FIA GT Championship Silverstone 1998 - Grid

Event: British Empire Trophy		Date: 17.5.1998
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 5.140 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Silverstone
FIA GT Championship (round 2)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	7	Allan McNish / Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche AG	1:39.7030
2^nd	3	David Brabham / Eric Bernard	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	1:39.8470
3^rd	8	Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche AG	1:39.8850
4^th	2	Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:40.2130
5^th	1	Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	AMG Mercedes	1:40.8410
6^th	11	Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Team Persson Motorsport	1:41.6150
7^th	6	Michael Bartels / Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Zakspeed Racing	1:41.7520
8^th	12	Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	Team Persson Motorsport	1:41.8690
9^th	5	Alexander Grau / Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Zakspeed Racing	1:42.2210
10^th	15	Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR	Davidoff Classic	1:44.9440
11^th	56	Claudia Hürtgen / Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	1:49.7050
12^th	51	Pedro Lamy / Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	1:50.1820
13^th	9	Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans	Bitter GT1	Team Hezemans	1:50.5450
14^th	52	Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	1:50.6640
15^th	70	Cor Euser / Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International	1:51.1460
16^th	57	Bruno Eichmann / Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	1:51.2800
17^th	58	Tim Sugden / Peter Owen / André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Sportsystem	1:52.6170
18^th	66	Franz Konrad / Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	1:52.6700
19^th	65	Toni Seiler / Martin Stretton	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	1:54.1750
20^th	60	Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	1:55.2310
21^st	53	Ni Amorim / Goncalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	1:55.4260
22^nd	62	Uwe Sick / Axel Rohr	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	1:55.6680
23^rd	54	Hans Hugenholtz / Matt Turner	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	1:55.7970
24^th	63	Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Race Sports International	1:56.5910
25^th	69	Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	1:57.5780
26^th	96	Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	1:59.9270
27^th	27	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Patrick Caternet	McLaren F1 GTR	Parabolica Motorsports (BBA)	2:01.9070
28^th	98	Robert Schirle / David Warnock	Ford Saleen Mustang	Cirtek Motorsport	2:07.7700
29^th	10	Rainer Bonnetsmüller / Manfred Jurasz / Stefan Hackl	Bitter GT1	Team Hezemans	2:07.4460

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
4		McLaren F1 GTR	S.B.S. International
16		Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Ltd.
28		McLaren F1 GTR	Parabolica Motorsports
61	Eric Graham / David Velay / David Smadja / Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing
67		Porsche 911 GT2	Freisinger Motorsport
68	Richard Dean / Kurt Luby	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Oftedahl Motorsport
71	Ian Ashley / Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	Marcos Racing International
99		Ford Saleen Mustang	Cirtek Motorsport