1998 FIA GT Donington 500 km

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

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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 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

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  • Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.870
  • Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:25.550
  • Average speed – 162.962 km/h

References

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  • "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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