1998 FIA GT Oschersleben 500km

The 1998 Oschersleben 500 was the opening round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on April 12, 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 2 AMG Mercedes Ricardo Zonta
Klaus Ludwig
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 137
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
2 GT1 12 Team Persson Motorsport Marcel Tiemann
Jean-Marc Gounon
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 137
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
3 GT1 1 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 135
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
4 GT1 5 Zakspeed Racing Alexander Grau
Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 134
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 3 DAMS David Brabham
Éric Bernard
Panoz GTR-1 M 130
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
6 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 126
Chrysler 8.0L V10
7 GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 125
Chrysler 8.0L V10
8 GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Nick Ham
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT2 65 Konrad Motorsport Toni Seiler
Martin Stretton
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 63 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11 GT2 70 Marcos Racing International Cor Euser
Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 122
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
12 GT2 60 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 G 121
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Ni Amorim
Gonçalo Gomes
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 121
Chrysler 8.0L V10
14 GT1 6 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Armin Hahne
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 120
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT1 7 Porsche AG Allan McNish
Yannick Dalmas
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 119
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 58 Roock Sportsystem André Ahrlé
Ratanakul Prutirat
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 119
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Uwe Sick
Axel Röhr
Porsche 911 GT2 P 119
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 96 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 P 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT1 8 Porsche AG Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 107
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
GT1 11 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 86
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
22
DNF
GT2 54 Chamberlain Engineering Ashley Ward
Matt Turner
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 85
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT1 15 Davidoff Classic
GTC Competition
Thomas Bscher
Geoff Lees
McLaren F1 GTR G 77
BMW S70 6.0L V12
24
DNF
GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 69
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
GT2 61 Elf Haberthur Racing Hervé Poulain
Eric Graham
David Smadja
Porsche 911 GT2 G 69
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ GT2 57 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 123
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

† – #57 Roock Racing was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal rear wing.

Statistics

  • Pole position – #8 Porsche AG – 1:19.335
  • Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:20.206
  • Average speed – 161.087 km/h

References

  • "Results: 1998 Round 1 – Oschersleben". FIA GT Championship. 12 April 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  • "500 km Oschersleben". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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