1998 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 14

Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina
Buenos Aires 23-25 Oct. 1998
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'52.062 *1'50.550        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'52.637 *1'50.585        Honda Benetton Matteoni
 3  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'51.042 *1'50.770      Aprilia UGT 3000
 4 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'53.155 *1'51.347        Honda OXS Matteoni
 5 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'53.628 *1'51.419       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'53.555 *1'51.518        Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
 7 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'54.222 *1'51.708      Aprilia Scrab Competition
 8  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'52.806 *1'51.772        Honda Team UGT - 3000
 9  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'55.109 *1'51.844      Aprilia Via Digital Team
10 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'53.673 *1'51.852        Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
11  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'53.419 *1'51.909        Honda Givi Honda LCR
12 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'53.592 *1'52.081      Aprilia Motoracing Team
13  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'53.250 *1'52.168      Aprilia Docshop Racing
14 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'55.880 *1'52.217      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
15  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'52.888 *1'52.271        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
16 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'54.675 *1'52.516        Honda Givi Honda LCR
17 59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'54.335 *1'52.557      Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar
18 65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA  1'55.882 *1'52.665        Honda Team Pileri
19 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'53.455 *1'52.844        Honda Team UGT 3000
20 22 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'54.413 *1'52.870      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
21 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA  1'55.077 *1'53.172       Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
22 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN  1'54.955 *1'53.732       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
23 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'57.040 *1'53.744      Aprilia Via Digital Team
24 16 Christian MANNA          ITA  1'56.687 *1'55.536       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
25 14 Federico CERRONI         ITA  1'57.344 *1'55.630      Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
26 94 Cristiano VIEIRA         BRA  1'59.999 *1'57.052        Honda Matsuo-Daido-Yuasa-tam
27 97 Silvio Cesar ZEQUIM      BRA  2'06.752 *1'58.273        Honda Motul/Motosistemi

Out of limit time
28 95 Cesar BARROS             BRA  2'01.471 *2'00.025        Honda Amauri-Revista Moto!

250cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'48.448 *1'45.568      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 2 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'47.289 *1'46.190        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'48.726 *1'46.449      Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 4 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'48.682 *1'46.542      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 5 27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'47.829 *1'46.586      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
 6  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'47.737 *1'46.801        Honda Benetton Honda
 7 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'49.150 *1'47.514       Yamaha Edo Racing
 8 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN  1'48.688 *1'47.579       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
 9  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'48.960 *1'47.647    TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
10 17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'48.669 *1'47.746       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
11 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'48.797 *1'47.793       Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
12  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN  1'49.942 *1'48.004       Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
13  6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'48.244 *1'48.072        Honda F.C.C. TSR
14  4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'49.776 *1'48.087        Honda Castrol 250 Team
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'48.973 *1'48.105    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
16 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'49.577 *1'48.143    TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
17 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN  1'50.086 *1'48.603       Yamaha Edo Racing
18 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA  1'50.324 *1'48.610      Aprilia Docshop Racing
19 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA  1'50.901 *1'48.632    Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
20  8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA  1'49.753 *1'48.647       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
21 82 Woolsey COULTER          GBR  1'51.627 *1'49.252        Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
22 25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN  1'50.936 *1'49.293        Honda Penguin Racing
23 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA  1'50.559 *1'49.322        Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
24 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG  1'50.229 *1'50.071      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
25 97 Diego RUABEN             ARG *1'50.374  1'50.444        Honda Honda-Castrol-Gregorio
26 95 Matias RIOS              ARG  1'52.162 *1'51.904       Yamaha Mitsubishi Mondial
27 96 Leandro MULET            ARG  1'53.662 *1'51.968       Yamaha Pablo Lessio Competicion

Out of limit time
28 98 Gabriel BORGMANN         ARG  1'56.189 *1'52.979       Yamaha Recouso Oscar

500cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS  1'45.792 *1'44.193        Honda Repsol Honda
 2  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'45.661 *1'44.700        Honda Repsol Honda
 3  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'47.497 *1'44.762        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 4 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'47.287 *1'44.793        Honda Repsol Honda
 5 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'46.896 *1'44.854       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 6 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA  1'46.567 *1'44.886       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 7  4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'45.953 *1'44.940        Honda Repsol Honda
 8  9 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'46.334 *1'45.000        Honda Honda Gresini
 9 20 Luca CADALORA            ITA  1'46.725 *1'45.174          Muz Muz Roc RennSport
10 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'46.529 *1'45.208        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
11 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA  1'45.955 *1'45.237  Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
12 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'47.930 *1'45.506  Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
13  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'47.972 *1'45.618       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
14  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'48.069 *1'45.776        Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
15 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'48.180 *1'45.787        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
16 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL  1'48.119 *1'45.942       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
17  5 Norick ABE               JPN  1'47.003 *1'46.109       Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
18 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'48.750 *1'46.659        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
19 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'48.425 *1'46.740        Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 23 Matt WAIT                USA  1'48.863 *1'48.013        Honda F.C.C. TSR
21 42 Craig CONNELL            AUS  1'49.428 *1'48.256        Honda Shell Advance Racing
22 88 Scott SMART              GBR  1'50.241 *1'48.292        Honda Team Millar Honda Britain
23 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA  1'50.238 *1'48.974        Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
24 71 Juan Pablo GIANINI       ARG  1'50.385 *1'49.438        Honda Shell Advance Racing

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  3 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 42'43.976 140.5                  Honda Team UGT - 3000
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'44.542 140.4      0.566       Honda Benetton Matteoni
 3 10 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'45.113 140.4      1.137       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 4 20 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'45.167 140.4      1.191       Honda Mac Motors Liegeois Comp.
 5  4 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 43'00.087 139.6     16.111     Aprilia UGT 3000
 6 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 43'00.290 139.6     16.314       Honda OXS Matteoni
 7 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 43'05.897 139.3     21.921     Aprilia Scrab Competition
 8  5 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 43'06.809 139.2     22.833     Aprilia Docshop Racing
 9  2 Noboru UEDA              JPN 43'07.573 139.2     23.597       Honda Givi Honda LCR
10  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 43'07.898 139.2     23.922       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
11 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 43'07.934 139.2     23.958     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
12 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 43'11.519 139.0     27.543     Aprilia Motoracing Team
13  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 43'11.696 139.0     27.720       Honda UGT 3000 - RMS
14 62 Yoshiaki KATOH           JPN 43'11.798 139.0     27.822      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
15 41 Youichi UI               JPN 43'26.437 138.2     42.461      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
16 17 Juan E. MATURANA         SPA 43'36.732 137.6     52.756      Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz Aral
17 22 Steve JENKNER            GER 43'38.865 137.5     54.889     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
18 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 43'38.998 137.5     55.022       Honda Team UGT 3000
19 94 Cristiano VIEIRA         BRA 43'20.462 132.5      1 Lap       Honda Matsuo-Daido-Yuasa-tam
20 97 Silvio Cesar ZEQUIM      BRA 43'59.439 130.5      1 Lap       Honda Motul/Motosistemi

Not Classified
   15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 18'47.861 138.8    13 Laps       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
   16 Christian MANNA          ITA 13'53.374 131.5    16 Laps      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
   65 Andrea IOMMI             ITA 11'22.342 137.7    17 Laps       Honda Team Pileri
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  9'31.792 136.9    18 Laps     Aprilia Via Digital Team
   14 Federico CERRONI         ITA  9'53.616 131.9    18 Laps     Aprilia Scuderia Alfa Nolan
   59 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  4'15.985 122.     21 Laps     Aprilia Team Valencia Aspar

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    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA                                Aprilia Via Digital Team

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'26.581 146.8                Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 44'31.941 146.5      5.360     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
 3 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 44'53.677 145.3     27.096       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
 4  5 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 44'54.032 145.3     27.451       Honda Benetton Honda
 5 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 44'57.401 145.1     30.820   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
 6  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 45'08.397 144.6     41.816   TSR-Honda QUB Team Optimum
 7 12 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 45'09.136 144.5     42.555      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
 8 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 45'09.289 144.5     42.708      Suzuki Team Rizla Suzuki
 9 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 45'09.729 144.5     43.148      Yamaha Edo Racing
10 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 45'19.086 144.0     52.505   TSR-Honda Scuderia AGV Carrizosa
11  7 Takeshi TSUJIMURA        JPN 45'20.712 143.9     54.131      Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse-Group
12 14 Davide BULEGA            ITA 45'34.090 143.2   1'07.509   Erp Honda OXS Matteoni
13 45 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA 45'39.087 142.9   1'12.506     Aprilia Docshop Racing
14 18 Osamu MIYAZAKI           JPN 46'01.609 141.8   1'35.028      Yamaha Edo Racing
15 82 Woolsey COULTER          GBR 46'03.952 141.6   1'37.371       Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
16 22 Matthieu LAGRIVE         FRA 46'09.398 141.4   1'42.817       Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3
17 41 Federico GARTNER         ARG 46'11.934 141.2   1'45.353     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
18 97 Diego RUABEN             ARG 44'41.789 140.1      1 Lap       Honda Honda-Castrol-Gregorio
19 96 Leandro MULET            ARG 45'17.506 138.3      1 Lap      Yamaha Pablo Lessio Competicion
20 98 Gabriel BORGMANN         ARG 45'21.964 138.1      1 Lap      Yamaha Recouso Oscar

Not Classified
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 42'41.483 146.7      1 Lap     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Team
    6 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 41'33.705 144.4     2 Laps       Honda F.C.C. TSR
   25 Yasu HATAKEYAMA          JPN 35'01.955 141.6     6 Laps       Honda Penguin Racing
    8 Luis D'ANTIN             SPA 32'37.901 144.0     7 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
   27 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 22'07.318 141.6    13 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi Elaion
   17 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 20'17.520 141.5    14 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha
    4 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 18'25.993 141.6    15 Laps       Honda Castrol 250 Team
   95 Matias RIOS              ARG  2'13.504 117.3    24 Laps      Yamaha Mitsubishi Mondial

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 47'07.332 149.5                  Honda Repsol Honda
 2  2 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 47'12.094 149.3      4.762       Honda Repsol Honda
 3  9 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'12.922 149.3      5.590       Honda Honda Gresini
 4  5 Norick ABE               JPN 47'35.017 148.1     27.685      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 5  6 Max BIAGGI               ITA 47'37.586 148.0     30.254       Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto
 6 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 47'37.773 148.0     30.441      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 7 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA 47'37.979 147.9     30.647      Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey
 8  8 Carlos CHECA             SPA 47'38.276 147.9     30.944       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 47'40.140 147.8     32.808       Honda Repsol Honda
10 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 47'49.046 147.4     41.714       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
11 10 Kenny ROBERTS Jr.        USA 47'54.078 147.1     46.746 Modenas KR3 Team Roberts
12  3 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 47'55.596 147.0     48.264      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL 48'09.395 146.3   1'02.063      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 48'10.587 146.3   1'03.255       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
15 28 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 48'13.603 146.1   1'06.271 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts
16 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 48'35.221 145.0   1'27.889       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
17 23 Matt WAIT                USA 48'35.292 145.0   1'27.960       Honda F.C.C. TSR
18 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 48'35.736 145.0   1'28.404       Honda Shell Advance Racing
19 42 Craig CONNELL            AUS 47'22.669 143.2      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing
20 57 Fabio CARPANI            ITA 47'46.203 142.1      1 Lap       Honda Team Polini Inoxmacel
21 71 Juan Pablo GIANINI       ARG 48'07.109 141.0      1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Racing

Not Classified
    4 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 29'47.005 149.0    10 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda
   20 Luca CADALORA            ITA 23'24.515 144.9    14 Laps         Muz Muz Roc RennSport

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   88 Scott SMART              GBR                                  Honda Team Millar Honda Britain

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