1998 FIA GT Oschersleben 500 km explained

The 1998 Oschersleben 500 was the opening round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on April 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	Ricardo Zonta Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		137
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Ricardo Zonta Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		137
2	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Marcel Tiemann Jean-Marc Gounon	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		137
2	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Marcel Tiemann Jean-Marc Gounon	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		137
3	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		135
3	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		135
4	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		134
4	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		134
5	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Panoz GTR-1		130
5	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		130
6	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		126
6	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler 8.0L V10		126
7	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		125
7	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler 8.0L V10		125
8	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2		122
8	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		122
9	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 911 GT2		122
9	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		122
10	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		122
10	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		122
11	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		122
11	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		122
12	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		121
12	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		121
13	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		121
13	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler 8.0L V10		121
14	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98		120
14	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		120
15	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1-98		119
15	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		119
16	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 911 GT2		119
16	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		119
17	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2		119
17	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		119
18	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		118
18	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		118
19	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		115
19	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		115
20	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98		107
20	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		107
21 DNF	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		86
21 DNF	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		86
22 DNF	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Ashley Ward Matt Turner	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		85
22 DNF	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Ashley Ward Matt Turner	Chrysler 8.0L V10		85
23 DNF	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR		77
23 DNF	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	BMW S70 6.0L V12		77
24 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		69
24 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		69
25 DNF	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Hervé Poulain Eric Graham David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2		69
25 DNF	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Hervé Poulain Eric Graham David Smadja	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		69
DSQ^†	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2		123
DSQ^†	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		123

† – #57 Roock Racing was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal rear wing.

Statistics

Pole position – #8 Porsche AG – 1:19.335
Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:20.206
Average speed – 161.087 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 1998 Round 1 – Oschersleben . FIA GT Championship . 12 April 1998 . 2007-12-13.
Web site: 500 km Oschersleben . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#1 . 2008-09-24 . dead .