1998 FIA GT Budapest 500 km

File:Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg

Layout of the Hungaroring (1989-2002)

The 1998 FIA GT Budapest 500 km was the fifth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Hungaroring, Hungary, on July 19, 1998.

Due to a large accident on the first lap, the race was red flagged. The initial start was nullified and the race was restarted, running for its full original distance. Four cars which were damaged in the initial accident did not take the restart.

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	Template:Flagicon AMG Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	126
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2	GT1	2	Template:Flagicon AMG Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	126
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3	GT1	7	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Yannick Dalmas Template:Flagicon Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	126
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	8	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	125
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	6	Template:Flagicon Zakspeed Racing	Template:Flagicon Michael Bartels Template:Flagicon Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	121
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT2	57	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Template:Flagicon Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT2	51	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	113
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
8	GT2	70	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Christian Vann Template:Flagicon Harald Becker Template:Flagicon Cor Euser	Marcos LM600	D	113
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
9	GT2	60	Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Michel Neugarten Template:Flagicon Gerd Ruch Template:Flagicon Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	63	Template:Flagicon Krauss Race Sports International	Template:Flagicon Michael Trunk Template:Flagicon Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT2	58	Template:Flagicon Roock Sportsystem	Template:Flagicon André Ahrlé Template:Flagicon Ratanakul Prutirat	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	76	Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Ernst Palmberger Template:Flagicon Nigel Smith Template:Flagicon Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT2	P	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT2	62	Template:Flagicon Stadler Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Axel Röhr Template:Flagicon Uwe Sick	Porsche 911 GT2	P	105
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	69	Template:Flagicon Proton Competition	Template:Flagicon Gerold Ried Template:Flagicon Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	96	Template:Flagicon Proton Competition	Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	104
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT1	3	Template:Flagicon DAMS	Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1	M	97
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
17 DNF	GT1	5	Template:Flagicon Zakspeed Racing	Template:Flagicon Alexander Grau Template:Flagicon Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	87
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
18 DNF	GT2	61	Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Kersten Jodexnis Template:Flagicon Mauro Casadei Template:Flagicon Dieter Fähler	Porsche 911 GT2	G	78
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 DNF	GT1	15	Template:Flagicon Davidoff Classic Template:Flagicon GTC Competition	Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	68
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
20 DNF	GT2	78	Template:Flagicon Bovi Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Attila Barta Template:Flagicon Kálmán Bódis Template:Flagicon Herbert Jerish	Porsche 911 GT2	?	66
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	GT2	52	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	50
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
22 DNF	GT1	12	Template:Flagicon Team Persson Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon Template:Flagicon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	39
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
23 DNF	GT2	65	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Martin Stretton Template:Flagicon Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	D	15
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 DNF	GT1	17	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Patrice Goueslard Template:Flagicon Jack Leconte Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	9
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT1	11	Template:Flagicon Team Persson Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut Template:Flagicon Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	–
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
DNS	GT2	53	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim Template:Flagicon Gary Ayles	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	–
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS	GT2	56	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	66	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Altfrid Heger Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	–
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole position – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:28.562
• Fastest lap – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:32.300
• Average speed – 149.062 km/h