 4 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 42'06.435 154.9     17.698       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 5  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 42'18.592 154.2     29.855       Honda Benetton Honda
 6  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 42'27.405 153.6     38.668       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 7  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 42'27.438 153.6     38.701       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 8 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 42'27.663 153.6     38.926   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
 9 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 42'27.785 153.6     39.048      Yamaha Edo Racing
10  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 42'35.129 153.2     46.392      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
11 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 42'35.168 153.2     46.431   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
12 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 42'35.690 153.1     46.953   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
13 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 42'38.582 153.0     49.845      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
14 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 42'39.879 152.9     51.142      Yamaha Edo Racing
15 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 42'58.236 151.8   1'09.499      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
16  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 43'01.341 151.6   1'12.604      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
17 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 43'07.196 151.3   1'18.459       Honda Penguin Racing
18 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA 43'07.573 151.3   1'18.836     Aprilia Docshop Racing
19 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA 43'25.488 150.2   1'36.751       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
20 92 David GARCIA             SPA 43'37.771 149.5   1'49.034      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
21 74 Lucas OLIVER             SPA 42'00.626 148.5      1 Lap       Honda Team Chupa Chups
22 94 David ORTEGA             SPA 43'02.261 145.0      1 Lap       Honda Costa Azahar

Not Classified
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 35'02.910 153.8     4 Laps   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
   17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 31'57.679 150.9     6 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
   34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA 26'02.527 152.5     9 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
   41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 26'35.593 149.3     9 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   93 Ivan SILVA               SPA 25'45.725 143.1    10 Laps       Honda Team Chupa Chups
   58 Eustaquio GAVIRA         SPA 11'36.962 146.5    17 Laps       Honda SBK Sport
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 11'38.787 146.1    17 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 11'44.640 144.9    17 Laps   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 44'53.264 158.0                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 44'55.238 157.8      1.974       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  5 Norick ABE               JPN 45'01.524 157.5      8.260      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 4 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 45'14.129 156.7     20.865       Honda Repsol Honda
 5 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 45'16.231 156.6     22.967      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 6  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 45'18.197 156.5     24.933       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 45'19.028 156.5     25.764       Honda Honda Gresini
 8 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 45'21.835 156.3     28.571      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 9 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 45'34.622 155.6     41.358       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 45'34.637 155.6     41.373 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
11  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 45'41.574 155.2     48.310      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
12 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 45'44.206 155.0     50.942 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 46'03.809 153.9   1'10.545       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
14 23 Matt WAIT                USA 46'07.985 153.7   1'14.721       Honda F.C.C. TSR
15 88 Scott SMART              GBR 46'08.043 153.7   1'14.779       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
16 43 Paolo TESSARI            ITA 45'27.292 149.8      1 Lap       Paton Team Paton

Not Classified
   42 Craig CONNELL            AUS 33'17.054 153.4     7 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
   22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 22'34.617 150.7    13 Laps       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 22'53.091 148.7    13 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 20'11.815 154.5    14 Laps         Muz Muz Roc RennSport
   14 Juan BORJA               SPA 11'05.817 153.4    19 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
    4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  2'47.307 101.7    24 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda

Not finished first lap
   12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA                                 Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
   27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN                                 Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team

Excluded 
    6 Max BIAGGI               ITA                                  Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto

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