1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Madrid
Flag:	Spain
Official Name:	Gran Premio Comunidad de Madrid^[1]
Location:	Circuito del Jarama
Course Mi:	2.392
Course Km:	3.850
Race No:	6
Season No:	14
Date:	14 June
Year:	1998
Pole Rider 500:	Mick Doohan
Pole Rider 500 Country:	Australia
Pole Time 500:	1:32.493
Fast Rider 500:	Carlos Checa
Fast Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Fast Time 500:	1:33.617 on lap 2
First Rider 500:	Carlos Checa
First Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Second Rider 500:	Norick Abe
Second Rider 500 Country:	Japan
Third Rider 500:	Sete Gibernau
Third Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Pole Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 250:	1:34.382
Fast Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
Fast Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Fast Time 250:	1:35.012 on lap 4
First Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
First Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Second Rider 250:	Tohru Ukawa
Second Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Third Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
Third Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Rider 125:	Kazuto Sakata
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Japan
Pole Time 125:	1:38.952
Fast Rider 125:	Kazuto Sakata
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Japan
Fast Time 125:	1:39.330 on lap 7
First Rider 125:	Lucio Cecchinello
First Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 125:	Marco Melandri
Second Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 125:	Hiroyuki Kikuchi
Third Rider 125 Country:	Japan

The 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 June 1998 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama. It was held to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix due to homologation issues of the Autódromo do Estoril.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Carlos Checa	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	30	47:21.513	3	25
2	5	Norick Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	30	+0.220	8	20
3	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+1.886	14	16
4	3	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+5.206	9	13
5	4	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+11.165	4	11
6	6	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	30	+11.579	10	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+11.711	5	9
8	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+32.658	6	8
9	9	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+36.226	13	7
10	28	Ralf Waldmann	Marlboro Team Roberts	Modenas KR3	30	+55.342	11	6
11	18	Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	30	+56.938	16	5
12	88	Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda	30	+1:22.806	18	4
13	23	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda	30	+1:26.677	17	3
14	77	Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ	29	+1 lap	19	2
15	72	Fernando Cristóbal	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	29	+1 lap	20	1
16	57	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda	29	+1 lap	21
Ret	20	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	26	Retirement	2
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	20	Retirement	12
Ret	14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	15	Retirement	15
Ret	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	0	Accident	1
Ret	19	John Kocinski	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	0	Accident	7
DNQ	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	Modenas KR3		Withdrew
Sources: ^[2] ^[3]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	28	44:44.553	2	25
2	5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	28	+8.738	3	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	28	+15.978	1	16
4	11	Jürgen Fuchs	Aprilia	28	+22.545	6	13
5	17	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	28	+24.444	10	11
6	8	Luis d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+33.716	9	10
7	7	Takeshi Tsujimura	Yamaha	28	+33.791	18	9
8	24	Jason Vincent	TSR-Honda	28	+46.342	11	8
9	9	Jeremy McWilliams	TSR-Honda	28	+50.206	7	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	28	+51.016	16	6
11	47	Ivan Clementi	Yamaha	28	+1:04.474	21	5
12	16	Johan Stigefelt	Suzuki	28	+1:11.969	19	4
13	25	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	ERP Honda	28	+1:30.205	14	3
14	14	Davide Bulega	ERP Honda	27	+1 lap	22	2
15	59	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	27	+1 lap	24	1
16	41	Federico Gartner	Aprilia	27	+1 lap	25
Ret	6	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	27	Accident	8
Ret	27	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	14	Retirement	17
Ret	4	Stefano Perugini	Honda	12	Retirement	12
Ret	20	William Costes	Honda	12	Retirement	20
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	4	Retirement	4
Ret	12	Noriyasu Numata	Suzuki	3	Retirement	13
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Honda	2	Accident	5
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	15
Ret	73	Alex Debón	Honda	0	Accident	23
DNS	21	Franco Battaini	Yamaha		Did not start
DNQ	72	José David de Gea	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: ^[4]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	26	43:28.423	8	25
2	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	26	+9.173	3	20
3	52	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	26	+9.317	11	16
4	4	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	26	+17.268	1	13
5	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	26	+19.417	12	11
6	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Aprilia	26	+19.511	16	10
7	41	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	26	+21.010	19	9
8	9	Frédéric Petit	Honda	26	+23.034	5	8
9	5	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	26	+23.066	15	7
10	22	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	26	+23.552	18	6
11	62	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	26	+26.762	21	5
12	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	26	+31.484	20	4
13	58	Álvaro Molina	Honda	26	+41.584	23	3
14	60	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+42.512	22	2
15	17	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	26	+50.521	27	1
16	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	26	+55.673	14
17	71	Josep Sardá	Honda	26	+59.576	26
18	65	Andrea Iommi	Honda	26	+1:10.446	28
19	73	Iván Martínez	Aprilia	26	+1:33.316	24
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	Accident	7
Ret	3	Tomomi Manako	Honda	24	Accident	9
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Honda	20	Retirement	4
Ret	59	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	18	Accident	17
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Aprilia	17	Retirement	2
Ret	26	Ivan Goi	Aprilia	15	Retirement	13
Ret	14	Federico Cerroni	Aprilia	14	Accident	25
Ret	20	Masao Azuma	Honda	13	Accident	6
Ret	16	Christian Manna	Yamaha	10	Retirement	29
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	2	Accident	10
DNS	72	Sebastián Perelló	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[5]

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.^[6]