1998 FIA GT Donington 500 km

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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.

Layout of the Donington Park

Official results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1GT11 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LMB125
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2GT12 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK LMB125
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3GT17 Porsche AG Yannick Dalmas
Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98M124
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4GT18 Porsche AG Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98M123
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5GT112 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRB123
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6GT15 Zakspeed Racing Armin Hahne
Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98P121
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7GT115 Davidoff Classic
GTC Competition
Geoff Lees
Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTRG120
BMW S70 6.0L V12
8GT251 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-RM114
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9GT266 Konrad Motorsport Altfrid Heger
Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2D112
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10GT252 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-RM111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
11GT281 Freisinger Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann
Michel Ligonnet
Porsche 911 GT2?111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12GT111 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRB111
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
13GT265 Konrad Motorsport Martin Stretton
Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2D109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14GT253 Chamberlain Engineering Martin Short
Matt Turner
Ni Amorim
Chrysler Viper GTS-RD109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
15GT263 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2D109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16GT296 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr Sr.
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2P107
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17GT269 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2P104
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18GT298 Cirtek Motorsport David Warnock
Robert Nearn
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2D101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19GT261 Elf Haberthur Racing Eric Graham
David Smadja
Emmanuel Clérico
Porsche 911 GT2G98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20GT257 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
André Ahrlé
Mike Hezemans
Porsche 911 GT2Y94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21GT256 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2Y82
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
NC
GT16 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1-98P83
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
GT260 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2G59
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
GT13 DAMS Éric Bernard
David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1M56
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
25
DNF
GT262 Stadler Motorsport Axel Röhr
Uwe Sick
Porsche 911 GT2P40
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT276 Seikel Motorsport Nigel Smith
Jean-François Véroux
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 911 GT2P26
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQGT270 Marcos Racing International Christian Vann
Harald Becker
Cor Euser
Marcos LM600D112
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
DSQGT258 Roock Sportsystem John Robinson
Hugh Price
Porsche 911 GT2Y106
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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