1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km explained

The 1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km was the ninth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida, United States on October 18, 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		141
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		141
2	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98		141
2	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		141
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98		140
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		140
4	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM		140
4	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8		140
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		140
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		140
6	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1		139
6	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		139
7	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98		138
7	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		138
8	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		130
8	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler 8.0L V10		130
9	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		129
9	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		129
10	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600		128
10	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		128
11	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		126
11	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		126
12	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 911 GT2		125
12	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		125
13	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	?	125
13	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	125
14	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		123
14	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		123
15	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Nigel Smith Andrew Bagnall Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 911 GT2		120
15	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Nigel Smith Andrew Bagnall Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		120
16	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Klaus Horn Mauro Casadei	Porsche 911 GT2		120
16	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Klaus Horn Mauro Casadei	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		120
17	GT2	87	Seikel Motorsport	Christian Vogler Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2		117
17	GT2	87	Seikel Motorsport	Christian Vogler Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		117
18	GT2	86	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2		113
18	GT2	86	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		113
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2		98
19	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		98
20	GT2	71	Marcos Racing International	Herman Buurman Manno Schaafsma	Marcos LM600		95
20	GT2	71	Marcos Racing International	Herman Buurman Manno Schaafsma	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		95
21 DNF	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		95
21 DNF	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		95
22 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		90
22 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler 8.0L V10		90
23 DNF	GT2	69		Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		65
23 DNF	GT2	69		Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		65
24 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Dominic Chappell Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		46
24 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Dominic Chappell Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler 8.0L V10		46
25 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2		21
25 DNF	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Franz Konrad	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		21
26 DNF	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Zak Brown	Porsche 911 GT2		7
26 DNF	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Zak Brown	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		7
DNS	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		–
DNS	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		–
DNS	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Renato Mastropietro Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2		–
DNS	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Renato Mastropietro Uwe Sick	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		–
DNS	GT2	80	GP Motorsport	Daniel Dor Robert Schirle Peter Gregg	Saleen Mustang SR	?	–
DNS	GT2	80	GP Motorsport	Daniel Dor Robert Schirle Peter Gregg	Ford 5.9L V8	?	–

Statistics

Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:14.298
Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.495
Average speed – 151.314 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 1998 Round 9 – Homestead . FIA GT Championship . 18 October 1998 . 2007-12-20.
Web site: 500 km Homestead . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#9 . 2008-09-24 . dead .