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The 1998 Oschersleben 500 was the opening round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on April 12, 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	2	AMG Mercedes	Ricardo Zonta Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	137
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
2	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Marcel Tiemann Jean-Marc Gounon	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	137
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
3	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	135
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
4	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	134
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Panoz GTR-1	M	130
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
6	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	126
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
7	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger David Donohue	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	125
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
8	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	D	122
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 911 GT2	D	122
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	122
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	122
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
12	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	121
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	121
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
14	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	120
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	119
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	119
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	119
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	118
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	107
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	86
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
22 DNF	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Ashley Ward Matt Turner	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	85
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
23 DNF	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR	G	77
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
24 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	69
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	61	Elf Haberthur Racing	Hervé Poulain Eric Graham David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	G	69
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	123
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

† – #57 Roock Racing was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal rear wing.

Statistics

• Pole position – #8 Porsche AG – 1:19.335
• Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:20.206
• Average speed – 161.087 km/h

References

• "Results: 1998 Round 1 – Oschersleben". FIA GT Championship. 12 April 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
• "500 km Oschersleben". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

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• April 1998 sports events in Germany