1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 11

Gran Premio Cirio "Citta di Imola"
Imola 04-06 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 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'59.795  2'12.436        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 2  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN *2'00.239  2'13.979        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *2'01.004  2'15.115        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 4  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN *2'01.016  2'14.898      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 5 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *2'01.247  2'13.440        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 6 52 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN *2'01.295                  Honda Givi Honda LCR
 7 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA *2'01.308  2'14.194        Honda OXS Matteoni
 8  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN *2'01.344  2'14.232      Aprilia UGT 3000
 9 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN *2'01.465  2'14.907        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
10 55 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM *2'01.479                  Honda Matteoni Racing
11 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA *2'01.491  2'37.682      Aprilia Motoracing Team
12  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA *2'01.510  2'16.546        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
13 22 Steve JENKNER            GER *2'01.532  2'20.274      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
14 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN *2'01.719  2'14.210       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
15  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *2'01.885  2'14.961      Aprilia Via Digital Team
16 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA *2'02.167  2'24.700      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
17 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE *2'02.189  2'32.902        Honda Team UGT 3000
18 47 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA *2'02.497  2'18.421      Aprilia Team Italia
19  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA *2'02.621  2'20.335        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
20 49 Andrea ZAPPA             ITA *2'02.756  2'15.944        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
21 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA *2'02.830  2'16.070      Aprilia Via Digital Team
22 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA *2'03.002  2'22.044      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
23 48 Massimiliano SABBATANI   ITA *2'03.011  2'18.663        Honda Team RS
24 41 Youichi UI               JPN *2'03.041  2'13.203       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
25 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *2'03.106  2'14.711      Aprilia Scrab Competition
26 16 Christian MANNA          ITA *2'03.479  2'19.614       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
27 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA *2'03.825  2'18.737        Honda Team Pileri
28 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA *2'03.989  2'16.357       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
29 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA *2'04.124  2'14.817      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
30 63 Marco TRESOLDI           SUI *2'06.480  2'19.501        Honda Ricci Corse

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

 1 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN *1'53.560  1'59.734      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'54.586 *1'53.960        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA *1'54.399  1'55.372      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'54.774 *1'54.555        Honda Benetton Honda
 5 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'55.133 *1'54.740      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 6  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *1'55.274  1'55.577        Honda Castrol 250 Team
 7  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'56.966 *1'55.510       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 8 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA *1'55.594  1'56.193      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 9  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR *1'55.662  1'56.174    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
10 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'57.532 *1'55.726    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
11  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'56.166 *1'55.746        Honda F.C.C. TSR
12 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'57.724 *1'56.143       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
13 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'58.897 *1'56.497    TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
14  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA *1'56.518  1'56.616       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'57.531 *1'56.658    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  1'58.071 *1'56.842    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
17 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'57.450 *1'56.902       Yamaha Edo Racing
18 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *1'56.911  1'57.500      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
19 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'57.447 *1'56.990       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
20 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'58.463 *1'57.202       Yamaha Edo Racing
21 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA *1'57.358  1'58.059      Aprilia Team Italia
22 48 Igor ANTONELLI           ITA  1'58.283 *1'57.952      Aprilia Team RCGM
23 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE *1'58.040  1'58.156       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
24 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  2'00.179 *1'58.294        Honda Penguin Racing
25 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA *1'58.405  1'59.191        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
26 49 Filippo COTTI            ITA  1'59.232 *1'59.013        Honda Matteoni Racing
27 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  2'05.658 *2'01.253      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

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

 1 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA *1'49.345  1'59.000       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 2  9 Alex BARROS              BRA *1'49.752  1'53.734        Honda Honda Gresini
 3  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS *1'49.828  1'54.088        Honda Repsol Honda
 4  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA *1'49.944  1'53.844        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 5  5 Norick ABE               JPN *1'50.249  1'56.559       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA *1'50.352  1'55.514        Honda Repsol Honda
 7 55 Regis LACONI             FRA *1'50.623  2'01.835       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 8 19 John KOCINSKI            USA *1'50.658  1'57.475        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN *1'50.872  1'57.905        Honda Repsol Honda
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA *1'50.963  1'59.298  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
11  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN *1'51.267  1'55.253       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
12  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA *1'51.317  1'56.041        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
13 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA *1'51.410  1'58.700        Honda Repsol Honda
14 77 Eskil SUTER              SUI *1'51.547  1'58.289          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
15 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL *1'51.659  1'56.158       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
16 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER *1'52.296  1'57.543  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
17 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED *1'52.622  1'57.983        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
18 14 Juan BORJA               SPA *1'52.643  1'59.309        Honda Shell Advance Racing
19 27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN *1'53.000  1'58.698       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
20 23 Matt WAIT                USA *1'54.841  2'02.514        Honda F.C.C. TSR
21 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA *1'55.148  2'01.680        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
22 26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA *1'55.665  2'00.021        Honda Shell Advance Racing
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA *1'55.769  1'59.585        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
24 88 Scott SMART              GBR *1'56.728  2'05.744        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain

Out of limit time
25 43 Paolo TESSARI            ITA *1'57.919  2'04.334        Paton Team Paton

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

 1  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 42'05.831 147.6                  Honda Team UGT - 3000
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'05.918 147.6      0.087       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 3 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'16.225 147.0     10.394       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 4  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 42'16.297 146.9     10.466     Aprilia UGT 3000
 5  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 42'28.530 146.2     22.699     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 41 Youichi UI               JPN 42'31.964 146.0     26.133      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 7 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'32.377 146.0     26.546       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 8 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 42'33.992 145.9     28.161      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
 9 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 42'36.415 145.8     30.584     Aprilia Scrab Competition
10 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 42'54.347 144.8     48.516     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
11  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 42'54.487 144.8     48.656       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
12  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 43'07.841 144.0   1'02.010       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
13  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'17.916 143.5   1'12.085     Aprilia Via Digital Team
14 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 43'18.168 143.5   1'12.337     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
15 49 Andrea ZAPPA             ITA 43'18.239 143.4   1'12.408       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
16 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 43'18.837 143.4   1'13.006      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
17 48 Massimiliano SABBATANI   ITA 43'21.474 143.3   1'15.643       Honda Team RS
18 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA 43'29.912 142.8   1'24.081     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
19 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 43'39.030 142.3   1'33.199       Honda Team Pileri

Not Classified
   32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 34'15.501 146.8     4 Laps       Honda OXS Matteoni
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 33'28.684 141.4     5 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
   63 Marco TRESOLDI           SUI 29'34.537 140.0     7 Laps       Honda Ricci Corse
   23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 29'37.685 139.8     7 Laps     Aprilia Motoracing Team
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 21'08.465 139.9    11 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
   10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  8'10.211 144.8    17 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   47 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA  4'17.079 138.1    19 Laps     Aprilia Team Italia

Not finished first lap
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE                                  Honda Team UGT 3000

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

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 43'43.815 155.6                Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 43'46.502 155.4      2.687     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 43'47.990 155.3      4.175       Honda Castrol 250 Team
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 43'50.339 155.2      6.524       Honda Benetton Honda
 5 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 44'12.995 153.9     29.180       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 6  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 44'15.430 153.7     31.615       Honda F.C.C. TSR
 7 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 44'16.763 153.6     32.948   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
 8 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 44'17.429 153.6     33.614   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
 9  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 44'19.707 153.5     35.892      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
10 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 44'23.410 153.3     39.595     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
11  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 44'37.405 152.5     53.590      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
12 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 44'37.803 152.4     53.988      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
13 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 44'38.501 152.4     54.686      Yamaha Edo Racing
14 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 44'40.198 152.3     56.383      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
15 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 44'44.739 152.0   1'00.924   TSR-Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
16 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 44'56.996 151.4   1'13.181   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
17 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA 45'00.020 151.2   1'16.205     Aprilia Team Italia
18 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 45'09.184 150.7   1'25.369      Yamaha Edo Racing
19 48 Igor ANTONELLI           ITA 45'13.329 150.4   1'29.514     Aprilia Team RCGM
20 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 45'17.584 150.2   1'33.769       Honda Penguin Racing
21 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 45'19.111 150.1   1'35.296      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
22 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA 45'22.075 150.0   1'38.260       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
23 49 Filippo COTTI            ITA 45'25.880 149.8   1'42.065       Honda Matteoni Racing
24 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 44'54.527 144.9      1 Lap     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

Not Classified
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 11'35.619 153.1    17 Laps   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
   34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  2'02.083 145.4    22 Laps     Aprilia Docshop Racing

Not finished first lap
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG                                Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion

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

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 46'00.092 160.8                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 46'06.656 160.4      6.564       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 46'08.813 160.2      8.721       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 4  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 46'11.336 160.1     11.244       Honda Honda Gresini
 5 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA 46'21.764 159.5     21.672      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 6  5 Norick ABE               JPN 46'28.499 159.1     28.407      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 46'36.719 158.7     36.627       Honda Repsol Honda
 8 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 46'36.968 158.6     36.876       Honda Repsol Honda
 9  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 46'37.424 158.6     37.332      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
10  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 46'47.769 158.0     47.677       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
11 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 46'55.982 157.6     55.890      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
12 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 46'57.132 157.5     57.040      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
13 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 46'58.970 157.4     58.878       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
14 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 47'06.196 157.0   1'06.104 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
15 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 47'18.400 156.3   1'18.308 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
16 27 Katsuaki FUJIWARA        JPN 47'19.524 156.3   1'19.432      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
17 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 47'28.583 155.8   1'28.491       Honda Shell Advance Racing
18 23 Matt WAIT                USA 47'50.909 154.6   1'50.817       Honda F.C.C. TSR
19 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 46'54.975 151.3      1 Lap       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel

Not Classified
   77 Eskil SUTER              SUI 34'08.941 155.9     7 Laps         Muz Muz Roc RennSport
   26 Bernard GARCIA           FRA 30'45.884 153.8     9 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Racing
   22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 29'09.354 152.2    10 Laps       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 23'06.050 153.7    13 Laps       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
   88 Scott SMART              GBR 23'30.853 151.0    13 Laps       Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
   43 Paolo TESSARI            ITA 19'07.400 108.3    18 Laps       Paton Team Paton

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