GT W.C. Europa Sprint & FIA GT

FIA GT Championship 1998 – Race 6: Suzuka

Suzuka, Japan

Class GT1

Race result

Finishers
1. #1 Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber AMG · Mercedes CLK LM 10
2. #2 Klaus Ludwig / Ricardo Zonta AMG · Mercedes CLK LM 6
3. #7 Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas / Stephane Ortelli Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98 4
4. #11 Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR 3
5. #3 Franck Lagorce / Christophe Tinseau / Johnny O'Connell DAMS · Panoz Esperante GTR-1 2
6. #5/6 Andreas Scheld / Alexander Grau / Michael Bartels Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98 1
7. #12 Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
8. #5 Fabien Giroix / Jean-Denis Deletraz / Armin Hahne Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98
Retirements
R #7/8 Bob Wollek Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
R #8 Jörg Müller / Uwe Alzen Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
R #15 Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR

Qualifying

Starting grid
1. #1 Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber AMG · Mercedes CLK LM
2. #2 Klaus Ludwig / Ricardo Zonta AMG · Mercedes CLK LM
3. #7 Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas / Stephane Ortelli Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
4. #7/8 Bob Wollek / Jörg Müller / Uwe Alzen Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
5. #11 Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
6. #12 Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
7. #3 Franck Lagorce / Christophe Tinseau / Johnny O'Connell DAMS · Panoz Esperante GTR-1
8. #5/6 Andreas Scheld / Alexander Grau / Michael Bartels Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98
9. #5 Fabien Giroix / Jean-Denis Deletraz / Armin Hahne Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98
10. #15 Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR

Class GT2

Race result

Finishers
1. #51 Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy / Dominique Dupuy Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R 10
2. #52 Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell / Hideshi Matsuda Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R 6
3. #70 Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600 4
4. #66 Franz Konrad / Stéphane Sallaz / Altfried Heger Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993) 3
5. #60 Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Michel Ligonnet Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993) 2
6. #53 Hiroshi Sakai / Matt Turner / Hans (John) Hugenholtz Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R 1
7. #56 Claudia Hürtgen / Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
8. #76 Nigel Smith / Takashi Suzuki Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
9. #69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume / Manfred Jurasz Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
10. #61 Eric Graham / David Smadja / Masahiro Kimoto Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
11. #76/87 Gerhard Marchner / Tomiko Yoshikawa / Sumio Sakurai Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
Retirements
R #57 Bruno Eichmann / Sascha Maassen / Hisashi Wada-Q Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R #58 Ratanakol Prutirat / Robert Nearn Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R #58/57 Andre Ahrle Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R #65 Martin Stretton / Jun Harada / Yukihiro Hane Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R #62 Uwe Sick / Franz Hunkeler / Jörg Clavuot Stadler Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)

Qualifying

Starting grid
1. #70 Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600
2. #52 Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell / Hideshi Matsuda Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
3. #51 Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy / Dominique Dupuy Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
4. #66 Franz Konrad / Stéphane Sallaz / Altfried Heger Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
5. #56 Claudia Hürtgen / Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
6. #57 Bruno Eichmann / Sascha Maassen / Hisashi Wada-Q Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
7. #60 Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Michel Ligonnet Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
8. #53 Hiroshi Sakai / Matt Turner / Hans (John) Hugenholtz Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
9. #58 Ratanakol Prutirat / Robert Nearn / Andre Ahrle Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
10. #76 Nigel Smith / Takashi Suzuki Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
11. #65 Martin Stretton / Jun Harada / Yukihiro Hane Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
12. #69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume / Manfred Jurasz Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
13. #62 Uwe Sick / Franz Hunkeler / Jörg Clavuot Stadler Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
14. #61 Eric Graham / David Smadja / Masahiro Kimoto Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
15. #76/87 Gerhard Marchner / Tomiko Yoshikawa / Sumio Sakurai Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)