1998 FIA GT Laguna Seca 500 km

File:Laguna Seca.svg

Layout of the Laguna Seca Raceway

The 1998 Visa Sports Car Championships was the tenth and final round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Laguna Seca Raceway, California, United States on October 25, 1998.

This race shared the weekend with a Professional SportsCar Racing Championship event.

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	Template:Flagicon AMG Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	139
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
2	GT1	1	Template:Flagicon AMG Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	B	139
					Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8
3	GT1	8	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller Template:Flagicon Uwe Alzen	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	138
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	3	Template:Flagicon DAMS	Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1	M	137
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
5	GT1	6	Template:Flagicon Zakspeed Racing	Template:Flagicon Michael Bartels Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	138
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT1	11	Template:Flagicon Team Persson Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut Template:Flagicon Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	135
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
7	GT2	51	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	127
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
8	GT2	57	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Bruno Eichmann Template:Flagicon Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	126
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT2	63	Template:Flagicon Krauss Race Sports International	Template:Flagicon Michael Trunk Template:Flagicon Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	123
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT2	58	Template:Flagicon Roock Sportsystem	Template:Flagicon André Ahrlé Template:Flagicon Robert Schirle Template:Flagicon Dirk Layer	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	122
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT1	12	Template:Flagicon Team Persson Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon Template:Flagicon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	121
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
12	GT2	60	Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Michel Neugarten Template:Flagicon Gerd Ruch Template:Flagicon Zak Brown	Porsche 911 GT2	G	118
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT2	80	Template:Flagicon GP Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Daniel Dor Template:Flagicon John Young Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Saleen Mustang SR	?	118
					Ford 5.9L V8
14	GT2	69	Template:Flagicon Proton Competition	Template:Flagicon Gerold Ried Template:Flagicon Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	65
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT2	53	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim Template:Flagicon Spencer Trenery Template:Flagicon Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	117
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
16	GT2	87	Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Tony Burgess Template:Flagicon Gerhard Marchner Template:Flagicon Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	P	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	65	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Martin Stretton Template:Flagicon Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	D	105
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 DNF	GT2	81	Template:Flagicon Freisinger Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Kaufmann Template:Flagicon Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	?	84
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 DNF	GT2	61	Template:Flagicon Elf Haberthur Racing	Template:Flagicon Bruno Lambert Template:Flagicon Mike Conte	Porsche 911 GT2	G	76
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 DNF	GT2	76	Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Nigel Smith Template:Flagicon Andrew Bagnall Template:Flagicon Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 911 GT2	P	62
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	GT1	7	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Template:Flagicon Yannick Dalmas Template:Flagicon Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	44
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
22 DNF	GT2	71	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Herman Buurman Template:Flagicon Manno Schaafsma	Marcos LM600	D	33
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
23 DNF	GT2	70	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Template:Flagicon Christian Vann Template:Flagicon Harald Becker Template:Flagicon Cor Euser	Marcos LM600	D	21
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
24 DNF	GT2	62	Template:Flagicon Stadler Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Renato Mastropietro Template:Flagicon Uwe Sick Template:Flagicon William Langhorne	Porsche 911 GT2	P	19
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	86	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Chéreau Template:Flagicon Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	M	15
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 DNF	GT2	56	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing	Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	7
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	GT2	66	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	7
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	52	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger Template:Flagicon David Donohue	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	–
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS	GT2	55	Template:Flagicon Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim Template:Flagicon Ron Johnson Template:Flagicon Terry Borcheller	Saleen Mustang SR	?	–
					Ford 5.9L V8

Statistics

• Pole position – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:16.154
• Fastest lap – #2 AMG Mercedes – 1:19.094
• Average speed – 158.815 km/h