The 1998 FIA GT Championship was the second season of
FIA GT Championship, an
auto racing
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series endorsed by the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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(FIA) and organized by the
Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured
grand touring
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cars conforming to two categories of regulations, GT1 and GT2, and awarded driver and team championships in each category. The season began on 12 April 1998 and ended on 25 October 1998 after ten rounds, visiting Europe, Japan, and the United States.
The GT1 championships were won by
Klaus Ludwig and
Ricardo Zonta of repeat champions
AMG Mercedes, while the GT2 title was awarded to
Olivier Beretta and
Pedro Lamy
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of
Viper Team Oreca.
[FIA/GT Championship, Automobile Year 1998/1999, page 264] Following the season, the GT1 category was eliminated from the FIA GT Championship due to a lack of entries for 1999.
Schedule
All races were shortened to a distance with the exception of Suzuka.
Oschersleben replaced the
Nürburgring
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as the second German round of the series, while
Hungaroring and
Dijon-Prenois replaced
Mugello
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,
Spa
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, and
Helsinki
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for the rest of the European calendar.
Entries
GT1
GT2
Results and standings
Race results
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for all cars that finished a race.
[FIA GT Championship 1998 Sporting Regulations, www3.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org]
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Driver championships
GT1
GT2
Team championships
GT1
GT2
References
See also
* GTR Euroseries
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