 At round twelve in Catalunya, Crivillé took his first and only pole of the season on Saturday, but crashed out on Sunday on the opening lap, which meant that he retired for the first time this year.A final third place podium arrived at the Australian round but another retirement followed at the final round in Argentina.Crivillé finished third in the championship with 198 points, 62 points behind the champion and teammate Mick Doohan and 10 points behind runner-up Max Biaggi.