1998 FIA GT Donington 500km

The 1998 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the seventh round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom, on 6 September 1998.

Official results

Class winners are in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 1 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 125
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2 GT1 2 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 125
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3 GT1 7 Porsche AG Yannick Dalmas
Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 124
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 GT1 8 Porsche AG Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 123
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 12 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 123
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6 GT1 5 Zakspeed Racing Armin Hahne
Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 121
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 15 Davidoff Classic
GTC Competition
Geoff Lees
Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTR G 120
BMW S70 6.0L V12
8 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 114
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9 GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Altfrid Heger
Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 D 112
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
11 GT2 81 Freisinger Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann
Michel Ligonnet
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT1 11 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 111
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
13 GT2 65 Konrad Motorsport Martin Stretton
Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 D 109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Martin Short
Matt Turner
Ni Amorim
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15 GT2 63 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 96 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 P 107
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 104
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 98 Cirtek Motorsport David Warnock
Robert Nearn
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2 D 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 61 Elf Haberthur Racing Eric Graham
David Smadja
Emmanuel Clérico
Porsche 911 GT2 G 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 57 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
André Ahrlé
Mike Hezemans
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 82
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
NC
GT1 6 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 83
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
GT2 60 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 G 59
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
GT1 3 DAMS Éric Bernard
David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1 M 56
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
25
DNF
GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Axel Röhr
Uwe Sick
Porsche 911 GT2 P 40
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 76 Seikel Motorsport Nigel Smith
Jean-François Véroux
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 911 GT2 P 26
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ GT2 70 Marcos Racing International Christian Vann
Harald Becker
Cor Euser
Marcos LM600 D 112
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
DSQ GT2 58 Roock Sportsystem John Robinson
Hugh Price
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

† – #70 Marcos Racing International was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have used fuel which did not meet FIA regulations.

‡ – #58 Roock Sportsystem was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have used an illegal amount of turbo boost.

Statistics

  • Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.870
  • Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:25.550
  • Average speed – 162.962 km/h

References

  • "Results: 1998 Round 7 – Donington". FIA GT Championship. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  • "500 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  • "FIA GT Championship Donington 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 2 June 2003. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
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