1998 FIA GT Championship
The 1998 FIA GT Championship marked the second season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and managed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races showcased grand touring cars adhering to two categories of regulations, GT1 and GT2, and awarded driver and team championships in each category. Commencing on 12 April 1998, the season concluded on 25 October 1998 after ten rounds, spanning across Europe, Japan, and the United States. The GT1 championships were won by Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta of the repeat champions AMG Mercedes, while the GT2 title was awarded to Olivier Beretta and Pedro Lamy of Viper Team Oreca.[1] Subsequent to the season, the GT1 category was eliminated from the FIA GT Championship due to insufficient entries for 1999.
Schedule
All races were shortened to a 500 km (310 mi) distance with the exception of Suzuka. Oschersleben replaced the Nürburgring as the second German round of the series, while Hungaroring and Dijon-Prenois replaced Mugello, Spa, and Helsinki for the rest of the European calendar.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Oschersleben 500 | Germany Motopark Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany | 12 April |
2 | British Empire Trophy Race | United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | 17 May |
3 | Hockenheim 500 | Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | 28 June |
4 | 500 km de Dijon | France Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France | 12 July |
5 | Hungaroring 500 | Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 19 July |
6 | Suzuka 1000 km | Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | 23 August |
7 | Donington 500 | United Kingdom Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 6 September |
8 | 500 km Zeltweg | Austria A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 20 September |
9 | Miami 500 | United States Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, United States | 18 October |
10 | Visa Sports Car Championships | United States Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, United States | 25 October |
Source:[2] |
Entries
GT1
GT2
Results and standings
Race results
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for all cars that finished a race.[6]
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver championships
GT1
GT2
Pos. | Driver | Team | OSC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HOC Germany |
DIJ France |
HUN Hungary |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
A1R Austria |
HOM United States |
LAG United States |
Total points |
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1 | Monaco Olivier Beretta | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
1 | Portugal Pedro Lamy | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
2 | Austria Karl Wendlinger | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 38 |
3 | Switzerland Bruno Eichmann | Germany Roock Racing | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
4 | United Kingdom Justin Bell | France Viper Team Oreca | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
5 | Austria Franz Konrad | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | DNS | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 20 |
6 | United States David Donohue | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 18 | |||||
7 | Germany Sascha Maassen | Germany Roock Racing | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 17 | ||||
United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | ||||||||||||
Germany Roock Sportsystem | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | Germany Gerd Ruch | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
8 | Belgium Michel Neugarten | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
9 | Germany Michael Trunk | Germany Krauss Race Sports International | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
9 | Germany Bernhard Müller | Germany Krauss Race Sports International | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
10 | Germany Altfrid Heger | Germany Konrad Motorsport | DNS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
11 | Netherlands Cor Euser | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 13 |
11 | Germany Harald Becker | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 13 |
12 | Italy Marco Spinelli | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 11 | |||
13 | France Dominique Dupuy | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
14 | Germany Claudia Hürtgen | Germany Roock Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | 7 | DNS | 7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 9 |
15 | Monaco Stéphane Ortelli | Germany Roock Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | DNS | 13 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 9 | ||
16 | France Michel Ligonnet | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
Germany Freisinger Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | |||||||||
17 | United Kingdom Christian Vann | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 8 | |||
18 | Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann | Germany Freisinger Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 | ||||||
19 | Germany André Ahrlé | Germany Roock Sportsystem | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
Germany Roock Racing | 12 | ||||||||||||
20 | Netherlands Mike Hezemans | Germany Roock Racing | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |||||
21 | Japan Hideshi Matsuda | France Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
22 | France Stéphane Sallaz | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
23 | Switzerland Uwe Sick | Switzerland Stadler Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 |
23 | Germany Axel Röhr | Switzerland Stadler Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 | |
24 | United Kingdom Martin Stretton | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
24 | Switzerland Toni Seiler | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
25 | United States Nick Ham | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
26 | France Jean-Pierre Jarier | France Sonauto Levallois | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
26 | France François Lafon | France Sonauto Levallois | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
27 | United States Matt Turner | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
28 | Germany Gerold Ried | Germany Proton Competition | 12 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 |
28 | France Patrick Vuillaume | Germany Proton Competition | 12 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 |
29 | United Kingdom Rob Schirle | United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport | Ret | 3 | |||||||||
United Kingdom GP Motorsport | DNS | ||||||||||||
Germany Roock Sportsystem | 4 | ||||||||||||
29 | Germany Dirk Layer | Germany Roock Sportsystem | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
30 | Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz Jr. | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 5 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 3 | ||||||
31 | United States Zak Brown | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | Ret | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
31 | United States Andy Pilgrim | Germany Roock Sportsystem | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
32 | Portugal Ni Amorim | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 6 | Ret | 11 | DNS | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | |
33 | Portugal Gonçalo Gomes | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||||
34 | Thailand Ratanakul Prutirat | Germany Roock Sportsystem | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||
35 | Japan Hiroshi Sakai | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
35 | United Kingdom Martin Short | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
35 | United States Simon Gregg | United Kingdom GP Motorsport | DNS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
35 | United Kingdom Daniel Dror | United Kingdom GP Motorsport | DNS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
35 | United States John Young | United Kingdom GP Motorsport | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | OSC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HOC Germany |
DIJ France |
HUN Hungary |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
A1R Austria |
HOM United States |
LAG United States |
Total points |
Sources:[5][7] |
Team championships
GT1
|
|
GT2
Pos. | Team | OSC Germany |
SIL United Kingdom |
HOC Germany |
DIJ France |
HUN Hungary |
SUZ Japan |
DON United Kingdom |
A1R Austria |
HOM United States |
LAG United States |
Total points | |
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1 | France Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | |
2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | ||||
2 | Germany Roock Racing | Ret | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | |
DSQ | Ret | 4 | 7 | DNS | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | Ret | ||||
3 | Germany Konrad Motorsport | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |
4 | 9 | 11 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | ||||
4 | Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 15 | |
Ret | 9 | 14 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | |||||
5 | Germany Krauss Race Sports International | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
6 | Netherlands Marcos Racing International | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 13 | |
13 | Ret | ||||||||||||
7 | Germany Freisinger Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
8 | Germany Roock Sportsystem | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | Ret | DSQ | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
9 | Switzerland Stadler Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 | |
10 | United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 5 | Ret | 11 | DNS | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | |
Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
11 | France Sonauto Levallois | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
12 | Germany Proton Competition | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 3 | |
12 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 10 | 9 | Ret | |||||||
13 | United Kingdom GP Motorsport | DNS | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
– | Germany Seikel Motorsport | 12 | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||
11 | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||
– | United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport | Ret | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
– | Germany RWS | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
– | France Larbre Compétition | 11 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
– | Hungary Bovi Motorsport | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
– | France Paul Belmondo Racing | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
– | Germany Remus Racing | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
– | Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
– | United States Saleen-Allen Speedlab | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
Sources:[7][8] |
References
- ↑ FIA/GT Championship, Automobile Year 1998/1999, page 264
- ↑ "FIA GT Championship Calendar 1998". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "FIA GT Championship Entry List 1998". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "FIA GT Championship - 1998: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "FIA GT Championship - Season 1998: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ FIA GT Championship 1998 Sporting Regulations, www3.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "FIA GT Championship Standings 1998". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "FIA GT Championship - 1998: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.