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The 1998 FIA GT Budapest 500 km was the fifth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Hungaroring, Hungary, on July 19, 1998.

Due to a large accident on the first lap, the race was red flagged. The initial start was nullified and the race was restarted, running for its full original distance. Four cars which were damaged in the initial accident did not take the restart.

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
					Engine
1	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	126
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	126
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	126
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	125
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	121
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	113
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
8	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600	D	113
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
9	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Nigel Smith Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT2	P	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	P	105
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1	M	97
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
17 DNF	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	87
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
18 DNF	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Kersten Jodexnis Mauro Casadei Dieter Fähler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	78
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 DNF	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	68
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
20 DNF	GT2	78	Bovi Motorsport	Attila Barta Kálmán Bódis Herbert Jerish	Porsche 911 GT2	?	66
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	50
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
22 DNF	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	39
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
23 DNF	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	D	15
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT1	17	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Jack Leconte Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	9
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	–
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
DNS	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gary Ayles	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	–
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole position – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:28.562
• Fastest lap – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:32.300
• Average speed – 149.062 km/h

References

• "Results: 1998 Round 5 – Budapest". FIA GT Championship. 19 July 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
• "500 km Hungaroring". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-14.

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• 1998 in Hungarian sport