1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 5

Gran Prix de France
Paul Ricard 29-31 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 *1'29.002  1'29.448        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 2  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'29.551 *1'29.094      Aprilia UGT 3000
 3  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'30.117 *1'29.160        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 4 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'30.843 *1'29.350        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 5  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'30.434 *1'29.541        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 6 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'31.389 *1'29.631        Honda OXS Matteoni
 7 41 Youichi UI               JPN *1'29.654  1'29.678       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 8 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'30.640 *1'29.743      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
 9 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'32.200 *1'29.751        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
10 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'30.135 *1'29.791      Aprilia Scrab Competition
11 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *1'29.921  1'30.165        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
12 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'29.932  1'30.965        Honda Benetton Matteoni
13 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'31.242 *1'30.035      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
14 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA  1'31.393 *1'30.132      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
15 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'31.100 *1'30.251      Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.
16  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'30.641 *1'30.278        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
17  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'32.073 *1'30.288      Aprilia Via Digital Team
18  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'30.900 *1'30.326      Aprilia Docshop Racing
19 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'30.978 *1'30.768      Aprilia Via Digital Team
20 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'34.128 *1'31.179       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
21 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'33.531 *1'31.251      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
22 68 Nicolas DUSSAUGE         FRA  1'31.963 *1'31.574        Honda Ipone Dussauge Racing
23 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'38.653 *1'31.763       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
24 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'34.402 *1'31.771        Honda Team Pileri
25 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  1'32.854 *1'32.032       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
26 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *1'32.040  1'34.204        Honda Team UGT 3000
27 67 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'33.216 *1'32.747        Honda Honda France
28 69 Jimmy PETIT              FRA  1'33.665 *1'32.864        Honda Team RMS

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'23.854 *1'23.417      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'24.578 *1'23.875      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'24.369 *1'23.934      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 4  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'24.871 *1'24.509        Honda F.C.C. TSR
 5 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'25.543 *1'24.601        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 6  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'25.112 *1'24.640        Honda Benetton Honda
 7 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER  1'24.820 *1'24.655      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 8 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'24.833 *1'24.689      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
 9  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'25.676 *1'24.968    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
10 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA *1'25.140  1'26.321       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
11  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'25.409 *1'25.361        Honda Castrol 250 Team
12  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'25.528 *1'25.492       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'26.215 *1'25.573    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
14  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'25.752 *1'25.633       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA *1'25.753  1'25.778    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16 20 William COSTES           FRA *1'25.807  1'26.335        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
17 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA *1'25.813  1'26.078    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
18 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN *1'26.016  1'26.264       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
19 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA *1'26.022  1'26.190       Yamaha Edo Racing
20 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  1'26.785 *1'26.162    Erp Honda Penguin Racing
21 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN *1'26.238  1'26.465       Yamaha Edo Racing
22 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE *1'26.468  1'26.747       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
23 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA *1'26.784  1'27.366    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
24 67 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA *1'26.808  1'27.550        Honda Equipe de France
25 68 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  1'26.866 *1'26.864        Honda Equipe de France
26 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  1'28.614 *1'27.149      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
27 69 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA  1'27.721 *1'27.509        Honda Equipe de France
28 71 Herve MORA               FRA  1'31.389 *1'28.600      Aprilia Aprilia France
29 70 Franck POULLE            FRA *1'28.767  1'29.366        Honda F.P. Racing

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'21.755 *1'21.188        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'21.558 *1'21.242        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 3  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'21.870 *1'21.327        Honda Repsol Honda
 4  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'22.220 *1'21.501        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 5  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'22.608 *1'21.708        Honda Honda Gresini
 6 20 Luca CADALORA            ITA  1'22.297 *1'21.778       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'22.310 *1'22.048        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'22.627 *1'22.093       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9  5 Norick ABE               JPN *1'22.338  1'22.349       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA *1'22.422  1'22.696  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
11 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'23.719 *1'22.536        Honda Repsol Honda
12 25 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN  1'23.154 *1'22.604       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'22.986 *1'22.668       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'22.972 *1'22.911  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
15 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  1'23.746 *1'23.062          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
16 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'25.962 *1'23.110       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
17 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'24.268 *1'23.281        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
18 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'24.013 *1'23.390        Honda Shell Advance Racing
19 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'23.816 *1'23.496        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 18 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'24.342 *1'24.071        Honda Shell Advance Racing
21 23 Matt WAIT                USA  1'26.264 *1'24.302        Honda F.C.C. TSR
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR *1'25.416  1'25.690        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  1'26.097 *1'25.761        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

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

 1  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 40'57.583 150.3                Aprilia UGT 3000
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 40'57.875 150.3      0.292       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 3 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 40'57.976 150.3      0.393       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 41'00.897 150.1      3.314       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 5 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 41'01.640 150.0      4.057       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 6  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 41'02.407 150.0      4.824       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 7 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 41'07.624 149.7     10.041     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
 8  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 41'12.243 149.4     14.660     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 9 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 41'25.956 148.6     28.373     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
10 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 41'30.243 148.3     32.660      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
11 41 Youichi UI               JPN 41'33.116 148.2     35.533      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
12 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 41'33.200 148.1     35.617     Aprilia Scrab Competition
13 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 41'46.192 147.4     48.609     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
14 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 41'48.745 147.2     51.162      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
15 18 Paolo TESSARI            ITA 41'54.632 146.9     57.049     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
16 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 42'22.283 145.3   1'24.700       Honda Team Pileri
17 67 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 42'26.819 145.0   1'29.236       Honda Honda France
18 69 Jimmy PETIT              FRA 42'11.215 140.5      1 Lap       Honda Team RMS

Not Classified
    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 27'50.498 147.4     9 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
    3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 26'43.901 145.0    10 Laps       Honda Team UGT - 3000
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 26'44.903 144.9    10 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
   32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 19'51.528 149.3    14 Laps       Honda OXS Matteoni
   68 Nicolas DUSSAUGE         FRA 20'36.541 143.8    14 Laps       Honda Ipone Dussauge Racing
   16 Christian MANNA          ITA 17'36.859 142.4    16 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
    2 Noboru UEDA              JPN  9'21.708 146.1    21 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
    8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  9'21.936 146.1    21 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  7'56.834 143.4    22 Laps       Honda Team UGT 3000
   23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  3'22.081 135.4    25 Laps     Aprilia Motoracing s.r.l.

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 40'59.018 161.3                Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 2 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 40'59.649 161.3      0.631     Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 41'13.424 160.4     14.406     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 4 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 41'26.035 159.6     27.017       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 5  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 41'27.042 159.5     28.024       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 6  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 41'27.063 159.5     28.045       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 7  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 41'35.246 159.0     36.228   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 8  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 41'48.867 158.1     49.849      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
 9  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 41'49.234 158.1     50.216      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
10 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 41'50.690 158.0     51.672   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
11 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 41'52.394 157.9     53.376      Yamaha Edo Racing
12 11 Jurgen FUCHS             GER 42'00.707 157.4   1'01.689     Aprilia Docshop Racing
13 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 42'13.187 156.6   1'14.169      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
14 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 42'17.187 156.4   1'18.169   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
15 68 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA 41'19.477 154.5      1 Lap       Honda Equipe de France
16 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 41'36.236 153.4      1 Lap   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
17 69 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA 41'36.246 153.4      1 Lap       Honda Equipe de France
18 70 Franck POULLE            FRA 42'27.111 150.4      1 Lap       Honda F.P. Racing

Not Classified
   71 Herve MORA               FRA 37'08.811 147.3     5 Laps       Aprilia  Aprilia France
   41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 31'55.691 150.0     8 Laps       Aprilia  PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 24'31.686 158.0    12 Laps      Suzuki  Team Rizla Suzuki
   20 William COSTES           FRA 18'54.015 156.8    16 Laps      Honda  Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
   37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 15'59.924 156.8    18 Laps      TSR-Honda  Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
    5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 12'41.236 143.8    21 Laps      Honda  Benetton Honda
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  8'08.806 139.9    24 Laps      Aprilia  PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  5'55.851 153.8    25 Laps      Yamaha  Edo Racing
   25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  5'56.461 153.5    25 Laps      Erp Honda  Penguin Racing
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'36.020 142.5    28 Laps      Suzuki  Team Rizla Suzuki

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

 1  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 42'41.128 165.6                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 42'41.411 165.6      0.283       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 42'41.626 165.6      0.498       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 4 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 42'48.016 165.1      6.888       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 5  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 42'51.575 164.9     10.447       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 6 20 Luca CADALORA            ITA 42'57.433 164.5     16.305      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7  5 Norick ABE               JPN 42'57.919 164.5     16.791      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 8  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 42'58.169 164.5     17.041      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 43'01.681 164.3     20.553      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
10 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 43'04.882 164.1     23.754       Honda Repsol Honda
11 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 43'18.681 163.2     37.553      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 43'24.947 162.8     43.819 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
13 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 43'29.207 162.5     48.079 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
14 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 43'32.579 162.3     51.451       Honda Shell Advance Racing
15 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 43'44.471 161.6   1'03.343       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
16 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 43'55.200 160.9   1'14.072       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
17 18 Garry McCOY              AUS 44'04.200 160.4   1'23.072       Honda Shell Advance Racing
18 23 Matt WAIT                USA 42'54.293 159.4      1 Lap       Honda F.C.C. TSR
19 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 44'02.669 155.3      1 Lap       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Not Classified
    9 Alex BARROS              BRA 30'43.247 163.3     9 Laps       Honda Honda Gresini
   88 Scott SMART              GBR 17'30.817 156.2    19 Laps       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
   77 Eskil SUTER              SUI  1'31.173 150.0    30 Laps         Muz Muz Roc RennSport

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