1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km

thumb|250px|Layout of the A1-Ring (1996-2003) The 1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km was the eighth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the A1-Ring, Austria, on September 20, 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 Engine 1 GT1 2 DEU AMG Mercedes DEU Klaus LudwigBRA Ricardo Zonta Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Bridgestone 116 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 2 GT1 1 DEU AMG Mercedes DEU Bernd SchneiderAUS Mark Webber Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Bridgestone 116 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 3 GT1 7 DEU Porsche AG FRA Yannick DalmasGBR Allan McNish Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 115 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 4 GT1 6 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Michael BartelsITA Max Angelelli Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 115 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 5 GT1 12 DEU Team Persson Motorsport FRA Jean-Marc GounonDEU Marcel Tiemann Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 115 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 6 GT1 15 GBR Davidoff ClassicGBR GTC Competition GBR Geoff LeesDEU Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR Goodyear 112 BMW S70 6.0L V12 7 GT1 3 FRA DAMS FRA Christophe TinseauFRA Franck Lagorce Panoz GTR-1 Michelin 109 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 8 GT2 52 FRA Viper Team Oreca AUT Karl WendlingerGBR Justin Bell Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 106 Chrysler 8.0L V10 9 GT2 51 FRA Viper Team Oreca MCO Olivier BerettaPRT Pedro Lamy Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 106 Chrysler 8.0L V10 10 GT2 66 DEU Konrad Motorsport DEU Altfrid HegerAUT Franz Konrad Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 105 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 11 GT1 8 DEU Porsche AG DEU Jörg MüllerDEU Uwe Alzen Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 105 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 12 GT2 81 DEU Freisinger Motorsport DEU Wolfgang KaufmannFRA Michel Ligonnet Porsche 911 GT2 ? 104 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 13 GT2 63 DEU Krauss Race Sports International DEU Michael TrunkDEU Bernhard Müller Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 104 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT2 58 DEU Roock Sportsystem DEU André AhrléDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 104 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 15 GT2 65 DEU Konrad Motorsport GBR Martin StrettonCHE Toni Seiler Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 103 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 60 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing BEL Michel NeugartenDEU Gerd RuchITA Marco Spinelli Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 103 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 17 GT2 57 DEU Roock Racing CHE Bruno EichmannNLD Mike Hezemans Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 103 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT2 79 DEU RWS DEU Günther BlieningerAUT Hans-Jörg HoferITA Raffaele Sangiuolo Porsche 911 GT2 ? 100 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 19 GT2 61 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing BEL Bruno LambertITA Mauro CasadeiAUT Karl Baron Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 99 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT2 96 DEU Proton Competition AUT Horst Felbermayr, Sr.AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 97 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT1 5 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Armin HahneDEU Andreas Scheld Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 97 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT2 56 DEU Roock Racing DEU Claudia HürtgenFRA Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 89 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 23 GT1 11 DEU Team Persson Motorsport FRA Christophe BouchutDEU Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 86 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 24DNF GT2 67 DEU Remus Racing DEU Wido RösslerDEU Herbert Drexler Porsche 911 GT2 ? 56 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 25DNF GT2 69 DEU Proton Competition DEU Gerold RiedFRA Patrick Vuillaume Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 50 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 26DNF GT2 62 CHE Stadler Motorsport DEU Axel RöhrCHE Uwe Sick Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 47 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 27DNF GT2 70 NLD Marcos Racing International GBR Christian VannDEU Harald BeckerNLD Cor Euser Marcos LM600 Dunlop 46 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 28DNF GT2 78 HUN Bovi Motorsport HUN Kálmán BódisHUN Ferenc Rátkai Porsche 911 GT2 ? 46 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF GT2 53 GBR Chamberlain Engineering AUT Manfred StohlPRT Ni Amorim Chrysler Viper GTS-R Dunlop 11 Chrysler 8.0L V10 30DNF GT2 76 DEU Seikel Motorsport DEU Ernst PalmbergerDEU Gerhard MarchnerAUT Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 3 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 Statistics Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.166 Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:23.802 Average speed – 179.375 km/h References http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=8&season=1998&session=Entry%20List Results: 1998 Round 8 – A1-Ring FIA GT Championship 20 September 1998 2007-12-17 http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#8 500 km A1-Ring World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2007-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#8 2008-09-24 dead http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/A1-Ring-1998-09-20-photo.html FIA GT Championship A1-Ring 1998 (Photo Archive) Racing Sports Cars 16 August 2004 2007-12-17 1998 FIA GT Championship 1998 FIA GT Donington 500km 1998 FIA GT Homestead 500km A A1-Ring 500