1998 FIA GT Homestead 500km

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Layout of the Homestead-Miami Speedway modified road course

The 1998 FIA GT Homestead 500 km was the ninth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida, United States on October 18, 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 Germany AMG Mercedes Germany Klaus Ludwig
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 141
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2 GT1 8 Germany Porsche AG Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Uwe Alzen
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 141
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3 GT1 7 Germany Porsche AG France Yannick Dalmas
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98 M 140
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 GT1 1 Germany AMG Mercedes Germany Bernd Schneider
Australia Mark Webber
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM B 140
Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
5 GT1 12 Germany Team Persson Motorsport France Jean-Marc Gounon
Germany Marcel Tiemann
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 140
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
6 GT1 3 France DAMS France Éric Bernard
Australia David Brabham
Panoz GTR-1 M 139
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
7 GT1 6 Germany Zakspeed Racing Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Max Angelelli
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P 138
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT2 51 France Viper Team Oreca Monaco Olivier Beretta
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 130
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9 GT2 56 Germany Roock Racing Germany Claudia Hürtgen
France Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 129
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 70 Netherlands Marcos Racing International United Kingdom Christian Vann
Germany Harald Becker
Netherlands Cor Euser
Marcos LM600 D 128
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
11 GT2 63 Germany Krauss Race Sports International Germany Michael Trunk
Germany Bernhard Müller
Porsche 911 GT2 D 126
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT2 58 Germany Roock Sportsystem Germany André Ahrlé
United Kingdom Andy Pilgrim
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 125
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 81 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
France Michel Ligonnet
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 125
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT2 65 Germany Konrad Motorsport United Kingdom Martin Stretton
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT2 D 123
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT2 76 Germany Seikel Motorsport United Kingdom Nigel Smith
New Zealand Andrew Bagnall
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 911 GT2 P 120
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT2 61 Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing Germany Klaus Horn
Italy Mauro Casadei
Porsche 911 GT2 G 120
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 GT2 87 Germany Seikel Motorsport Germany Christian Vogler
Germany Gerhard Marchner
Austria Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2 P 117
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 86 France Larbre Compétition France Jean-Luc Chéreau
France Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 GT2 M 113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 57 Germany Roock Racing Switzerland Bruno Eichmann
Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 98
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 71 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Herman Buurman
South Africa Manno Schaafsma
Marcos LM600 D 95
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
21
DNF
GT1 11 Germany Team Persson Motorsport France Christophe Bouchut
Germany Bernd Mayländer
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR B 95
Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
22
DNF
GT2 52 France Viper Team Oreca Austria Karl Wendlinger
United States David Donohue
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 90
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT2 69 Germany Proton Competition Germany Gerold Ried
France Patrick Vuillaume
Porsche 911 GT2 P 65
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
GT2 53 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Portugal Ni Amorim
United Kingdom Dominic Chappell
Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 46
Chrysler 8.0L V10
25
DNF
GT2 66 Germany Konrad Motorsport Netherlands Jan Lammers
Austria Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 D 21
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 60 Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing Belgium Michel Neugarten
Germany Gerd Ruch
United States Zak Brown
Porsche 911 GT2 G 7
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT1 5 Germany Zakspeed Racing Germany Armin Hahne
Germany Andreas Scheld
Porsche 911 GT1-98 P
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT2 62 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Italy Renato Mastropietro
Switzerland Uwe Sick
Porsche 911 GT2 P
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS GT2 80 United Kingdom GP Motorsport United Kingdom Daniel Dor
United Kingdom Robert Schirle
United States Peter Gregg
Saleen Mustang SR ?
Ford 5.9L V8

Statistics[]

  • Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:14.298
  • Fastest lap – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.495
  • Average speed – 151.314 km/h

References[]

  • "Results: 1998 Round 9 – Homestead". FIA GT Championship. 18 October 1998. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  • "500 km Homestead". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-20.


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