| A new race format was introduced for the 1998 Grand Prix season with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final. The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in. |
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CZS |
GER |
DEN |
GB |
SWE |
POL |
Pts |
| 1 |
Tony Rickardsson |
SWE |
25 |
25 |
18 |
8 |
25 |
10 |
111 |
| 2 |
Jimmy Nilsen |
SWE |
18 |
20 |
8 |
20 |
15 |
18 |
99 |
| 3 |
Tomasz Gollob |
POL |
16 |
16 |
8 |
18 |
14 |
25 |
97 |
| 4 |
Hans Nielsen |
DEN |
8 |
12 |
25 |
7 |
8 |
16 |
76 |
| 5 |
Chris Louis |
GB |
15 |
8 |
20 |
6 |
20 |
6 |
75 |
| 6 |
Greg Hancock |
USA |
6 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
8 |
69 |
| 7 |
Ryan Sullivan |
AUS |
12 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
10 |
20 |
68 |
| 8 |
Jason Crump |
AUS |
3 |
3 |
16 |
25 |
7 |
8 |
62 |
| 9 |
Billy Hamill |
USA |
20 |
18 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
62 |
| 10 |
Mark Loram |
GB |
6 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
14 |
52 |
| 11 |
Leigh Adams |
AUS |
10 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
15 |
51 |
| 12 |
Antonín Kasper, Jr |
CZE |
7 |
4 |
15 |
14 |
3 |
7 |
50 |
| 13 |
Stefan Dannö |
SWE |
14 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
49 |
| 14 |
Andy Smith |
GB |
2 |
14 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
43 |
| 15 |
Henrik Gustafsson |
SWE |
8 |
15 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
43 |
| 16 |
Brian Andersen |
DEN |
5 |
– |
7 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
31 |
| 17 |
Peter Karlsson |
SWE |
1 |
8 |
– |
– |
18 |
– |
27 |
| 18 |
Armando Castagna |
ITA |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
23 |
| 19 |
Zoltan Adorjan |
HUN |
7 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
21 |
| 20 |
Craig Boyce |
AUS |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
18 |
| 21 |
Piotr Protasiewicz |
POL |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
| 22 |
Jesper B. Jensen |
DEN |
4 |
– |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
| 23 |
Brian Karger |
DEN |
– |
– |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
12 |
| 24 |
Sebastian Ułamek |
POL |
– |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
| 25 |
Gerd Riss |
GER |
4 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
| 26 |
Bohumil Brhel |
CZE |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
| 27 |
Joe Screen |
GB |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
5 |
| 28 |
Lars Gunnestad |
NOR |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
1 |
– |
5 |
| 29 |
Jacek Gollob |
POL |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
4 |
| 30 |
Jacek Krzyżaniak |
POL |
3 |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| 31 |
Robert Barth |
GER |
2 |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| 32 |
Martin Dugard |
GB |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
| 33 |
Robert Dados |
POL |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
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15 May 1998
Marketa Stadium, Prague , Czech Republic
1st Tony Rickardsson
2nd
Billy Hamill
3rd
Jimmy Nilsen |
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06 June 1998
Rottalstadion, Poking, Germany
1st Tony Rickardsson
2nd
Jimmy Nilsen
3rd
Billy Hamill |
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19 June 1998
Speedway Centre, Vojens, Denmark
1st Hans Nielsen
2nd
Chris Louis
3rd
Tony Rickardsson |
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07 August 1998
Brandon Stadium, Coventry, United Kingdom
1st
Jason Crump
2nd
Jimmy Nilsen
3rd
Tomasz Gollob |
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28 August 1998
Motorstadion, Linkoping, Sweden
1st
Tony Rickardsson
2nd
Chris Louis
3rd
Peter Karlsson |
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18 September 1998
Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz , Poland
1st
Tomasz Gollob
2nd
Ryan Sullivan
3rd
Jimmy Nilsen |
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