1998 Atlantic Championship Explained

The 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 13 rounds. All teams had to use Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Lee Bentham driving for Forsythe Racing.

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Lap Distance (km) Total Distance (km) Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 April 4, 1998 38 2.533 96.595 0'58:34.554 98.943 km/h Andrew Bordin
2 April 25, 1998 60 1.5223978 91.343868 0'27:27.352 199.616 km/h Buddy Rice
3 May 22, 1998 27 2.011625 54.313875 0'28:19.198 115.072 km/h Anthony Lazzaro
4 May 30, 1998 60 1.6607976 99.647856 0'32:29.552 184.008 km/h Derek Hill
5 June 6, 1998 27 4.4207471 119.3601717 0'44:32.839 160.764 km/h Lee Bentham
6 July 11, 1998 22 3.3891858 74.5620876 0'31:54.902 140.176 km/h Kenny Wilden
7 July 18, 1998 39 2.7696053 108.0146067 0'59:04.390 109.709 km/h Lee Bentham
8 August 2, 1998 45 2.4477453 110.1485385 0'49:23.054 133.826 km/h Alexandre Tagliani
9 August 9, 1998 25 3.6337994 90.844985 0'33:03.166 164.909 km/h Anthony Lazzaro
10 August 16, 1998 15 6.4372 96.558 0'37:07.249 156.071 km/h Andrew Bordin
11 September 5, 1998 38 2.8999586 110.1984268 1'00:59.908 108.395 km/h Rino Mastronardi
12 September 12, 1998 28 3.6016134 100.8451752 0'44:11.726 136.908 km/h Alexandre Tagliani
13 October 4, 1998 30 2.4574011 73.722033 0'41:26.827 106.722 km/h David Rutledge

Note:

Race 3 stopped earlier due to rain, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were not able to score points in the main class.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points
1 163 - 10 11
16 21 11 17 14 21 - 10 18 14
2 139 16 16 16 11 11 6 11
- 11 - 20 9 12
3 134 21 12 20 21 -
2 10 12 - 16 9 - 11
4 133 - - 15 10 6 16 - 16 7 22 - 20 21
5 130 6
- 6 14 17 12 21 22 1 2 - 12 17
6 109 - 14 9 12 12
6 12 8 14 - 15 - 7
7 108 3 22 12 5 14
14 - - 16 - 11 11 -
8 92 8 - - - 10 20 14 9 - 14 3 14 -
9 70 - 11
7 8 4 2 5 3 4 8 - 8 10
10 62 3 - - 7 8 - 9 2 9 9 12 3 -
11 56 - - - - - - 11 7 12 - 16 10 -
12 51 - 9 10 - - 9 - 6 10 7 - - -
13 47 12 - - 6 - 7 4 - 6 11 1 - -
14 41 - 3 - - - 10 6 7 -
8 5 2 -
15 39 5 5 8 4 - 10 - 1 - - - - 6
16 37 10 6 - - 9 - - 5 2 - 5 - -
17 35 14 1 - 1 5 - - - -
4 8 2 -
18 32 - - - 9 - - - 10 - 12 1 - -
19 31 - - 3 - 7 8 - - 8 - - 5 -
20 29 9 - 6 - 4 3
2 - - - 5 - -
21 21 4 3 2 - - - - - 5 - 7 - -
22 21 - - - 3 3 - 7 - 3 5 - - -
23 12 - - - - - - 8 4 - - - - -
24 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 11 - 7 4 - - - - - - - - - -
26 11 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 5
27 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9
28 9 - 4 1 - - 4 - - - - - - -
29 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
30 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 6 - - - - 2 - - - 1 - - 1 2
32 ? 5 - - - - - - 3 - - - 2 - -
33 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - -
4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
35 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - -
36 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - - - -
37 2 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - -
38 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -
1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - -
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

Note:

Race 3 only one additional point awarded to Anthony Lazzaro, maybe because the race was abandoned.

Race 4 no additional point for the qualifying was awarded, because no session was held due to repair work on the track, starting lineup based on Friday morning practice times.

See also

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