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.FIA/GT Championship, Automobile Year 1998/1999, page 264 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 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 1 Oschersleben 500 Motopark Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany 12 April 2 British Empire Trophy Race Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 17 May 3 Hockenheim 500 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany 28 June 4 500 km de Dijon Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France 12 July 5 Hungaroring 500 Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 19 July 6 Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 23 August 7 Donington 500 Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 6 September 8 500 km Zeltweg A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria 20 September 9 Miami 500 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, United States 18 October 10 Visa Sports Car Championships Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, United States 25 OctoberSource:

Entries GT1 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AMG Mercedes Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRMercedes-Benz CLK LM Mercedes-Benz GT112 6.0 L V12Mercedes-Benz GT108B 5.0 L V8 1 Bernd Schneider All Mark Webber All 2 Ricardo Zonta All Klaus Ludwig All DAMS Panoz GTR-1 Ford-Roush 6.0 L V8 3 Éric Bernard 1–5, 7, 9–10 David Brabham 1–5, 7, 9–10 Franck Lagorce 6, 8 Christophe Tinseau 6, 8 Johnny O'Connell 6 Zakspeed Racing Porsche 911 GT1-98 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 5 Andreas Scheld 1–5, 7–9 Alexander Grau 1–5 Armin Hahne 6–9 Fabien Giroix 6 Jean-Denis Délétraz 6 6 Michael Bartels All Armin Hahne 1–5 Alexander Grau 6 Andreas Scheld 6 Max Angelelli 7–10 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1-98 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 7 Allan McNish All Yannick Dalmas 1, 3–10 Bob Wollek 2 Stéphane Ortelli 6 8 Jörg Müller All Uwe Alzen 1–4, 6–10 Bob Wollek 5–6 Team Hezemans Bitter GT1 Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 9 Jan Lammers 2–3 Mike Hezemans 2–3 10 Rainer Bonnetsmüller 2–3 Manfred Jurasz 2–3 Stefan Hackl 2 Michael Fielder 3 Team Persson Motorsport Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Mercedes-Benz GT112 6.0 L V12 11 Christophe Bouchut All Bernd Mayländer All 12 Marcel Tiemann All Jean-Marc Gounon All Davidoff Classic McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 15 Thomas Bscher 1–3, 5–8 Geoff Lees 1–3, 5–8 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 17 Patrice Goueslard 4–5 Bob Wollek 4 Carl Rosenblad 4 Jack Leconte 5 Jean-Luc Chéreau 5 Parabolica Motorsports McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 27 Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière 2–4 Patrick Caternet 2–4 Stefan Widmann 3Sources:

GT2 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 51 Olivier Beretta All Pedro Lamy All Dominique Dupuy 6 52 Karl Wendlinger All David Donohue 1, 3–4, 9–10 Justin Bell 2, 6–8 Marc Duez 5 Hideshi Matsuda 6 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 53 Ni Amorim 1–5, 7–10 Gonçalo Gomes 1–3 Gary Ayles 4–5 Matt Turner 6–7 Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 6, 9–10 Hiroshi Sakai 6 Martin Short 7 Manfred Stohl 8 Dominic Chappell 9 Spencer Trenery 10 54 Matt Turner 1–2 Ashley Ward 1 Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 2 Saleen-Allen Speedlab Saleen Mustang SR Ford 5.9 L V8 55 Andy Pilgrim 10 Terry Borcheller 10 Ron Johnson 10 Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 56 Claudia Hürtgen All Stéphane Ortelli 1–3, 5, 7–10 Emmanuel Collard 4 Mike Hezemans 6 Jan Lammers 6 57 Bruno Eichmann All Sascha Maassen 1–6 Hisashi Wada 6 Mike Hezemans 7–10 André Ahrlé 7 Roock Sportsystem 58 André Ahrlé 1–6, 8–10 Ratanakul Prutirat 1, 3–6 Tim Sugden 2 Peter Owen 2 Robert Nearn 6 John Robinson 7 Hugh Price 7 Sascha Maassen 8 Andy Pilgrim 9 Robert Schirle 10 Dirk Layer 10 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 60 All Gerd Ruch All Marco Spinelli 1–5, 7–8 Michel Ligonnet 6 Zak Brown 9–10 61 Éric Graham 1, 3–4, 6–7 David Smadja 1, 3, 6–7 Hervé Poulain 1, 4 David Velay 3–4 Mauro Casadei 5, 8–9 Kersten Jodexnis 5 Dieter Fähler 5 Masahiro Kimoto 6 Emmanuel Clérico 7 Bruno Lambert 8, 10 Karl Baron 8 Klaus Horn 9 Mike Conte 10 Stadler Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 62 Uwe Sick All Axel Röhr 1-5, 7–9 Franz Hunkeler 6 Jörg Clavuot 6 Renato Mastropietro 9–10 Will Langhorne 10 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 63 Michael Trunk 1–5, 7–10 Bernhard Müller 1–5, 7–10 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 65 Martin Stretton All Toni Seiler 1–5, 7–10 Yukihiro Hane 6 Jun Harada 6 66 Franz Konrad All Nick Ham 1–3 Stéphane Sallaz 4, 6 Altfrid Heger 5–8 Jan Lammers 9–10 Remus Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 67 Wido Rössler 8 Herbert Drexler 8 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 69 Gerold Ried All Patrick Vuillaume All Manfred Jurasz 6 96 Horst Felbermayr 1–5, 7–8 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1–5, 7–8 Marcos Racing International Marcos LM600 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 70 Cor Euser All Harald Becker All Christian Vann 3–4, 6–10 71 Herman Buurman 9–10 Manno Schaafsma 9–10 Paul Belmondo Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 74 Marc Rostan 3 Jacques Plattier 3 Francis Werner 3 Swiss Team Salamin Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 75 Max Cohen-Olivar 3 Bernard Schwach 3 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 76 Ernst Palmberger 3, 5, 8 Gerhard Marchner 3, 8 Renato Mastropietro 3 Peter Seikel 4 Fred Rosterg 4 Bernard Schwach 4 Nigel Smith 5–7, 9–10 Robert Nearn 5 Takashi Suzuki 6 Max Cohen-Olivar 7, 9–10 Jean-François Véroux 7 Manfred Jurasz 8 Andrew Bagnall 9–10 87 Gerhard Marchner 6, 9–10 Sumio Sakurai Suzuki 6 Tomiko Yoshikawa 6 Manfred Jurasz 9–10 Christian Vogler 9 Tony Burgess 10 Sonauto Levallois Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 77 Jean-Pierre Jarier 4 François Lafon 4 Bovi Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 78 Kálmán Bódis 5, 8 Attila Barta 5 Herbert Jerish 5 Ferenc Rátkai 8 RWS Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 79 Günther Blieninger 8 Hans-Jörg Hofer 8 Raffaele Sangiuolo 8 GP Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Ford 5.9 L V8 80 Daniel Dror 9–10 Simon Gregg 9–10 Robert Schirle 9 John Young 10 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 81 Wolfgang Kaufmann 7–10 Michel Ligonnet 7–10 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 86 Jack Leconte 9–10 Jean-Luc Chéreau 9–10 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SRPorsche 911 GT2 Ford 5.9 L V8Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 98 David Warnock 2, 7 Robert Schirle 2 Mauro Casadei 3 Andrea Garbagnati 3 Angelo Zadra 3 Richard Nearn 7 Sascha Maassen 7Sources:

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd Circuit GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team Report GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers 1 Oschersleben No. 2 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 2 Silverstone No. 1 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 3 Hockenheimring No. 1 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 4 Dijon No. 2 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 5 Hungaroring No. 1 AMG Mercedes No. 57 Roock Racing Report Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann 6 Suzuka No. 1 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Dominique Dupuy 7 Donington No. 1 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 8 A1-Ring No. 2 AMG Mercedes No. 52 Viper Team Oreca Report Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell 9 Homestead No. 2 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy 10 Laguna Seca No. 2 AMG Mercedes No. 51 Viper Team Oreca Report Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Olivier Beretta Pedro LamySource:

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.FIA GT Championship 1998 Sporting Regulations, www3.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org

+Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 10 6 4 3 2 1

Driver championships GT1 Driver Team OSC SIL HOC DIJ HUN SUZ DON A1R HOM LAG Totalpoints 1 Klaus Ludwig AMG Mercedes 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 77 1 Ricardo Zonta AMG Mercedes 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 77 2 Bernd Schneider AMG Mercedes 3 1 1 9 1 1 1 2 4 2 69 2 Mark Webber AMG Mercedes 3 1 1 9 1 1 1 2 4 2 69 3 Allan McNish Porsche AG 7 Ret 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 Ret 27 3 Yannick Dalmas Porsche AG 7 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 Ret 27 4 Jörg Müller Porsche AG 8 2 8 11 4 Ret 4 8 2 3 22 5 Uwe Alzen Porsche AG 8 2 8 11 Ret 4 8 2 3 19 6 Marcel Tiemann Team Persson Motorsport 2 Ret 4 5 Ret 7 5 5 5 7 17 6 Jean-Marc Gounon Team Persson Motorsport 2 Ret 4 5 Ret 7 5 5 5 7 17 7 David Brabham DAMS 5 8 3 3 6 Ret 6 4 15 7 Éric Bernard DAMS 5 8 3 3 6 Ret 6 4 15 8 Michael Bartels Zakspeed Racing 6 3 7 6 5 6 NC 4 7 5 14 9 Armin Hahne Zakspeed Racing 6 3 7 6 5 8 6 9 DNS 9 10 Christophe Bouchut Team Persson Motorsport Ret 7 10 4 DNS 4 8 10 Ret 6 7 10 Bernd Mayländer Team Persson Motorsport Ret 7 10 4 DNS 4 8 10 Ret 6 7 11 Andreas Scheld Zakspeed Racing 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 6 6 9 DNS 7 12 Alexander Grau Zakspeed Racing 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 6 6 13 Max Angelelli Zakspeed Racing NC 4 7 5 5 14 Stéphane Ortelli Porsche AG 3 4 15 Geoff Lees Davidoff Classic Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 7 6 4 15 Thomas Bscher Davidoff Classic Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 7 6 4 16 Bob Wollek Porsche AG Ret 4 Ret 3 Larbre Compétition 8 17 Christophe Tinseau DAMS 5 7 2 17 Franck Lagorce DAMS 5 7 2 18 Johnny O'Connell DAMS 5 2- Patrice Goueslard Larbre Compétition 8 Ret 0- Carl Rosenblad Larbre Compétition 8 0- Fabien Giroix Zakspeed Racing 8 0- Jean-Denis Délétraz Zakspeed Racing 8 0- Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Parabolica Motorsports Ret 9 10 0- Patrick Caternet Parabolica Motorsports Ret 9 10 0- Steffen Widmann Parabolica Motorsports 9 0- Mike Hezemans Team Hezemans WD Ret DNS 0- Jan Lammers Team Hezemans WD Ret DNS 0- Rainer Bonnetsmüller Team Hezemans WD Ret DNS 0- Manfred Jurasz Team Hezemans WD Ret DNS 0- Stefan Hackl Team Hezemans Ret 0- Jack Leconte Larbre Compétition Ret 0- Jean-Luc Chéreau Larbre Compétition Ret 0- Michael Fielder Team Hezemans DNS 0 Driver Team OSC SIL HOC DIJ HUN SUZ DON A1R HOM LAG TotalpointsSources:

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