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| Date | 3 May 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Marlboro de España [1] [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuito de Jerez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 May 1998 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | 47:21.522 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +0.393 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Team Kanemoto | Honda | 27 | +0.870 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +2.368 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 |  Alex Barros | Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +13.311 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 |  Norick Abe | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +13.933 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +14.471 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +24.127 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +26.700 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 28 |  Ralf Waldmann | Marlboro Team Roberts | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +29.597 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | John Kocinski | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +31.561 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda | Honda | 27 | +36.141 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 |  Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +41.486 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +54.947 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 27 | +55.158 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | 27 | +1:01.172 | 14 | |
| 17 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1:05.910 | 19 | |
| 18 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1:10.801 | 18 | |
| 19 | 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +1:32.385 | 15 | |
| 20 | 23 | Matt Wait | FCC TSR | Honda | 27 | +1:33.597 | 21 | |
| 21 | 88 |  Scott Smart | Team Millar Honda Britain | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 22 | 58 |  Felisberto Teixeira | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Team Polini Inoxmacel | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Shell Advance Racing | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Sources: [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded. [6]
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