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.
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Official results
editClass 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 |
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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
edit- Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.870
- Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:25.550
- Average speed – 162.962 km/h
References
edit- "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.