1998 FIA GT Silverstone 500km

The 1998 British Empire Trophy was the second round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 17 May 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 GTR B 98
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
2 GT1 8 Porsche AG Uwe Alzen
Jörg Müller
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 98
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3 GT1 6 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Armin Hahne
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 97
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 GT1 2 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 97
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
5 GT1 5 Zakspeed Racing Alexander Grau
Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 96
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 GT1 15 Davidoff Classic
GTC Competition
Thomas Bscher
Geoff Lees
McLaren F1 GTR G 94
BMW S70 6.0L V12
7 GT1 11 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 94
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
8 GT1 3 DAMS David Brabham
Éric Bernard
Panoz GTR-1 M 92
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Pedro Lamy
Olivier Beretta
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 88
Chrysler 8.0L V10
10 GT2 60 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 G 86
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11 GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Uwe Sick
Axel Röhr
Porsche 911 GT2 P 82
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 82
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 54 Chamberlain Engineering Hans Hugenholtz
Matt Turner
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 82
Chrysler 8.0L V10
14 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Ni Amorim
Gonçalo Gomes
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 82
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15 GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Nick Ham
Porsche 911 GT2 D 80
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 63 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 79
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 65 Konrad Motorsport Toni Seiler
Martin Stretton
Porsche 911 GT2 D 72
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 58 Roock Sportsystem Tim Sugden
Peter Owen
André Ahrlé
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 62
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 44
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20
DNF
GT2 98 Cirtek Motorsport
Saleen-Allen Speedlab
Robert Schirle
David Warnock
Saleen Mustang SR D 28
Ford 5.9L V8
21
DNF
GT1 27 Parabolica Motorsports
BBA Compétition
Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
Patrick Caternet
McLaren F1 GTR D 25
BMW S70 6.1L V12
22
DNF
GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 25
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT1 10 Team Hezemans Rainer Bonnetsmüller
Manfred Jurasz
Stefan Hackl
Bitter GT1 G 20
Chrysler 8.0L V10
24
DNF
GT1 7 Porsche AG Allan McNish
Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 13
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
GT2 57 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 13
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 70 Marcos Racing International Cor Euser
Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 12
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
27
DNF
GT2 96 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 P 10
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
28
DNF
GT1 12 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 6
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
29
DNF
GT1 9 Team Hezemans Jan Lammers
Mike Hezemans
Bitter GT1 G 2
Chrysler 8.0L V10

Statistics

  • Pole position – #7 Porsche AG – 1:39.703
  • Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:42.719
  • Average speed – 173.231 km/h

References

  • "Results: 1998 Round 2 – Silverstone". FIA GT Championship. 17 May 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  • "500 km Silverstone". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  • "FIA GT Championship Silverstone 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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