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

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

• 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.
• . 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. from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.

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