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The 1998 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the seventh round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom, on 6 September 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
					Engine
1	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	125
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	125
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	124
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	123
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	123
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Armin Hahne Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	121
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	120
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
8	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	114
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
9	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	112
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	111
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
11	GT2	81	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	?	111
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	111
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
13	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Martin Stretton Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	D	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Martin Short Matt Turner Ni Amorim	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	109
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	107
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	98	Cirtek Motorsport	David Warnock Robert Nearn Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	D	101
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Eric Graham David Smadja Emmanuel Clérico	Porsche 911 GT2	G	98
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann André Ahrlé Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	94
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22 NC	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	83
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
23 DNF	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	59
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT1	3	DAMS	Éric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1	M	56
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
25 DNF	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Axel Röhr Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	P	40
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 DNF	GT2	76	Seikel Motorsport	Nigel Smith Jean-François Véroux Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 911 GT2	P	26
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser	Marcos LM600	D	112
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
DSQ	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	John Robinson Hugh Price	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	106
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

† – #70 Marcos Racing International was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have used fuel which did not meet FIA regulations.

‡ – #58 Roock Sportsystem was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have used an illegal amount of turbo boost.

Statistics

• Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:22.870
• Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:25.550
• Average speed – 162.962 km/h

References

• "Results: 1998 Round 7 – Donington". FIA GT Championship. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
• "500 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
• "FIA GT Championship Donington 1998 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 2 June 2003. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.

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