1998 FIA GT Oschersleben 500 km

thumb|right|250px|Layout of the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben The 1998 Oschersleben 500 was the opening round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on April 12, 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 BRA Ricardo ZontaDEU Klaus Ludwig Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 137 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 2 GT1 12 DEU Team Persson Motorsport DEU Marcel TiemannFRA Jean-Marc Gounon Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 137 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 3 GT1 1 DEU AMG Mercedes DEU Bernd SchneiderAUS Mark Webber Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 135 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 4 GT1 5 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Alexander GrauDEU Andreas Scheld Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 134 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 5 GT1 3 FRA DAMS AUS David BrabhamFRA Éric Bernard Panoz GTR-1 Michelin 130 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 6 GT2 51 FRA Viper Team Oreca MCO Olivier BerettaPRT Pedro Lamy Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 126 Chrysler 8.0L V10 7 GT2 52 FRA Viper Team Oreca AUT Karl WendlingerUSA David Donohue Chrysler Viper GTS-R Michelin 125 Chrysler 8.0L V10 8 GT2 66 DEU Konrad Motorsport AUT Franz KonradUSA Nick Ham Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 122 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 9 GT2 65 DEU Konrad Motorsport CHE Toni SeilerGBR Martin Stretton Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 122 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 10 GT2 63 DEU Krauss Race Sports International DEU Michael TrunkDEU Bernhard Müller Porsche 911 GT2 Dunlop 122 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 11 GT2 70 NLD Marcos Racing International NLD Cor EuserDEU Harald Becker Marcos LM600 Dunlop 122 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 12 GT2 60 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing BEL Michel NeugartenDEU Gerd RuchITA Marco Spinelli Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 121 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 13 GT2 53 GBR Chamberlain Engineering PRT Ni AmorimPRT Gonçalo Gomes Chrysler Viper GTS-R Dunlop 121 Chrysler 8.0L V10 14 GT1 6 DEU Zakspeed Racing DEU Michael BartelsDEU Armin Hahne Porsche 911 GT1-98 Pirelli 120 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 15 GT1 7 DEU Porsche AG GBR Allan McNishFRA Yannick Dalmas Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 119 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 58 DEU Roock Sportsystem DEU André AhrléTHA Ratanakul Prutirat Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 119 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 17 GT2 62 CHE Stadler Motorsport CHE Uwe SickDEU Axel Röhr Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 119 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT2 96 DEU Proton Competition AUT Horst Felbermayr, Sr.AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 118 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 19 GT2 69 DEU Proton Competition DEU Gerold RiedFRA Patrick Vuillaume Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli 115 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT1 8 DEU Porsche AG DEU Jörg MüllerDEU Uwe Alzen Porsche 911 GT1-98 Michelin 107 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 21DNF GT1 11 DEU Team Persson Motorsport FRA Christophe BouchutDEU Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Bridgestone 86 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 22DNF GT2 54 GBR Chamberlain Engineering GBR Ashley WardUSA Matt Turner Chrysler Viper GTS-R Dunlop 85 Chrysler 8.0L V10 23DNF GT1 15 GBR Davidoff ClassicGBR GTC Competition DEU Thomas BscherGBR Geoff Lees McLaren F1 GTR Goodyear 77 BMW S70 6.0L V12 24DNF GT2 56 DEU Roock Racing DEU Claudia HürtgenFRA Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 69 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 25DNF GT2 61 CHE Elf Haberthur Racing FRA Hervé PoulainFRA Eric GrahamFRA David Smadja Porsche 911 GT2 Goodyear 69 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 DSQ† GT2 57 DEU Roock Racing CHE Bruno EichmannDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 123 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 † – #57 Roock Racing was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal rear wing. Statistics Pole position – #8 Porsche AG – 1:19.335 Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:20.206 Average speed – 161.087 km/h References http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=1&season=1998&session=Entry%20List Results: 1998 Round 1 – Oschersleben FIA GT Championship 12 April 1998 2007-12-13 2010-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104000606/http://fiagt.com/results.php?event=1&season=1998&session=Entry%20List dead http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#1 500 km Oschersleben World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2007-12-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165529/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt1998.html#1 2008-09-24 dead 1998 FIA GT Championship None 1998 FIA GT Silverstone 500km O Oschersleben 500 FIA GT Oschersleben 500 km