1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km

The 1998 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km was the eighth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the A1-Ring, Austria, on September 20, 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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	116
1	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8	B	116
2	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	116
2	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8	B	116
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	115
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	115
4	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	115
4	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	115
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	115
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12	B	115
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	112
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.0L V12	G	112
7	GT1	3	DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Franck Lagorce	Panoz GTR-1	M	109
7	GT1	3	DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Franck Lagorce	Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8	M	109
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	106
8	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	106
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	106
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	106
10	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	105
10	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	105
11	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	105
11	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	M	105
12	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	?	104
12	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	104
13	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	104
13	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	104
14	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	104
14	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	Y	104
15	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	D	103
15	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	103
16	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	103
16	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	103
17	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	103
17	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Mike Hezemans	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	Y	103
18	GT2	79	RWS	Günther Blieninger Hans-Jörg Hofer Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 911 GT2	?	100
18	GT2	79	RWS	Günther Blieninger Hans-Jörg Hofer Raffaele Sangiuolo	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	100
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Bruno Lambert Mauro Casadei Karl Baron	Porsche 911 GT2	G	99
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Bruno Lambert Mauro Casadei Karl Baron	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	99
20	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	97
20	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	97
21	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	97
21	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	P	97
22	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	89
22	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	Y	89
23	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	86
23	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12	B	86
24 DNF	GT2	67	Remus Racing	Wido Rössler Herbert Drexler	Porsche 911 GT2	?	56
24 DNF	GT2	67	Remus Racing	Wido Rössler Herbert Drexler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	56
25 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	50
25 DNF	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	50
26 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	P	47
26 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	47
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600	D	46
27 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Chevrolet 5.9L V8	D	46
28 DNF	GT2	78	Bovi Motorsport	Kálmán Bódis Ferenc Rátkai	Porsche 911 GT2	?	46
28 DNF	GT2	78	Bovi Motorsport	Kálmán Bódis Ferenc Rátkai	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	46
29 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manfred Stohl Ni Amorim	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	11
29 DNF	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Manfred Stohl Ni Amorim	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	11
30 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	3
30 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Gerhard Marchner Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	3

Statistics

Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.166
Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:23.802
Average speed – 179.375 km/h

References

"Results: 1998 Round 8 – A1-Ring". FIA GT Championship. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
"500 km A1-Ring". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
"FIA GT Championship A1-Ring 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-17.