1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 April 1998
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Honda Time 2:05.772 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Honda Time 2:06.746 on lap 4 Podium First Max Biaggi Honda Second Tadayuki Okada Honda Third Noriyuki Haga Yamaha
250cc
Pole position Rider Daijiro Kato Honda Time 2:08.430 Fastest lap Rider Naoki Matsudo Yamaha Time 2:09.284 on lap 8 Podium First Daijiro Kato Honda Second Shinya Nakano Yamaha Third Naoki Matsudo Yamaha
125cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Honda Time 2:15.162 Fastest lap Rider Masao Azuma Honda Time 2:16.128 on lap 6 Podium First Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Second Tomomi Manako Honda Third Masao Azuma Honda

The 1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 April 1998 at the Suzuka Circuit. The rookie Max Biaggi surprised everyone by winning his first ever GP500 race.