1998 FIA GT Laguna Seca 500km

The 1998 Visa Sports Car Championships was the tenth and final round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Laguna Seca Raceway, California, United States on October 25, 1998.

This race shared the weekend with a Professional SportsCar Racing Championship event.

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 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig
Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 139
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2 GT1 1 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 139
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3 GT1 8 Porsche AG Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 138
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 GT1 3 DAMS Éric Bernard
David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1 M 137
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
5 GT1 6 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels
Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 138
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 GT1 11 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut
Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 135
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
7 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 127
Chrysler 8.0L V10
8 GT2 57 Roock Racing Bruno Eichmann
Mike Hezemans
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 126
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT2 63 Krauss Race Sports International Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 123
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 58 Roock Sportsystem André Ahrlé
Robert Schirle
Dirk Layer
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 122
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11 GT1 12 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon
Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 121
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
12 GT2 60 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten
Gerd Ruch
Zak Brown
Porsche 911 GT2 G 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 80 GP Motorsport Daniel Dor
John Young
Peter Gregg
Saleen Mustang SR ? 118
Ford 5.9L V8
14 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried
Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Ni Amorim
Spencer Trenery
Hans Hugenholtz
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 117
Chrysler 8.0L V10
16 GT2 87 Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess
Gerhard Marchner
Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 P 113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 65 Konrad Motorsport Martin Stretton
Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 D 105
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18
DNF
GT2 81 Freisinger Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann
Michel Ligonnet
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 84
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
GT2 61 Elf Haberthur Racing Bruno Lambert
Mike Conte
Porsche 911 GT2 G 76
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20
DNF
GT2 76 Seikel Motorsport Nigel Smith
Andrew Bagnall
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 911 GT2 P 62
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
GT1 7 Porsche AG Yannick Dalmas
Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 44
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
GT2 71 Marcos Racing International Herman Buurman
Manno Schaafsma
Marcos LM600 D 33
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
23
DNF
GT2 70 Marcos Racing International Christian Vann
Harald Becker
Cor Euser
Marcos LM600 D 21
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
24
DNF
GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Renato Mastropietro
Uwe Sick
William Langhorne
Porsche 911 GT2 P 19
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
GT2 86 Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Chéreau
Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 GT2 M 15
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 7
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Jan Lammers
Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 D 7
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M
Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS GT2 55 Saleen-Allen Speedlab Andy Pilgrim
Ron Johnson
Terry Borcheller
Saleen Mustang SR ?
Ford 5.9L V8

Statistics

  • Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.154
  • Fastest lap – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:19.094
  • Average speed – 158.815 km/h

References

  • "Results: 1998 Round 10 – Laguna Seca". FIA GT Championship. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  • "500 km Laguna Seca". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  • "FIA GT Championship Laguna Seca 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
FIA GT Championship
Previous race:
1998 FIA GT Homestead 500km
1998 season Next race:
None
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.