1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km explained

The 1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km was the eighth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the A1-Ring, Austria, on September 20, 1998.

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM		116
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		116
2	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM		116
2	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		116
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98		115
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		115
4	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98		115
4	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		115
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		115
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		115
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		112
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12		112
7	GT1	3	DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Franck Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1		109
7	GT1	3	DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		109
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		106
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler 8.0L V10		106
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		106
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler 8.0L V10		106
10	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2		105
10	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		105
11	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98		105
11	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		105
12	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	?	104
12	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	104
13	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		104
13	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		104
14	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2		104
14	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		104
15	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		103
15	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		103
16	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		103
16	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		103
17	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2		103
17	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		103
18	GT2	79	RWS	Günther Blieninger Hans-Jörg Hofer Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 911 GT2	?	100
18	GT2	79	RWS	Günther Blieninger Hans-Jörg Hofer Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	100
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Bruno Lambert Mauro Casadei Karl Baron	Porsche 911 GT2		99
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Bruno Lambert Mauro Casadei Karl Baron	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		99
20	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		97
20	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		97
21	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		97
21	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		97
22	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		89
22	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		89
23	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		86
23	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		86
24 DNF	GT2	67	Remus Racing	Wido Rössler Herbert Drexler	Porsche 911 GT2	?	56
24 DNF	GT2	67	Remus Racing	Wido Rössler Herbert Drexler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	56
25 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		50
25 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		50
26 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2		47
26 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		47
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600		46
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		46
28 DNF	GT2	78	Bovi Motorsport	Kálmán Bódis Ferenc Rátkai	Porsche 911 GT2	?	46
28 DNF	GT2	78	Bovi Motorsport	Kálmán Bódis Ferenc Rátkai	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	46
29 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manfred Stohl Ni Amorim	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		11
29 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manfred Stohl Ni Amorim	Chrysler 8.0L V10		11
30 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2		3
30 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		3

Statistics

Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.166
Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:23.802
Average speed – 179.375 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 1998 Round 8 – A1-Ring . FIA GT Championship . 20 September 1998 . 2007-12-17.
Web site: 500 km A1-Ring . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#8 . 2008-09-24 . dead .
Web site: FIA GT Championship A1-Ring 1998 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 16 August 2004 . 2007-12-17.