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

1998 All Japan Superbike/Suzuka

1998-09-04 to 1998-09-06

Suzuka Superbike Race

Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 18,000
Entries: 61 / Practised: 54 / Qualified: 44

Map of Suzuka circuit.

Sessions

Entry list available.

4 Sep, Fri

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Free Practice 1

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Free Practice 2

5 Sep, 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

6 Sep, Sun

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Overall qualifying

Results

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P.	#	Cl.	Rider	Bike	Q1	Q2	Time	KM/H
1	7		Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	2:09.488	2:09.155	2:09.155	163.45
2	5		Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	2:09.793	2:09.305	2:09.305	163.26
3	4		Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	2:09.890	2:09.471	2:09.471	163.05
4	6		Akira RYO	Suzuki	2:10.041	2:09.762	2:09.762	162.69
5	9		Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	2:10.234	2:09.796	2:09.796	162.64
6	8		Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	2:10.668	2:09.878	2:09.878	162.54
7	3		Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	2:10.044	2:09.879	2:09.879	162.54
8	12		Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	2:11.081	2:10.296	2:10.296	162.02
9	51		Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	2:10.410	2:10.499	2:10.410	161.88
10	98		Atsushi WATANABE	Suzuki	2:11.416	2:10.704	2:10.704	161.51
11	45		Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	2:11.073	2:10.885	2:10.885	161.29
12	36		Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	2:10.945	2:11.159	2:10.945	161.22
13	13		Manabu KAMADA	Honda	2:11.991	2:11.266	2:11.266	160.82
14	17		Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	2:13.043	2:12.820	2:12.820	158.94
15	44		Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	2:13.973	2:13.048	2:13.048	158.67
16	26	S-NK	Ryuji TSURUTA	Kawasaki	2:13.555	2:13.084	2:13.084	158.62
17	916		Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	2:14.426	2:13.227	2:13.227	158.45
18	41		Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	2:13.812	2:13.409	2:13.409	158.24
19	40	S-NK	Kazuki SHIMIZU	Kawasaki	2:14.088	2:13.492	2:13.492	158.14
20	59		Toshiyuki ARAKAKI	Honda	2:14.373	2:13.509	2:13.509	158.12
21	30		Takuma YAMAMOTO	Kawasaki	2:14.100	2:13.591	2:13.591	158.02
22	48	S-NK	Shin'ichiro IMAI	Kawasaki	2:13.624	2:13.791	2:13.624	157.98
23	29		Isami HIGASHIMURA	Kawasaki	2:15.501	2:13.682	2:13.682	157.92
24	65		Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	2:14.157	2:13.788	2:13.788	157.79
25	74	S-NK	Takatoshi ONISHI	Yamaha	2:13.819	2:13.945	2:13.819	157.75
26	16		Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	2:14.174	2:14.476	2:14.174	157.34
27	27		Shuya ARAI	Honda	2:14.196	2:14.266	2:14.196	157.31
28	34		Takahiro FUKAMI	Yamaha	2:15.183	2:14.500	2:14.500	156.95
29	38		Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	2:16.138	2:14.559	2:14.559	156.89
30	21		Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	2:14.955	2:14.810	2:14.810	156.59
31	70		Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Suzuki	2:14.816		2:14.816	156.59
32	55		Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	2:15.571	2:14.866	2:14.866	156.53
33	24		Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	2:15.662	2:14.920	2:14.920	156.47
34	31		Hideo SENMYO	Honda	2:15.428	2:14.938	2:14.938	156.45
35	54		Hideki ONISHI	Kawasaki	2:15.226	2:15.012	2:15.012	156.36
36	68		Hiroaki KAWASE	Suzuki	2:15.704	2:15.506	2:15.506	155.79
37	75	S-NK	Makoto TOKINAGA	Yamaha	2:15.514		2:15.514	155.78
38	25		Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	2:15.926	2:15.840	2:15.840	155.41
39	61	S-NK	Hideto HOTTA	Kawasaki	2:16.036	2:17.523	2:16.036	155.18
40	71		Mamoru YAMAKAWA	Kawasaki	2:17.926	2:16.600	2:16.600	154.54
41	58	S-NK	Takaharu KISHIDA	Kawasaki	2:16.699	2:17.965	2:16.699	154.43
42	77		Kozo MINAMIKAWA	Yamaha	2:17.918	2:16.781	2:16.781	154.34
43	63		Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	2:16.842	2:17.800	2:16.842	154.27
44	50	S-NK	Minoru OUCHIDA	Kawasaki	2:18.610	2:17.410	2:17.410	153.63
(45)	47	S-NK	Yasuhiko GORIKU	Yamaha	2:18.905	2:17.723	2:17.723	153.28
(46)	49		Yoshinori KAMIMURA	Honda	2:18.366	2:18.066	2:18.066	152.90
(47)	69		Keiji SHIOMI	Suzuki	2:18.209		2:18.209	152.74
(48)	64		Hidenori MAESOBA	Honda	2:19.084	2:18.341	2:18.341	152.60
(49)	66		Katsuya WATANABE	Honda	2:20.962	2:19.225	2:19.225	151.63
(50)	46		Atsushi YOSHIHIRO	Honda	2:20.182	2:21.575	2:20.182	150.59
(51)	62	S-NK	Masaru MIZUTANI	Suzuki	2:21.457	2:20.584	2:20.584	150.16
(52)	57		Takaaki JIN	Honda		2:23.698	2:23.698	146.91
	56	S-NK	Takashi TODA	Yamaha			--.---
	28		Masayuki YAMANAKA	Ducati			--.---

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

Rider notes

#46 Yoshihiro: Entered as bike number 42.

Sources:

Official results/ Official entry list/ Official program/ Official grid sheet/ MFJ Magazine No. 352 1999⁠-⁠01 pg60⁠-⁠62/ asahi⁠-⁠net.or.jp/~hi2m⁠-⁠msn/ bike.ne.jp/ europark.com/ honda.co.jp/motorsports/ moriwaki.co.jp/ motoracing⁠-⁠japan.com