1998 FIA GT Championship season
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| 1998 FIA GT Championship season | |
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The 1998 FIA GT Championship season was the 2nd season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. It began on April 12, 1998 and ended October 25, 1998 after 10 races.
Contents |
[edit] Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oschersleben 500km |
Motopark Oschersleben | April 12 |
| 2 |  British Empire Trophy (500km) |
Silverstone Circuit | May 17 |
| 3 | Hockenheim 500km |
Hockenheimring | June 28 |
| 4 |  Dijon 500km |
Dijon-Prenois | July 12 |
| 5 |  Budapest 500km |
Hungaroring | July 19 |
| 6 |  Suzuka 1000km |
Suzuka Circuit | August 23 |
| 7 | Donington 500km |
Donington Park | September 6 |
| 8 |  Zeltweg 500km |
A1-Ring | September 20 |
| 9 |  Homestead 500km |
Homestead-Miami Speedway | October 18 |
| 10 | Visa Sports Car Championships (500km) |
Laguna Seca Raceway | October 25 |
[edit] Season Results
[edit] Teams Championship
Points are awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 10-6-4-3-2-1. Both cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.
[edit] GT1 Standings
| Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMG Mercedes |
Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM |
Mercedes-Benz 6.0L V12 Mercedes-Benz 6.0L V8 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
10 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
13 |
16 |
146 |
| 2 | Porsche AG |
Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 49 | |
| 3 | Team Persson Motorsport |
Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR | Mercedes-Benz 6.0L V12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | ||
| 4 | Zakspeed Racing |
Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 5 | DAMS |
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 | Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Davidoff Classic |
McLaren F1 GTR | BMW 6.1L V12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
[edit] GT2 Standings
| Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viper Team Oreca |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 130 |
| 2 | Roock Racing |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | |||||
| 3 | Konrad Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||||
| 4 |  Elf Haberthur Racing |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | Krauss Race Sports Intl. |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 6 |  Marcos Racing Intl. |
Marcos Mantara LM600 | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||||||
| 7= | Roock Sportsystem |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 7= | Freisinger Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 9= | Stadler Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 9= | Chamberlain Engineering |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 11 | Sonauto Levallois |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12 | Proton Competition |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 | GP Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 |
