1998 French MotoGP

Grand Prix de France

Sunday, May 31, 1998

Race winner:

Repsol Honda

Round:

Laps:

Pole position:

Repsol Honda

Country:

France

Circuit:

Paul Ricard

1998 season:

Position	Driver	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1	Alex Criville	Repsol Honda	Honda	42m 41.128s	25
2 ↓ 1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	Honda	42m 41.411s +0.283s	20
3	Carlos Checa	Moviestar Honda Pons	Honda	42m 41.626s +0.498s	16
4	John Kocinski	Moviestar Honda Pons	Honda	42m 48.016s +6.888s	13
5	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Team Kanemoto	Honda	42m 51.575s +10.447s	11
6	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	42m 57.433s +16.305s	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha Team Rainey	Yamaha	42m 57.919s +16.791s	9
8	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	42m 58.169s +17.041s	8
9	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	43m 1.681s +20.553s	7
10	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda	Honda	43m 4.882s +23.754s	6
11	Regis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	43m 18.681s +37.553s	5
12	Ralf Waldmann	Team Roberts	Modenas	43m 24.947s +43.819s	4
13	Kenny Roberts jr	Team Roberts	Modenas	43m 29.207s +48.079s	3
14	Juan Borja	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	43m 32.579s +51.451s	2
15	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	43m 44.471s +1m 3.343s	1
16	Sebastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	43m 55.200s +1m 14.072s	0
17	Garry McCoy	Shell Advance Racing	Honda	44m 4.200s +1m 23.072s	0
18	Matt Wait	FCC TSR	Honda		0
19	Fabio Carpani	Team Polini Inoxmacel	Honda		0
R	Alex Barros	Honda Gresini	Honda		0
R	Scott Smart	Team Millar Honda Britain	Honda		0
R	Eskil Suter	MuZ Roc RennSport	MuZ		0
DNS	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki		0

Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda	1m 21.188s

Paul Ricard

Country:

France

Location:

Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

Type:

Permanent road course

Length:

2.353 (miles)

Record:

Nigel Mansell (Ferrari 642), 1m08.012, 125.410 mph, F1, 1990

First race:

1986 French Grand Prix