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| Race 7 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 27 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Rizla Dutch TT [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | TT Circuit Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1998 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 20 | 41:17.788 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 20 | +0.560 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 |  Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 20 | +1.151 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 20 | +5.151 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 |  Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 20 | +13.827 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 20 | +21.256 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 |  Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 20 | +28.877 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 20 | +33.544 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 20 | +44.870 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 20 | +48.118 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 20 | +1:11.257 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 20 | +1:30.137 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 20 | +1:39.885 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 88 |  Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 20 | +2:49.856 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Bernard Garcia | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 20 | +3:02.687 | 18 | 1 |
| Ret | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 16 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Luca Cadalora | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 9 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 9 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | MuZ Roc RennSport | MuZ | 5 | Retirement | 14 | |
| DNS | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources: [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 18 | 38:31.905 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 18 | +19.184 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 18 | +19.516 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 18 | +21.682 | 21 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 18 | +21.721 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 27 |  Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 18 | +21.927 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 18 | +22.084 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 18 | +27.290 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 18 | +33.444 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 18 | +37.467 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 18 | +42.228 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 18 | +42.659 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 18 | +50.841 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 47 | Ivan Clementi | Yamaha | 18 | +52.029 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 18 | +53.759 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | ERP Honda | 18 | +1:08.503 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Davide Bulega | ERP Honda | 18 | +1:08.716 | 18 | |
| 18 | 76 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 18 | +1:21.462 | 24 | |
| 19 | 75 | Maurice Bolwerk | Honda | 18 | +1:21.546 | 23 | |
| 20 | 78 | Rudie Markink | Honda | 18 | +1:44.511 | 25 | |
| 21 | 77 | André Romein | Honda | 18 | +2:11.041 | 26 | |
| Ret | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 12 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 4 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 4 | Accident | 8 | |
| DNS | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 79 | Henk van de Lagemaat | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| WD | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | Withdrew | |||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 17 | 38:27.391 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 17 | +0.028 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 17 | +9.626 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 17 | +10.331 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 17 | +10.410 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 17 | +10.425 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 17 | +10.700 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 17 | +11.417 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 17 | +14.678 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 17 | +24.158 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 17 | +25.011 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 17 | +30.265 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 17 | +30.369 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 17 | +33.345 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 17 | +33.527 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 17 | +33.742 | 11 | |
| 17 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 17 | +36.359 | 20 | |
| 18 | 14 | Federico Cerroni | Aprilia | 17 | +59.159 | 19 | |
| 19 | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 17 | +1:02.676 | 23 | |
| 20 | 59 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 17 | +1:02.920 | 17 | |
| 21 | 65 | Andrea Iommi | Honda | 17 | +1:43.557 | 24 | |
| 22 | 74 | Hans Koopman | EGA Honda | 17 | +3:53.297 | 25 | |
| 23 | 78 | Wilhelm van Leeuwen | Honda | 16 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 24 | 76 | Harold de Haan | Honda | 16 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 10 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 9 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
| DNQ | 77 | Ronnie Timmer | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 75 | Wim Kroegman | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
| Source: [7] | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded. [8]
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The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the TT Assen, and also sometimes known as the Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix, is an annual Dutch motorsport event established in 1925 for road racing motorcycles held on the TT Circuit Assen, also known as the ‘Cathedral of Speed'. The event attained world championship status in 1949 when it was sanctioned by the FIM as part of the inaugural Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship season, making it the oldest event on the MotoGP calendar. The venue holds the record for being the only circuit to have hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix event every year since the series was created in 1949, with the exception of 2020 when the race was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The races were traditionally held on the last Saturday of June however, from 2016 onwards it has been held on Sunday of the last weekend of June, bringing it in line with all other MotoGP races. The event is due to take place at the TT Circuit Assen until at least 2026.
The 2002 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 June 2002 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
The 2004 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 June 2004 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
The 2005 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 2005 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
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The 1998 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 August 1998 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.
The 1998 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 September 1998 at Imola.
The 1998 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 September 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the last time that the Catalan Motorcycle Grand Prix was held in September 2020.
The 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1998 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
The 1999 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 26 June 1999 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
The 2000 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 June 2000 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
The 2000 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 2000 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.
The 2000 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 October 2000 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
The 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit.
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The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.
The 2015 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 27 June 2015.
The 2016 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 26 June 2016.
The 2021 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fourth round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 27 June 2021.
