1998 FIA GT Dijon 500 km

The 1998 FIA GT Dijon 500 km was the fourth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Dijon-Prenois, France, on July 12, 1998.

Layout of the Dijon circuit

Official results edit

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 132
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2 GT1 7   Porsche AG   Yannick Dalmas
  Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 132
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3 GT1 3   DAMS   Éric Bernard
  David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1 M 130
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
4 GT1 11   Team Persson Motorsport   Christophe Bouchut
  Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 130
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
5 GT1 12   Team Persson Motorsport   Jean-Marc Gounon
  Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 129
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6 GT1 6   Zakspeed Racing   Michael Bartels
  Armin Hahne
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 129
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT1 5   Zakspeed Racing   Alexander Grau
  Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 128
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT1 17   Larbre Compétition   Bob Wollek
  Carl Rosenblad
  Patrice Goueslard
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 124
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT2 51   Viper Team Oreca   Olivier Beretta
  Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 120
Chrysler 8.0L V10
10 GT2 52   Viper Team Oreca   Karl Wendlinger
  David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 119
Chrysler 8.0L V10
11 GT1 1   AMG Mercedes   Bernd Schneider
  Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 116
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
12 GT2 77   Sonauto Levallois   Jean-Pierre Jarier
  François Lafon
Porsche 911 GT2 P 115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 66   Konrad Motorsport   Stéphane Sallaz
  Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 D 114
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT2 57   Roock Racing   Sascha Maassen
  Bruno Eichmann
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 114
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT2 63   Krauss Race Sports International   Michael Trunk
  Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 56   Roock Racing   Claudia Hürtgen
  Emmanuel Collard
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 112
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 96   Proton Competition   Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
  Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 P 111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 62   Stadler Motorsport   Axel Röhr
  Uwe Sick
Porsche 911 GT2 P 111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 58   Roock Sportsystem   André Ahrlé
  Ratanakul Prutirat
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 53   Chamberlain Engineering   Ni Amorim
  Gary Ayles
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 107
Chrysler 8.0L V10
21 GT2 69   Proton Competition   Gerold Ried
  Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 107
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 GT2 61   Elf Haberthur Racing   Eric Graham
  Hervé Poulain
  David Smadja
Porsche 911 GT2 G 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23 GT1 27   Parabolica Motorsports
  BBA Compétition
  Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
  Patrick Caternet
McLaren F1 GTR D 106
BMW S70 6.1L V12
24 GT2 60   Elf Haberthur Racing   Michel Neugarten
  Gerd Ruch
  Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 G 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 GT1 8   Porsche AG   Uwe Alzen
  Jörg Müller
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 96
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
26 GT2 65   Konrad Motorsport   Martin Stretton
  Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 D 92
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
GT2 70   Marcos Racing International   Christian Vann
  Harald Becker
  Cor Euser
Marcos LM600 D 76
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
28
DNF
GT2 76   Seikel Motorsport   Bernard Schwach
  Peter Seikel
  Fred Rosterg
Porsche 911 GT2 P 3
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics edit

  • Pole position – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:08.762
  • Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:10.861
  • Average speed – 180.989 km/h

References edit

  • "Results: 1998 Round 4 – Dijon-Prenois". FIA GT Championship. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  • "500 km Dijon". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  • "FIA GT Championship Dijon 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 2 June 2003. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-14.


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