1998 FIA GT Dijon 500 km explained

The 1998 FIA GT Dijon 500 km was the fourth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Dijon-Prenois, France, on July 12, 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		132
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		132
2	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98		132
2	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		132
3	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1		130
3	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		130
4	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		130
4	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		130
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		129
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		129
6	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98		129
6	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		129
7	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		128
7	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		128
8	GT1	17	Larbre Compétition	Bob Wollek Carl Rosenblad Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo		124
8	GT1	17	Larbre Compétition	Bob Wollek Carl Rosenblad Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		124
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		120
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler 8.0L V10		120
10	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		119
10	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler 8.0L V10		119
11	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM		116
11	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		116
12	GT2	77	Sonauto Levallois	Jean-Pierre Jarier François Lafon	Porsche 911 GT2		115
12	GT2	77	Sonauto Levallois	Jean-Pierre Jarier François Lafon	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		115
13	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Stéphane Sallaz Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2		114
13	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Stéphane Sallaz Franz Konrad	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		114
14	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2		114
14	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		114
15	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		113
15	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		113
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT2		112
16	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		112
17	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		111
17	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		111
18	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2		111
18	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		111
19	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 911 GT2		109
19	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		109
20	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gary Ayles	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		107
20	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gary Ayles	Chrysler 8.0L V10		107
21	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		107
21	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		107
22	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Eric Graham Hervé Poulain David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2		106
22	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Eric Graham Hervé Poulain David Smadja	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		106
23	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsports BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Patrick Caternet	McLaren F1 GTR		106
23	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsports BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Patrick Caternet	BMW S70 6.1L V12		106
24	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		106
24	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		106
25	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98		96
25	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		96
26	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		92
26	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		92
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600		76
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		76
28 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Bernard Schwach Peter Seikel Fred Rosterg	Porsche 911 GT2		3
28 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Bernard Schwach Peter Seikel Fred Rosterg	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		3

Statistics

Pole position – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:08.762
Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:10.861
Average speed – 180.989 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 1998 Round 4 – Dijon-Prenois . FIA GT Championship . 12 July 1998 . 2007-12-14.
Web site: 500 km Dijon . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#4 . 2008-09-24 . dead .
Web site: FIA GT Championship Dijon 1998 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 2 June 2003 . 2007-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080115215415/http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Dijon-1998-07-12-photo.html. 15 January 2008 . live.