1998 Suzuka Superbike 200km Race - Suzuka - Overall qualifying | Superbike Archives

1998 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

1998-05-29 to 1998-05-31

Suzuka Superbike 200km Race

Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 22,000
Entries: 76 / Practised: 67 / Qualified: 44

Map of Suzuka circuit.

Sessions

Entry list available.

29 May, Fri

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Free Practice 1 - Group A

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Free Practice 1 - Group B

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Free Practice 2 - Group A

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Free Practice 2 - Group B

30 May, Sat

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Qualifying 1 - Group A

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Qualifying 1 - Group B

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Qualifying 2 - Group A

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Qualifying 2 - Group B

Qualifying times available.

Overall qualifying

31 May, Sun

Results are available.

Results are available.

Overall qualifying

Results

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P.	#	Cl.	Rider	Bike	Q1	Q2	Time	KM/H
1	5		Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	2:12.917	2:10.141	2:10.141	162.21
2	7		Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	2:13.340	2:10.151	2:10.151	162.20
3	1		Noriyuki HAGA	Yamaha	2:16.559	2:10.187	2:10.187	162.15
4	3		Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	2:14.727	2:10.615	2:10.615	161.62
5	9		Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	2:12.935	2:10.697	2:10.697	161.52
6	45		Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	2:14.260	2:10.774	2:10.774	161.43
7	4		Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	2:15.896	2:11.398	2:11.398	160.66
8	12		Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	2:13.364	2:11.499	2:11.499	160.54
9	6		Akira RYO	Suzuki	2:15.200	2:11.753	2:11.753	160.23
10	51		Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	2:16.942	2:12.093	2:12.093	159.81
11	36		Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	2:19.874	2:12.310	2:12.310	159.55
12	19		Osamu NISHIJIMA	Kawasaki	2:16.481	2:12.632	2:12.632	159.17
13	29		Isami HIGASHIMURA	Kawasaki	2:16.044	2:13.150	2:13.150	158.55
14	67		Naoto OGURA	Suzuki	2:16.051	2:13.426	2:13.426	158.22
15	13		Manabu KAMADA	Honda	2:18.157	2:13.497	2:13.497	158.13
16	16		Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	2:17.915	2:13.616	2:13.616	157.99
17	56		Neil HODGSON	Kawasaki	2:16.995	2:13.985	2:13.985	157.56
18	8		Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	2:19.040	2:14.068	2:14.068	157.46
19	916		Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	2:16.919	2:14.229	2:14.229	157.27
20	41		Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	2:18.823	2:14.255	2:14.255	157.24
21	24		Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	2:17.732	2:14.420	2:14.420	157.05
22	44		Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	2:27.087	2:14.898	2:14.898	156.49
23	27		Shuya ARAI	Honda	2:20.035	2:14.978	2:14.978	156.40
24	32		Toshiya KOBAYASHI	Honda	2:17.172	2:15.075	2:15.075	156.29
25	70		Yusuke TAKEYAMA	Yamaha	2:20.615	2:15.112	2:15.112	156.24
26	48		Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	2:21.273	2:15.191	2:15.191	156.15
27	65		Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	2:18.855	2:15.418	2:15.418	155.89
28	82		Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	2:21.547	2:15.446	2:15.446	155.86
29	21		Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	2:18.784	2:15.541	2:15.541	155.75
30	38		Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	2:19.784	2:15.580	2:15.580	155.70
31	72		Naoshi NAKAGAWA	Honda	2:20.419	2:15.660	2:15.660	155.61
32	40		Kazuki SHIMIZU	Kawasaki	2:16.690	2:15.850	2:15.850	155.39
33	35		Tamotsu MIZUSAWA	Kawasaki	2:19.006	2:15.876	2:15.876	155.37
34	99	S-NK	Yoshiteru KONISHI	Honda	2:18.075	2:16.143	2:16.143	155.06
35	53	S-NK	Shin'ichiro IMAI	Kawasaki	2:18.027	2:16.287	2:16.287	154.90
36	26	S-NK	Ryuji TSURUTA	Kawasaki	2:18.887	2:16.377	2:16.377	154.79
37	34		Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	2:19.751	2:16.399	2:16.399	154.77
38	46	S-NK	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	2:21.324	2:16.896	2:16.896	154.21
39	84	S-NK	Takatoshi ONISHI	Yamaha	2:21.722	2:16.961	2:16.961	154.13
40	68		Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	2:22.459	2:17.151	2:17.151	153.92
41	17		Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	2:18.565	2:17.207	2:17.207	153.86
42	55		Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	2:19.813	2:17.397	2:17.397	153.65
43	63		Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	2:21.107	2:17.592	2:17.592	153.43
44	49		Yoshinori KAMIMURA	Honda	2:20.784	2:17.676	2:17.676	153.33
(45)	50	S-NK	Minoru OUCHIDA	Kawasaki	2:23.911	2:17.706	2:17.706	153.30
(46)	76		Shogo TAKEMI	Yamaha	2:32.431	2:17.929	2:17.929	153.05
(47)	69		Keiji SHIOMI	Suzuki	2:23.067	2:17.999	2:17.999	152.98
(48)	89		Tomonao AOKI	Suzuki	2:20.138	2:18.096	2:18.096	152.87
(49)	74		Norikazu ODAGIRI	Honda	2:22.743	2:18.185	2:18.185	152.77
(50)	25		Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	2:21.517	2:18.249	2:18.249	152.70
(51)	71		Mamoru YAMAKAWA	Kawasaki	2:20.605	2:18.512	2:18.512	152.41
(52)	83	S-NK	Shigeru YAMASHITA	Kawasaki	2:20.579	2:18.653	2:18.653	152.25
(53)	75		Hiroaki KAWASE	Suzuki	2:22.855	2:18.757	2:18.757	152.14
(54)	52		Makoto USUI	Yamaha	2:25.952	2:18.792	2:18.792	152.10
(55)	57	S-NK	Takaharu KISHIDA	Kawasaki	2:18.810	2:18.876	2:18.810	152.08
(56)	62	S-NK	Masaru MIZUTANI	Suzuki	2:21.452	2:18.961	2:18.961	151.92
(57)	88		Tohru SUZUKI	Kawasaki	2:27.648	2:19.176	2:19.176	151.68
(58)	64		Hidenori MAESOBA	Honda	2:31.047	2:19.893	2:19.893	150.90
(59)	77		Kozo MINAMIKAWA	Yamaha	2:23.702	2:20.848	2:20.848	149.88
(60)	61		Yasunari KAWAMURA	Honda	2:25.794	2:21.061	2:21.061	149.65
(61)	87	S-NK	Yasuhiro USAMI	Suzuki	2:24.389	2:21.246	2:21.246	149.46
(62)	86	S-NK	Koji ADACHI	Honda	2:26.645	2:21.608	2:21.608	149.08
(63)	78		Tetsuya BITO	Suzuki	2:32.438	2:22.199	2:22.199	148.46
(64)	66		Katsuya WATANABE	Honda	2:30.213	2:22.730	2:22.730	147.90
(65)	58	S-NK	Shigetoshi KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	2:28.347	2:23.326	2:23.326	147.29
(66)	79		Takumi SHIMIZU	Yamaha	2:33.060	2:24.135	2:24.135	146.46
(67)	54		Takaaki JIN	Honda	2:47.358	2:32.768	2:32.768	138.19

Positions in parentheses denote riders who either did not receive a grid space, failed to meet qualifying requirements or withdrew after qualifying.

Sources:

Official results/ Official entry list/ Official program/ Official grid sheet/ MFJ Magazine No. 352 1999⁠-⁠01 pg60⁠-⁠62/ bike.ne.jp/ europark.com/ honda.co.jp/motorsports/ moriwaki.co.jp/ motoracing⁠-⁠japan.com/ Photos by roadrace.jog.buttobi.net