1998 Motegi Superbike Race - Motegi - Overall qualifying

1998 All Japan Superbike/Motegi

1998-04-10 to 1998-04-12

Motegi Superbike Race

Motegi (Permanent circuit, 4.8010 km)
Attendance: 12,000
Entries: 44 / Practised: 42 / Qualified: 38

Sessions

11 Apr, Sat

12 Apr, Sun

Overall qualifying

Results

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P.	#	Rider	Bike	Q1	Q2	Time	KM/H
1	7	Shin'ya TAKEISHI	Kawasaki	1:54.327	1:53.242	1:53.242	152.63
2	5	Shin'ichi ITO	Honda	1:53.862	1:53.398	1:53.398	152.42
3	4	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	1:55.248	1:53.894	1:53.894	151.75
4	45	Toshiyuki HAMAGUCHI	Suzuki	1:55.824	1:54.089	1:54.089	151.49
5	12	Hitoyasu IZUTSU	Kawasaki	1:56.471	1:54.278	1:54.278	151.24
6	3	Yuichi TAKEDA	Honda	1:54.977	1:54.545	1:54.545	150.89
7	8	Tamaki SERIZAWA	Kawasaki	1:54.647	1:54.640	1:54.640	150.76
8	51	Kensuke HAGA	Yamaha	1:55.736	1:54.744	1:54.744	150.63
9	9	Keiichi KITAGAWA	Suzuki	1:54.787	1:55.057	1:54.787	150.57
10	36	Takahiro SOHWA	Honda	1:55.885	1:55.640	1:55.640	149.46
11	98	Atsushi WATANABE	Suzuki	1:57.199	1:56.914	1:56.914	147.83
12	6	Akira RYO	Suzuki	1:57.250		1:57.250	147.41
13	13	Manabu KAMADA	Honda	1:57.940	1:57.414	1:57.414	147.20
14	59	Toshiyuki ARAKAKI	Honda	1:58.944	1:57.601	1:57.601	146.97
15	30	Takuma YAMAMOTO	Kawasaki	1:59.102	1:57.622	1:57.622	146.94
16	916	Ichiro ASAI	Ducati	1:58.226	1:57.725	1:57.725	146.81
17	17	Yuji HARAGUCHI	Honda	1:58.833	1:57.809	1:57.809	146.71
18	21	Tomohiko KANEYASU	Honda	2:00.017	1:57.980	1:57.980	146.50
19	41	Jun'ichi KATO	Yamaha	1:59.832	1:58.280	1:58.280	146.12
20	48	Takayuki SUZUKI	Honda	1:59.943	1:58.369	1:58.369	146.01
21	65	Masaaki TSUKAMOTO	Honda	2:00.638	1:58.775	1:58.775	145.52
22	38	Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA	Honda	1:59.888	1:59.152	1:59.152	145.06
23	24	Yukihiro AOYANAGI	Yamaha	2:02.099	2:00.006	2:00.006	144.02
24	72	Naoshi NAKAGAWA	Honda	2:00.499	2:00.122	2:00.122	143.88
25	53	Naoji YAMAZAKI	Kawasaki	2:01.518	2:00.301	2:00.301	143.67
26	50	Hiroshi SAEKI	Kawasaki	2:01.782	2:00.357	2:00.357	143.60
27	16	Katsunori HASEGAWA	Yamaha	2:00.845	2:00.605	2:00.605	143.31
28	63	Ryuichi OSAKI	Suzuki	2:01.255	2:00.744	2:00.744	143.14
29	25	Kei NASHIMOTO	Honda	2:00.885	2:01.750	2:00.885	142.98
30	55	Yoshihiko TAKATSUTO	Honda	2:02.648	2:01.711	2:01.711	142.01
31	60	Toshitake MATSUSHITA	Kawasaki	2:02.676	2:01.913	2:01.913	141.77
32	56	Hitoshi TANIGUCHI	Yamaha	2:03.255	2:02.315	2:02.315	141.30
33	54	Yoshihiko NAKAMURA	Yamaha	2:04.056	2:02.592	2:02.592	140.98
34	52	Makoto USUI	Yamaha	2:04.152	2:02.694	2:02.694	140.87
35	61	Yasunari KAWAMURA	Honda	2:05.656	2:03.255	2:03.255	140.23
36	58	Hideaki TSUTSUI	Honda	2:04.748	2:03.504	2:03.504	139.94
37	49	Yoshinori KAMIMURA	Honda	2:04.527	2:03.772	2:03.772	139.64
38	46	Atsushi YOSHIHIRO	Honda	2:05.985	2:04.443	2:04.443	138.89
(39)	57	Morimichi GOMI	Kawasaki	2:08.064	2:04.916	2:04.916	138.36
(40)	71	Hiroki TAKANO	Yamaha	2:08.277	2:05.597	2:05.597	137.61
(41)	47	Keiichi NAKAZAWA	Kawasaki	2:07.389	2:06.533	2:06.533	136.59
42	44	Yoshinobu TAKAHASHI	Honda	2:13.404		2:13.404	129.56

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 grid sheet/ Official programme/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ 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