# 1998 Suzuka 1000 km

The 1998 Suzuka 1000 km was the nineteenth running of the 1000km Suzuka and the sixth round the 1998 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Suzuka Circuit, Japan, on August 23, 1998.
GT500 and GT300 class cars from the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) were allowed to participate on an exhibitional basis, but were not allowed to score points in the FIA GT Championship.

## 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 |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | GT1 | 1 | AMG Mercedes | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | B | 171 |
| 1 | GT1 | 1 | AMG Mercedes | Bernd Schneider Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 | B | 171 |
| 2 | GT1 | 2 | AMG Mercedes | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | B | 169 |
| 2 | GT1 | 2 | AMG Mercedes | Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta | Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0L V8 | B | 169 |
| 3 | GT1 | 7 | Porsche AG | Yannick Dalmas Stéphane Ortelli Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | M | 168 |
| 3 | GT1 | 7 | Porsche AG | Yannick Dalmas Stéphane Ortelli Allan McNish | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 168 |
| 4 | GT1 | 11 | Team Persson Motorsport | Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 167 |
| 4 | GT1 | 11 | Team Persson Motorsport | Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 | B | 167 |
| 5 | GT1 | 3 | DAMS | Franck Lagorce Christophe Tinseau Johnny O'Connell | Panoz GTR-1 | M | 165 |
| 5 | GT1 | 3 | DAMS | Franck Lagorce Christophe Tinseau Johnny O'Connell | Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | M | 165 |
| 6 | GT1 | 6 | Zakspeed Racing | Michael Bartels Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | P | 165 |
| 6 | GT1 | 6 | Zakspeed Racing | Michael Bartels Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 165 |
| 7 | GT1 | 12 | Team Persson Motorsport | Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | B | 163 |
| 7 | GT1 | 12 | Team Persson Motorsport | Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12 | B | 163 |
| 8 | GT1 | 5 | Zakspeed Racing | Armin Hahne Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | P | 163 |
| 8 | GT1 | 5 | Zakspeed Racing | Armin Hahne Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 163 |
| 9 | GT2 | 51 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Dominique Dupuy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 155 |
| 9 | GT2 | 51 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Dominique Dupuy | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | M | 155 |
| 10 | GT2 | 52 | Viper Team Oreca | Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell Hideshi Matsuda | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 155 |
| 10 | GT2 | 52 | Viper Team Oreca | Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell Hideshi Matsuda | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | M | 155 |
| 11 | GT2 | 70 | Marcos Racing International | Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser | Marcos LM600 | D | 152 |
| 11 | GT2 | 70 | Marcos Racing International | Christian Vann Harald Becker Cor Euser | Chevrolet 5.9L V8 | D | 152 |
| 12 | GT2 | 66 | Konrad Motorsport | Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad Stéphane Sallaz | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 150 |
| 12 | GT2 | 66 | Konrad Motorsport | Altfrid Heger Franz Konrad Stéphane Sallaz | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 150 |
| 13 | GT2 | 60 | Elf Haberthur Racing | Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 146 |
| 13 | GT2 | 60 | Elf Haberthur Racing | Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 146 |
| 14 | GT2 | 53 | Chamberlain Engineering | Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner Hiroshi Sakai | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 145 |
| 14 | GT2 | 53 | Chamberlain Engineering | Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner Hiroshi Sakai | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | D | 145 |
| 15 | GT2 | 56 | Roock Racing | Claudia Hürtgen Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 144 |
| 15 | GT2 | 56 | Roock Racing | Claudia Hürtgen Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 144 |
| 16 | GT2 | 76 | Seikel Motorsport | Takashi Suzuki Nigel Smith | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 141 |
| 16 | GT2 | 76 | Seikel Motorsport | Takashi Suzuki Nigel Smith | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 141 |
| 17 | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 140 |
| 17 | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 140 |
| 18 | GT300 | 181 | Team Daishin | Hideo Fukuyama Nobuyuki Ooyagi Tatsuya Mizutani | Nissan Silvia | D | 140 |
| 18 | GT300 | 181 | Team Daishin | Hideo Fukuyama Nobuyuki Ooyagi Tatsuya Mizutani | Nissan SR20 2.0L Turbo I4 | D | 140 |
| 19 | GT2 | 61 | Elf Haberthur Racing | Eric Graham David Smadja Masahiro Kimoto | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 139 |
| 19 | GT2 | 61 | Elf Haberthur Racing | Eric Graham David Smadja Masahiro Kimoto | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 139 |
| 20 | GT300 | 170 | Team Gaikokuya | Yoshimi Ishibashi Hiroyuki Noji Patrick van Schoote | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 137 |
| 20 | GT300 | 170 | Team Gaikokuya | Yoshimi Ishibashi Hiroyuki Noji Patrick van Schoote | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 137 |
| 21 | GT300 | 128 | NSX Dream 28 Competition | Hajime Ooshiro Kazuho Takahashi Tadayuki Sato | Honda NSX-S | ? | 128 |
| 21 | GT300 | 128 | NSX Dream 28 Competition | Hajime Ooshiro Kazuho Takahashi Tadayuki Sato | Honda 3.2L V6 | ? | 128 |
| 22 | GT500 | 129 | IDC SARD Racing Team | Keiichi Tsuchiya Tatsuya Tanigawa Max Angelelli | Toyota Supra | Y | 126 |
| 22 | GT500 | 129 | IDC SARD Racing Team | Keiichi Tsuchiya Tatsuya Tanigawa Max Angelelli | Toyota 2.1L Turbo I4 | Y | 126 |
| 23 | GT2 | 87 | Seikel Motorsport | Gerhard Marchner Sumio Sakurai Suzuki Tomiko Yoshikawa | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 122 |
| 23 | GT2 | 87 | Seikel Motorsport | Gerhard Marchner Sumio Sakurai Suzuki Tomiko Yoshikawa | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 122 |
| 24 DNF | GT1 | 8 | Porsche AG | Bob Wollek Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | M | 107 |
| 24 DNF | GT1 | 8 | Porsche AG | Bob Wollek Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen | Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 107 |
| 25 DNF | GT1 | 15 | Davidoff Classic GTC Competition | Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | G | 106 |
| 25 DNF | GT1 | 15 | Davidoff Classic GTC Competition | Geoff Lees Thomas Bscher | BMW S70 6.0L V12 | G | 106 |
| 26 DNF | GT2 | 62 | Stadler Motorsport | Franz Hunkeler Uwe Sick Jörg Clavuot | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 85 |
| 26 DNF | GT2 | 62 | Stadler Motorsport | Franz Hunkeler Uwe Sick Jörg Clavuot | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | P | 85 |
| 27 DNF | GT2 | 58 | [[Roock Racing|]] Roock Sportsystem | André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat Robert Nearn | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 74 |
| 27 DNF | GT2 | 58 | [[Roock Racing|]] Roock Sportsystem | André Ahrlé Ratanakul Prutirat Robert Nearn | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 74 |
| 28 DNF | GT2 | 65 | Konrad Motorsport | Martin Stretton Yukihiro Hane Jun Harada | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 63 |
| 28 DNF | GT2 | 65 | Konrad Motorsport | Martin Stretton Yukihiro Hane Jun Harada | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 63 |
| 29 DNF | GT2 | 57 | Roock Racing | Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann Hisashi Wada | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 46 |
| 29 DNF | GT2 | 57 | Roock Racing | Sascha Maassen Bruno Eichmann Hisashi Wada | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 46 |
| 30 DNF | GT500 | 100 | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida Ryo Michigami | Honda NSX-S | B | 31 |
| 30 DNF | GT500 | 100 | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | Kunimitsu Takahashi Akira Iida Ryo Michigami | Honda 3.5L V6 | B | 31 |
| DSQ$^†$ | GT300 | 110 | Ability | Hidehiko Aso Akira Ishikawa Yasutaka Hinoi | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 136 |
| DSQ$^†$ | GT300 | 110 | Ability | Hidehiko Aso Akira Ishikawa Yasutaka Hinoi | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 136 |
† – #110 Ability was disqualified for failing to respond to a black flag.

## Statistics

* Pole position – #1 AMG Mercedes – 1:52.580
* Fastest lap – #7 Porsche AG – 1:56.416
* Average speed – 172.405 km/h