1998 FIA GT Oschersleben 500 km

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.

Layout of the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben

Official results

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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   AMG Mercedes   Ricardo Zonta
  Klaus Ludwig
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 137
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
2 GT1 12   Team Persson Motorsport   Marcel Tiemann
  Jean-Marc Gounon
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 137
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
3 GT1 1   AMG Mercedes   Bernd Schneider
  Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 135
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
4 GT1 5   Zakspeed Racing   Alexander Grau
  Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 134
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT1 3   DAMS   David Brabham
  Éric Bernard
Panoz GTR-1 M 130
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
6 GT2 51   Viper Team Oreca   Olivier Beretta
  Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 126
Chrysler 8.0L V10
7 GT2 52   Viper Team Oreca   Karl Wendlinger
  David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 125
Chrysler 8.0L V10
8 GT2 66   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Nick Ham
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT2 65   Konrad Motorsport   Toni Seiler
  Martin Stretton
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 63   Krauss Race Sports International   Michael Trunk
  Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11 GT2 70   Marcos Racing International   Cor Euser
  Harald Becker
Marcos LM600 D 122
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
12 GT2 60   Elf Haberthur Racing   Michel Neugarten
  Gerd Ruch
  Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 G 121
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 53   Chamberlain Engineering   Ni Amorim
  Gonçalo Gomes
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 121
Chrysler 8.0L V10
14 GT1 6   Zakspeed Racing   Michael Bartels
  Armin Hahne
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 120
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT1 7   Porsche AG   Allan McNish
  Yannick Dalmas
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 119
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 58   Roock Sportsystem   André Ahrlé
  Ratanakul Prutirat
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 119
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 62   Stadler Motorsport   Uwe Sick
  Axel Röhr
Porsche 911 GT2 P 119
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 96   Proton Competition   Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
  Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 P 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 69   Proton Competition   Gerold Ried
  Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT1 8   Porsche AG   Jörg Müller
  Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 107
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
GT1 11   Team Persson Motorsport   Christophe Bouchut
  Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 86
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
22
DNF
GT2 54   Chamberlain Engineering   Ashley Ward
  Matt Turner
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 85
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT1 15   Davidoff Classic
  GTC Competition
  Thomas Bscher
  Geoff Lees
McLaren F1 GTR G 77
BMW S70 6.0L V12
24
DNF
GT2 56   Roock Racing   Claudia Hürtgen
  Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 69
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
GT2 61   Elf Haberthur Racing   Hervé Poulain
  Eric Graham
  David Smadja
Porsche 911 GT2 G 69
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ GT2 57   Roock Racing   Bruno Eichmann
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 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

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  • Pole position – #8 Porsche AG – 1:19.335
  • Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:20.206
  • Average speed – 161.087 km/h

References

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  • "Results: 1998 Round 1 – Oschersleben". FIA GT Championship. 12 April 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  • "500 km Oschersleben". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-13.


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