The 1998 Suzuka 1000 km was the nineteenth running of the 1000km Suzuka and the sixth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan, on August 23, 1998.
GT500 and GT300 class cars from the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) were allowed to participate on an exhibitional basis, but were not allowed to score points in the FIA GT Championship.
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 171 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 2 GT1 2 AMG Mercedes Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta Mercedes-Benz CLK LM 169 Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 3 GT1 7 Porsche AG Yannick Dalmas Stéphane Ortelli Allan McNish Porsche 911 GT1-98 168 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 4 GT1 11 Team Persson Motorsport Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 167 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 5 GT1 3 DAMS Franck Lagorce Christophe Tinseau Johnny O'Connell Panoz GTR-1 165 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 6 GT1 6 Zakspeed Racing Michael Bartels Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld Porsche 911 GT1-98 165 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 7 GT1 12 Team Persson Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 163 Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 8 GT1 5 Zakspeed Racing Armin Hahne Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Porsche 911 GT1-98 163 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 9 GT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Dominique Dupuy Chrysler Viper GTS-R 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 10 GT2 52 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell Hideshi Matsuda Chrysler Viper GTS-R 155 Chrysler 8.0L V10 11 GT2 70 Marcos Racing International Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser Marcos LM600 152 Chevrolet 5.9L V8 12 GT2 66 Konrad Motorsport Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad Stéphane Sallaz Porsche 911 GT2 150 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 13 GT2 60 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Michel Ligonnet Porsche 911 GT2 146 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 14 GT2 53 Chamberlain Engineering Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner Hiroshi Sakai Chrysler Viper GTS-R 145 Chrysler 8.0L V10 15 GT2 56 Roock Racing Claudia Hürtgen Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans Porsche 911 GT2 144 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 16 GT2 76 Seikel Motorsport Takashi Suzuki Nigel Smith Porsche 911 GT2 141 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 17 GT2 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz Porsche 911 GT2 140 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT300 181 Team Daishin Hideo Fukuyama Nobuyuki Ooyagi Tatsuya Mizutani Nissan Silvia 140 Nissan SR20 2.0L Turbo I4 19 GT2 61 Elf Haberthur Racing Eric Graham David Smadja Masahiro Kimoto Porsche 911 GT2 139 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 20 GT300 170 Team Gaikokuya Yoshimi Ishibashi Hiroyuki Noji Patrick van Schoote Porsche 911 GT2 137 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 21 GT300 128 NSX Dream 28 Competition Hajime Ooshiro Kazuho Takahashi Tadayuki Sato Honda NSX-S ? 128 Honda 3.2L V6 22 GT500 129 IDC SARD Racing Team Keiichi Tsuchiya Tatsuya Tanigawa Max Angelelli Toyota Supra 126 Toyota 2.1L Turbo I4 23 GT2 87 Seikel Motorsport Gerhard Marchner Sumio Sakurai Suzuki Tomiko Yoshikawa Porsche 911 GT2 122 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 24DNF GT1 8 Porsche AG Bob Wollek Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Porsche 911 GT1-98 107 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 25DNF GT1 15 Davidoff Classic GTC Competition Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR 106 BMW S70 6.0L V12 26DNF GT2 62 Stadler Motorsport Franz Hunkeler Uwe Sick Jörg Clavuot Porsche 911 GT2 85 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 27DNF GT2 58 Roock Sportsystem André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat Robert Nearn Porsche 911 GT2 74 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 28DNF GT2 65 Konrad Motorsport Martin Stretton Yukihiro Hane Jun Harada Porsche 911 GT2 63 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF GT2 57 Roock Racing Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann Hisashi Wada Porsche 911 GT2 46 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF GT500 100 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida Ryo Michigami Honda NSX-S 31 Honda 3.5L V6 DSQ† GT300 110 Ability Hidehiko Aso Akira Ishikawa Yasutaka Hinoi Porsche 911 GT2 136 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
† – #110 Ability was disqualified for failing to respond to a black flag.
Statistics Pole position – #1 Bernd Schneider – 1:52.580 Fastest lap – #7 Allan McNish – 1:56.416 Average speed – 172.405 km/h
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