GT W.C. Europa Sprint & FIA GT

FIA GT Championship 1998 – Race 7: Donington Park

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6 Sep 1998

Donington Park, Great Britain

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 Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98	4
4.	#8 Jörg Müller / Uwe Alzen Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98	3
5.	#12 Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR	2
6.	#5/6 Andreas Scheld / Armin Hahne Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98	1
7.	#15 Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
8.	#11 Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
Retirements
R	#3 Eric Bernard / David Brabham DAMS · Panoz Esperante GTR-1
R	#6 Michael Bartels / Masimilano Angelelli Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98

Qualifying

Starting grid
1.	#2 Klaus Ludwig / Ricardo Zonta AMG · Mercedes CLK LM
2.	#1 Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber AMG · Mercedes CLK LM
3.	#3 Eric Bernard / David Brabham DAMS · Panoz Esperante GTR-1
4.	#7 Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
5.	#11 Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
6.	#8 Jörg Müller / Uwe Alzen Porsche AG · Porsche 911 GT1-98
7.	#15 Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees GTC Competition · McLaren-BMW F1 GTR
8.	#6 Michael Bartels / Masimilano Angelelli Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98
9.	#12 Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann Persson Motorsport · Mercedes CLK GTR
10.	#5/6 Andreas Scheld / Armin Hahne Zakspeed Racing · Porsche 911 GT1-98

Class GT2

Race result

Finishers
1.	#51 Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R	10
2.	#66 Franz Konrad / Altfried Heger Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	6
3.	#52 Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R	4
4.	#81 Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet Freisinger Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	3
5.	#65 Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)	2
6.	#53 Ni Amorim / Martin Short / Matt Turner Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R	1
7.	#63 Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller Krauss Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
8.	#96 Horst Felbermayr / Horst, jr. Felbermayr Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
9.	#69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
10.	#98 Sascha Maassen / Robert Nearn / David Warnock Cirtek Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
11.	#61 Eric Graham / David Smadja / Emanuel Clerico Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
12.	#56/57 Mike Hezemans / Bruno Eichmann / Andre Ahrle Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
13.	#56 Claudia Hürtgen / Stephane Ortelli Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
Retirements
R	#60 Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R	#62 Uwe Sick / Axel Rohr Stadler Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
R	#76 Nigel Smith / Max Cohen-Olivar / Jean-Francois Véroux Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
Disqualified
dq	#70 Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600
dq	#58 Hugh Price / John Robinson Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)

Qualifying

Starting grid
1.	#70 Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann Marcos Racing International · Marcos Mantara LM600
2.	#56 Claudia Hürtgen / Stephane Ortelli Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
3.	#52 Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
4.	#56/57 Mike Hezemans / Bruno Eichmann / Andre Ahrle Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
5.	#51 Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy Team Oreca · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
6.	#65 Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
7.	#53 Ni Amorim / Martin Short / Matt Turner Chamberlain Engineering · Chrysler Viper GTS-R
8.	#66 Franz Konrad / Altfried Heger Konrad Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
9.	#81 Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet Freisinger Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
10.	#98 Sascha Maassen / Robert Nearn / David Warnock Cirtek Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
11.	#63 Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller Krauss Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
12.	#60 Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
13.	#61 Eric Graham / David Smadja / Emanuel Clerico Haberthur Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
14.	#62 Uwe Sick / Axel Rohr Stadler Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
15.	#96 Horst Felbermayr / Horst, jr. Felbermayr Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
16.	#58 Hugh Price / John Robinson Roock Racing · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
17.	#76 Nigel Smith / Max Cohen-Olivar / Jean-Francois Véroux Seikel Motorsport · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)
18.	#69 Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume Proton Competition · Porsche 911 GT2 R (993)