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| Race 2 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 April 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Johor Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 April 1998 at the Johor Circuit.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | 45:15.533 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 |  Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +2.634 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 30 | +4.410 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +10.619 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 |  John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +13.079 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 |  Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +19.382 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Norihiko Fujiwara | BP Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 30 | +41.494 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +48.970 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +52.131 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 30 | +1:00.294 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +1:20.245 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 30 | +1:23.599 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 |  Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 30 | +1:34.532 | 20 | 3 |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 1 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 53 |  Russell Wood | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 10 | |
| DNS | 7 | Doriano Romboni | MuZ Roc Rennen Sport | MuZ | Did not start | |||
| Sources: [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 26 | 41:34.332 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +0.277 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 26 | +1.902 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 26 | +12.991 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Honda | 26 | +14.086 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 26 | +31.874 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 26 | +36.955 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 26 | +37.508 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 26 | +39.492 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +42.748 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 26 | +44.743 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 26 | +44.950 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 26 | +56.948 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 26 | +58.446 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:01.914 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.499 | 17 | |
| 17 | 62 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 26 | +1:03.953 | 14 | |
| 18 | 18 | Paolo Tessari | Aprilia | 26 | +1:20.527 | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | José Ramírez | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Christian Manna | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | 2 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 26 | |
| DNS | 56 |  Magilai Meganathan | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 25 | |
| DSQ | 19 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 8 | Disqualified | 23 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded. [4]
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