1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 4

Gran Premio Q8 d'Italia
Mugello 15-17 May 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  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN  2'02.330 *2'00.419        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 2  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  2'02.037 *2'00.975      Aprilia UGT 3000
 3  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  2'02.963 *2'00.977        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'01.776 *2'01.303        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 5  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  2'02.103 *2'01.323        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 6 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA  2'04.754 *2'01.490      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
 7 41 Youichi UI               JPN  2'02.849 *2'01.570       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 8 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  2'02.808 *2'01.663        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 9 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  2'02.707 *2'02.031        Honda OXS Matteoni
10  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  2'03.358 *2'02.149      Aprilia Docshop Racing
11  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  2'03.260 *2'02.221        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
12 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  2'03.332 *2'02.250        Honda Givi Honda LCR
13 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'03.517 *2'02.385        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
14 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'03.127 *2'02.554      Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.
15 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA *2'02.995  2'03.435      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
16 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'04.580 *2'03.099      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
17 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  2'04.751 *2'03.254      Aprilia Via Digital Team
18 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  2'04.949 *2'03.294      Aprilia Scrab Competition
19 64 Claudio CIPRIANI         ITA  2'04.716 *2'03.530      Aprilia Ciarom-MotoSprint
20  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  2'07.198 *2'03.541      Aprilia Via Digital Team
21 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  2'04.912 *2'03.869      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
22 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  2'06.333 *2'03.965        Honda Team UGT 3000
23 63 Marco TRESOLDI           ITA  2'07.318 *2'03.991        Honda Ricci Corse
24 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  2'05.174 *2'04.312       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
25 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN *2'04.476  2'04.945       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
26 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  2'07.530 *2'04.767       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
27 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  2'06.715 *2'06.097        Honda Team Pileri

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'55.199 *1'54.683      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'55.660 *1'54.869      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 3 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  1'55.442 *1'55.053      Aprilia Aprilia Team
 4 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'56.137 *1'55.133      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 5 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  1'57.125 *1'56.268      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA *1'56.337                  Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 7  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'57.692 *1'57.210    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 8 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'57.901 *1'57.239       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 9 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'57.952 *1'57.444    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
10 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *1'57.548  1'57.595      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
11  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *1'57.575  1'57.776        Honda Benetton Honda
12  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'58.723 *1'57.656        Honda F.C.C. TSR
13  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'00.276 *1'57.663        Honda Castrol 250 Team
14 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN *1'57.832  1'58.477       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'58.156 *1'57.930    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'58.804 *1'57.957       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
17 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'58.548 *1'58.025       Yamaha Edo Racing
18  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'59.361 *1'58.131       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
19 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'59.605 *1'58.154       Yamaha Edo Racing
20 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  2'00.015 *1'58.168       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
21 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'59.985 *1'58.407    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
22 20 William COSTES           FRA  1'59.757 *1'59.114        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
23 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  2'00.390 *1'59.642        Honda OXS Matteoni
24 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  2'00.731 *1'59.968    Erp Honda Penguin Racing
25 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  2'01.827 *2'00.398      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'53.711 *1'53.282        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'54.772 *1'53.754        Honda Honda Gresini
 3  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'55.227 *1'53.945        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 4  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'55.132 *1'53.951        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 5  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'54.291 *1'54.007        Honda Repsol Honda
 6 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'54.318 *1'54.145        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'54.793 *1'54.255       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'55.368 *1'54.534       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'56.747 *1'54.538        Honda Shell Advance Racing
10 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'55.734 *1'54.579       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'55.704 *1'54.673       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12 25 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN  1'57.025 *1'54.892       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'55.509 *1'55.466  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'56.754 *1'55.859        Honda Repsol Honda
15 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  2'01.883 *1'56.047        Honda Shell Advance Racing
16 21 Kyoji NAMBA              JPN  1'56.408 *1'56.110       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
17 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'57.697 *1'56.210        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
18 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'58.070 *1'56.289        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
19 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'56.962 *1'56.528  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
20 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  1'57.442 *1'57.237          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
21 23 Matt WAIT                USA  1'59.493 *1'57.486        Honda F.C.C. TSR
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR  2'00.015 *1'58.765        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 63 Gianmaria LIVERANI       ITA  2'01.066 *1'59.347        Paton Team Paton
24 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  2'00.821 *2'00.100        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Out of limit time
25  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN *2'16.553                  Honda Repsol Honda

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

 1  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 40'53.607 153.9                  Honda Team UGT - 3000
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 40'53.651 153.9      0.044       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 3  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 40'53.808 153.9      0.201       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 4  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 40'56.759 153.7      3.152     Aprilia UGT 3000
 5 41 Youichi UI               JPN 41'01.769 153.4      8.162      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'01.802 153.4      8.195     Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.
 7  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN 41'03.704 153.3     10.097       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 41'06.352 153.1     12.745       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 9 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 41'06.364 153.1     12.757       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
10  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 41'17.891 152.4     24.284     Aprilia Docshop Racing
11 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 41'17.995 152.4     24.388     Aprilia Scrab Competition
12 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA 41'18.022 152.4     24.415     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
13 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 41'19.000 152.3     25.393     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
14 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 41'24.673 152.0     31.066     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
15 64 Claudio CIPRIANI         ITA 41'43.026 150.9     49.419     Aprilia Ciarom-MotoSprint
16 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 41'45.614 150.7     52.007     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
17  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 41'54.787 150.2   1'01.180     Aprilia Via Digital Team
18 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 41'55.408 150.1   1'01.801      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
19 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 41'58.045 150.0   1'04.438      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
20 63 Marco TRESOLDI           ITA 42'05.784 149.5   1'12.177       Honda Ricci Corse

Not Classified
   32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 38'48.528 154.1      1 Lap       Honda OXS Matteoni
   10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 38'48.572 154.1      1 Lap       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 29'27.774 149.5     6 Laps       Honda Team Pileri
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 23'07.589 149.7     9 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
   16 Christian MANNA          ITA 10'36.078 148.4    15 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  8'24.612 149.7    16 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  8'24.838 149.6    16 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team

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

 1 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA 40'59.049 161.3                Aprilia Aprilia Team
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 41'04.750 160.9      5.701     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 41'06.674 160.8      7.625     Aprilia Aprilia Team
 4 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 41'09.078 160.6     10.029     Aprilia Aprilia Team
 5  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 41'46.879 158.2     47.830       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 6  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 41'47.254 158.1     48.205       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 7  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 41'48.425 158.1     49.376       Honda Benetton Honda
 8 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 41'49.129 158.0     50.080      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 9  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 41'49.210 158.0     50.161      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
10 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 41'51.787 157.9     52.738   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
11 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 41'53.290 157.8     54.241      Yamaha Edo Racing
12  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 41'53.355 157.8     54.306      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
13 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 42'49.801 154.3   1'50.752   Erp Honda Penguin Racing
14 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 42'53.039 154.1   1'53.990       Honda OXS Matteoni
15 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 43'21.660 152.4   2'22.611     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
16 20 William COSTES           FRA 42'30.054 148.1      1 Lap       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3

Not Classified
   18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 37'53.618 157.8     2 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 38'00.528 157.3     2 Laps   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 27'58.648 157.5     7 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 22'07.603 156.4    10 Laps      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 20'08.683 156.2    11 Laps       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 12'06.328 156.0    15 Laps   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
   11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  4'12.849 149.4    19 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing
   44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'10.126 145.1    20 Laps   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 43'55.307 164.8                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 44'00.702 164.5      5.395       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 3  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 44'08.448 164.0     13.141       Honda Repsol Honda
 4  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 44'14.954 163.6     19.647       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 5 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 44'15.133 163.6     19.826       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 6  5 Norick ABE               JPN 44'17.188 163.4     21.881      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 44'17.933 163.4     22.626      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 44'19.542 163.3     24.235      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 44'23.250 163.1     27.943       Honda Honda Gresini
10 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 44'36.074 162.3     40.767      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 44'42.638 161.9     47.331 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
12 21 Kyoji NAMBA              JPN 44'54.930 161.1     59.623      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
13 18 Garry McCOY              AUS 44'59.311 160.9   1'04.004       Honda Shell Advance Racing
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 45'04.626 160.6   1'09.319       Honda Repsol Honda
15 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 45'09.601 160.3   1'14.294       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
16 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 45'11.088 160.2   1'15.781       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
17 25 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN 45'12.216 160.1   1'16.909      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
18 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 45'57.399 157.5   2'02.092         Muz Muz Roc RennSport
19 88 Scott SMART              GBR 44'26.729 155.8      1 Lap       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
20 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 44'33.518 155.4      1 Lap       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Not Classified
   63 Gianmaria LIVERANI       ITA 42'45.271 154.6     2 Laps       Paton Team Paton
   14 Juan BORJA               SPA 29'32.888 159.8     8 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
   10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 21'35.942 160.3    12 Laps Modenas KR3 Team Roberts

Not finished first lap
   23 Matt WAIT                USA                                  Honda F.C.C. TSR

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