1998 FIA GT Silverstone 500 km explained

The 1998 British Empire Trophy was the second round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 17 May 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	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		98
1	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		98
2	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98		98
2	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		98
3	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98		97
3	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		97
4	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		97
4	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		97
5	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98		96
5	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		96
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR		94
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	BMW S70 6.0L V12		94
7	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		94
7	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		94
8	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Panoz GTR-1		92
8	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8		92
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Pedro Lamy Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		88
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Pedro Lamy Olivier Beretta	Chrysler 8.0L V10		88
10	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		86
10	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		86
11	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2		82
11	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		82
12	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2		82
12	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		82
13	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		82
13	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner	Chrysler 8.0L V10		82
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		82
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler 8.0L V10		82
15	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2		80
15	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		80
16	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2		79
16	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		79
17	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 911 GT2		72
17	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		72
18	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	Tim Sugden Peter Owen André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2		62
18	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	Tim Sugden Peter Owen André Ahrlé	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		62
19 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2		44
19 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		44
20 DNF	GT2	98	Cirtek Motorsport Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Robert Schirle David Warnock	Saleen Mustang SR		28
20 DNF	GT2	98	Cirtek Motorsport Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Robert Schirle David Warnock	Ford 5.9L V8		28
21 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsports BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Patrick Caternet	McLaren F1 GTR		25
21 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsports BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Patrick Caternet	BMW S70 6.1L V12		25
22 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		25
22 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler 8.0L V10		25
23 DNF	GT1	10	Team Hezemans	Rainer Bonnetsmüller Manfred Jurasz Stefan Hackl	Bitter GT1		20
23 DNF	GT1	10	Team Hezemans	Rainer Bonnetsmüller Manfred Jurasz Stefan Hackl	Chrysler 8.0L V10		20
24 DNF	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1-98		13
24 DNF	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Bob Wollek	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		13
25 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2		13
25 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		13
26 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600		12
26 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		12
27 DNF	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		10
27 DNF	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		10
28 DNF	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR		6
28 DNF	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12		6
29 DNF	GT1	9	Team Hezemans	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Bitter GT1		2
29 DNF	GT1	9	Team Hezemans	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Chrysler 8.0L V10		2

Statistics

Pole position – #7 Porsche AG – 1:39.703
Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:42.719
Average speed – 173.231 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 1998 Round 2 – Silverstone . FIA GT Championship . 17 May 1998 . 2007-12-14.
Web site: 500 km Silverstone . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#2 . 2008-09-24 . dead .
Web site: FIA GT Championship Silverstone 1998 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 22 February 2007 . 2007-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080123131100/http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Silverstone-1998-05-17-photo.html. 23 January 2008 . live.