1998 FIA GT Donington 500 km explained

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.

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		125
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM		125
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98		124
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98		123
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		123
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		121
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		120
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		114
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
9	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2		112
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		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		111
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
13	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Martin Short Matt Turner Ni Amorim	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		109
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	96		Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		107
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	69		Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	98	Cirtek Motorsport	David Warnock Robert Nearn Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2		101
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Eric Graham David Smadja Emmanuel Clérico	Porsche 911 GT2		98
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann André Ahrlé Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2		94
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 NC	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98		83
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
23 DNF	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		59
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1		56
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
25 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2		40
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Nigel Smith Jean-François Véroux Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 911 GT2		26
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ^†	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600		112
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
DSQ^‡	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	John Robinson Hugh Price	Porsche 911 GT2		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

• Web site: Results: 1998 Round 7 – Donington . FIA GT Championship . 6 September 1998 . 2007-12-17.
• Web site: 500 km Donington . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#7 . 24 September 2008 . dead .
• Web site: FIA GT Championship Donington 1998 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 2 June 2003 . 2007-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080115215420/http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Donington-1998-09-06-photo.html. 15 January 2008 . live.