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