1998 FIA GT Championship
The 1998 FIA GT Championship was the second season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation. The races featured grand touring 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 of Viper Team Oreca. 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 as the second German round of the series, while Hungaroring and Dijon-Prenois replaced Mugello, Spa, and Helskini for the rest of the European calendar.| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Oschersleben 500 |  Motopark Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany | 12 April |
| 2 | British Empire Trophy Race |  Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | 17 May |
| 3 | Hockenheim 500 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | 28 June |
| 4 | 500 km de Dijon |  Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France | 12 July |
| 5 | Hungaroring 500 |  Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 19 July |
| 6 | Suzuka 1000 km |  Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | 23 August |
| 7 | Donington 500 | Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 6 September |
| 8 | 500 km Zeltweg |  A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 20 September |
| 9 | Miami 500 |  Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, United States | 18 October |
| 10 | Visa Sports Car Championships | Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, United States | 25 October |
Entries
GT1
GT2
Results and standings
Race results
| Rnd | Circuit | GT1 Winning Team | GT2 Winning Team | Report |
| Rnd | Circuit | GT1 Winning Drivers | GT2 Winning Drivers | Report |
| 1 | Oschersleben | No. 2 AMG Mercedes | No. 52 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 1 | Oschersleben | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta |  Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 2 | Silverstone | No. 1 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 2 | Silverstone | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 3 | Hockenheimring | No. 1 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 3 | Hockenheimring | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 4 | Dijon | No. 2 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 4 | Dijon | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 5 | Hungaroring | No. 1 AMG Mercedes | No. 57 Roock Racing | Report |
| 5 | Hungaroring | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann | Report |
| 6 | Suzuka | No. 1 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 6 | Suzuka | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Dominique Dupuy | Report |
| 7 | Donington | No. 1 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 7 | Donington | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 8 | A1-Ring | No. 2 AMG Mercedes | No. 52 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 8 | A1-Ring | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell | Report |
| 9 | Homestead | No. 2 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 9 | Homestead | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
| 10 | Laguna Seca | No. 2 AMG Mercedes | No. 51 Viper Team Oreca | Report |
| 10 | Laguna Seca | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy | Report |
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.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver championships
GT1
GT2
| Driver | Team | OSC | SIL | HOC | DIJ | HUN | SUZ | DON | A1R | HOM | LAG | Total points | |
| 1 |  Olivier Beretta | Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| 1 | Pedro Lamy | Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| 2 | Karl Wendlinger | Viper Team Oreca | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 38 |
| 3 | Bruno Eichmann | Roock Racing | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Justin Bell | Viper Team Oreca | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| 5 | Franz Konrad | Konrad Motorsport | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | DNS | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 20 |
| 6 | David Donohue | Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 18 | |||||
| 7 | Sascha Maassen | Roock Racing | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Sascha Maassen | Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 17 | |||||||||
| 7 | Sascha Maassen | Roock Sportsystem | 6 | 17 | |||||||||
| 8 | Gerd Ruch | Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
| 8 |  Michel Neugarten | Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Michael Trunk | Krauss Race Sports International | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Bernhard Müller | Krauss Race Sports International | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 10 | Altfrid Heger | Konrad Motorsport | DNS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
| 11 |  Cor Euser | Marcos Racing International | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 13 |
| 11 | Harald Becker | Marcos Racing International | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 13 |
| 12 |  Marco Spinelli | Elf Haberthur Racing | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Dominique Dupuy | Viper Team Oreca | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| 14 | Claudia Hürtgen | Roock Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | 7 | DNS | 7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 9 |
| 15 | Stéphane Ortelli | Roock Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | DNS | 13 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 9 | ||
| 16 | Michel Ligonnet | Elf Haberthur Racing | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| 16 | Michel Ligonnet | Freisinger Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 9 | ||||||
| 17 | Christian Vann | Marcos Racing International | Ret | Ret | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | 8 | |||
| 18 | Wolfgang Kaufmann | Freisinger Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 | ||||||
| 19 | André Ahrlé | Roock Sportsystem | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| 19 | André Ahrlé | Roock Racing | 12 | 7 | |||||||||
| 20 | Mike Hezemans | Roock Racing | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 21 | Hideshi Matsuda | Viper Team Oreca | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 22 | Stéphane Sallaz | Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| 23 | Uwe Sick | Stadler Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 |
| 23 | Axel Röhr | Stadler Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 5 | |
| 24 | Martin Stretton | Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 24 | Toni Seiler | Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
| 25 | Nick Ham | Konrad Motorsport | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Sonauto Levallois | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 26 | François Lafon | Sonauto Levallois | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 27 | Matt Turner | Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 28 | Gerold Ried | Proton Competition | 12 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 |
| 28 | Patrick Vuillaume | Proton Competition | 12 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 |
| 29 | Rob Schirle | Cirtek Motorsport | Ret | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 | Rob Schirle | GP Motorsport | DNS | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 | Rob Schirle | Roock Sportsystem | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 | Dirk Layer | Roock Sportsystem | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 30 | Hans Hugenholtz Jr. | Chamberlain Engineering | 5 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| 31 | Zak Brown | Elf Haberthur Racing | Ret | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 31 | Andy Pilgrim | Roock Sportsystem | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 32 | Ni Amorim | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 6 | Ret | 11 | DNS | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | |
| 33 | Gonçalo Gomes | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||||
| 34 |  Ratanakul Prutirat | Roock Sportsystem | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||
| 35 | Hiroshi Sakai | Chamberlain Engineering | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 35 | Martin Short | Chamberlain Engineering | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 35 | Simon Gregg | GP Motorsport | DNS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 35 | Daniel Dror | GP Motorsport | DNS | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 35 | John Young | GP Motorsport | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Driver | Team | OSC | SIL | HOC | DIJ | HUN | SUZ | DON | A1R | HOM | LAG | Total points |