1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km

The 1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km was the ninth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida, United States on October 18, 1998.

Road course
Layout of the Homestead-Miami Speedway road course

Official results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1GT12 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK LMB141
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2GT18 Porsche AG Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98M141
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3GT17 Porsche AG Yannick Dalmas
Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98M140
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4GT11 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LMB140
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
5GT112 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRB140
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6GT13 DAMS Éric Bernard
David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1M139
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
7GT16 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1-98P138
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8GT251 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-RM130
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9GT256 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2Y129
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10GT270 Marcos Racing International Christian Vann
Harald Becker
Cor Euser
Marcos LM600D128
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
11GT263 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2D126
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12GT258 Roock Sportsystem André Ahrlé
Andy Pilgrim
Porsche 911 GT2Y125
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13GT281 Freisinger Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann
Michel Ligonnet
Porsche 911 GT2?125
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14GT265 Konrad Motorsport Martin Stretton
Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2D123
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15GT276 Seikel Motorsport Nigel Smith
Andrew Bagnall
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 911 GT2P120
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16GT261 Elf Haberthur Racing Klaus Horn
Mauro Casadei
Porsche 911 GT2G120
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17GT287 Seikel Motorsport Christian Vogler
Gerhard Marchner
Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2P117
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18GT286 Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Chéreau
Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 GT2M113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19GT257 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
Mike Hezemans
Porsche 911 GT2Y98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20GT271 Marcos Racing International Herman Buurman
Manno Schaafsma
Marcos LM600D95
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
21
DNF
GT111 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRB95
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
22
DNF
GT252 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-RM90
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT269 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2P65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
GT253 Chamberlain Engineering Ni Amorim
Dominic Chappell
Hans Hugenholtz
Chrysler Viper GTS-RD46
Chrysler 8.0L V10
25
DNF
GT266 Konrad Motorsport Jan Lammers
Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2D21
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT260 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Zak Brown
Porsche 911 GT2G7
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNSGT15 Zakspeed Racing Armin Hahne
Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98P
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
DNSGT262 Stadler Motorsport Renato Mastropietro
Uwe Sick
Porsche 911 GT2P
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNSGT280 GP Motorsport Daniel Dor
Robert Schirle
Peter Gregg
Saleen Mustang SR?
Ford 5.9L V8

Statistics

  • Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:14.298
  • Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.495
  • Average speed – 151.314 km/h

References

  • "Results: 1998 Round 9 – Homestead". FIA GT Championship. 18 October 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  • "500 km Homestead". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-20.


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