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.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course |
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| 250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 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] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| 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] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 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] | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[8]
- Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Honda | 175 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 91 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 66 |
| 4 |  Modenas KR3 | 38 |
| 5 | MuZ | 6 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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