1998 Suzuka 1000 km

1998 1000 km Suzuka 1997 1999 thumb|250px|Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002) The 1998 Suzuka 1000 km was the nineteenth running of the 1000km Suzuka and the sixth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan, on August 23, 1998. GT500 and GT300 class cars from the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) were allowed to participate on an exhibitional basis, but were not allowed to score points in the FIA GT Championship. 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 1 DEU AMG Mercedes DEU Bernd SchneiderAUS Mark Webber Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Bridgestone 171 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 2 GT1 2 DEU AMG Mercedes DEU Klaus LudwigBRA Ricardo Zonta Mercedes-Benz CLK LM Bridgestone 169 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 3 GT1 7 DEU Porsche AG FRA Yannick DalmasFRA Stéphane OrtelliGBR Allan McNish Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 168 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 4 GT1 11 DEU Team Persson Motorsport FRA Christophe BouchutDEU Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 167 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 5 GT1 3 FRA DAMS FRA Franck LagorceFRA Christophe TinseauUSA Johnny O'Connell Panoz GTR-1 Michelin 165 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 6 GT1 6 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Michael BartelsDEU Alexander GrauDEU Andreas Scheld Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 165 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 7 GT1 12 DEU Team Persson Motorsport FRA Jean-Marc GounonDEU Marcel Tiemann Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 163 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 8 GT1 5 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Armin HahneFRA Fabien GiroixCHE Jean-Denis Délétraz Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 163 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 9 GT2 51 FRA Viper Team Oreca MCO Olivier BerettaPRT Pedro LamyFRA Dominique Dupuy Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 10 GT2 52 FRA Viper Team Oreca AUT Karl WendlingerGBR Justin BellJPN Hideshi Matsuda Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 11 GT2 70 NLD Marcos Racing International GBR Christian VannDEU Harald BeckerNLD Cor Euser Marcos LM600 Dunlop 152 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 12 GT2 66 DEU Konrad Motorsport DEU Altfrid HegerAUT Franz KonradFRA Stéphane Sallaz Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 150 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 13 GT2 60 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing BEL Michel NeugartenDEU Gerd RuchFRA Michel Ligonnet Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 146 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT2 53 GBR Chamberlain Engineering NLD Hans HugenholtzUSA Matt TurnerJPN Hiroshi Sakai Chrysler Viper GTS-R Dunlop 145 Chrysler 8.0L V10 15 GT2 56 DEU Roock Racing DEU Claudia HürtgenNLD Jan LammersNLD Mike Hezemans Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 144 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 76 DEU Seikel Motorsport JPN Takashi SuzukiGBR Nigel Smith Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 141 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 17 GT2 69 DEU Proton Competition DEU Gerold RiedFRA Patrick VuillaumeAUT Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 140 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT300 181 JPN Team Daishin JPN Hideo FukuyamaJPN Nobuyuki OoyagiJPN Tatsuya Mizutani Nissan Silvia Dunlop 140 Nissan SR20 2.0L Turbo I4 19 GT2 61 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing FRA Eric GrahamFRA David SmadjaJPN Masahiro Kimoto Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 139 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT300 170 JPN Team Gaikokuya JPN Yoshimi IshibashiJPN Hiroyuki NojiBEL Patrick van Schoote Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 137 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT300 128 JPN NSX Dream 28 Competition JPN Hajime OoshiroJPN Kazuho TakahashiJPN Tadayuki Sato Honda NSX-S ? 128 Honda 3.2L V6 22 GT500 129 JPN IDC SARD Racing Team JPN Keiichi TsuchiyaJPN Tatsuya TanigawaITA Max Angelelli Toyota Supra Yokohama 126 Toyota 2.1L Turbo I4 23 GT2 87 DEU Seikel Motorsport DEU Gerhard MarchnerJPN Sumio Sakurai SuzukiJPN Tomiko Yoshikawa Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 122 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 24DNF GT1 8 DEU Porsche AG FRA Bob WollekDEU Jörg MüllerDEU Uwe Alzen Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 107 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 25DNF GT1 15 GBR Davidoff ClassicGBR GTC Competition GBR Geoff LeesDEU Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR Goodyear 106 BMW S70 6.0L V12 26DNF GT2 62 CHE Stadler Motorsport CHE Franz HunkelerCHE Uwe SickCHE Jörg Clavuot Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 85 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 27DNF GT2 58 DEU Roock Sportsystem DEU André AhrléTHA Ratanakul PrutiratGBR Robert Nearn Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 74 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 28DNF GT2 65 DEU Konrad Motorsport GBR Martin StrettonJPN Yukihiro HaneJPN Jun Harada Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 63 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF GT2 57 DEU Roock Racing DEU Sascha MaassenCHE Bruno EichmannJPN Hisashi Wada Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 46 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF GT500 100 JPN Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft JPN Kunimitsu TakahashiJPN Akira IidaJPN Ryo Michigami Honda NSX-S Bridgestone 31 Honda 3.5L V6 DSQ† GT300 110 JPN Ability JPN Hidehiko AsoJPN Akira IshikawaJPN Yasutaka Hinoi Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 136 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 † – #110 Ability was disqualified for failing to respond to a black flag. Statistics Pole position – #1 Bernd Schneider – 1:52.580 Fastest lap – #7 Allan McNish – 1:56.416 Average speed – 172.405 km/h References http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=6&season=1998&session=Entry%20List Results: 1998 Round 6 – Suzuka FIA GT Championship 23 August 1998 2007-12-14 http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#6 1000 km Suzuka World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2007-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#6 2008-09-24 dead 1998 FIA GT Championship 1998 FIA GT Budapest 500km 1998 FIA GT Donington 500km S Suzuka 1000 Category:Suzuka 1000 km Category:August 1998 sports events in Japan