1998 British GT Championship

The 1998 Privilege Insurance GT Championship[1] was the sixth season of the British GT Championship, an auto racing series organized by the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) and sponsored by Privilege Insurance. The races featured grand touring cars conforming to two categories of regulations known as GT1 and GT2, and awarded an overall driver championship from the combined categories. The season began on 5 April 1998 and ended on 4 October 1998 after nine events, one of which was held outside Great Britain for the first time in the championship's history.

Kurt Luby and Richard Dean won the overall championship for Oftedahl Motorsport ahead of the GT1 class-leading pair of Steve O'Rourke and Tim Sugden of O'Rourke's own EMKA Racing team.

Calendar

All races were 50 minutes in duration.

Rnd Circuit Date
1 Silverstone International Circuit, Northamptonshire 5 April
2 Oulton Park, Cheshire 4 May
3 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 24 May
4 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 31 May
5 Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire 12 July
6 Donington Park National Circuit, Leicestershire 2 August
7 Silverstone International Circuit, Northamptonshire 23 August
8 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 27 September
9 Silverstone International Circuit, Northamptonshire 4 October

Entries

GT1
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Blue Coral/Slick 50 Racing Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 D 0 Magnus Wallinder All
John Greasley 1–8
Wolfgang Kaufmann 9
EMKA Racing McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 P 1 Steve O'Rourke All
Tim Sugden All
Harrier Cars Racing with Eversham Micros Harrier GT1-98 Ford Cosworth 2.0 L Turbo I4 D 2 Jamie Campbell-Walter All
David Goode 1–3
Nigel Greensall 4
Alex Portman 5–9
Team V12 Harrier Racing 5 Valentine Lindsay 1–2, 5
John Burton 1–2
Chris Ward 5–7
Phillip Walker 8
Team Carl Racing McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 P 3 Gregor Fisken 5
Peter Hardman 5
Quaife Developments Quaife R4 GTS Ford 6.0 L V8 D 4 Mike Quaife 1–2, 4–9
Paul Lee 1–2, 4
Graham Hathaway 5–9
RGS Motorsport Mirage GT1 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 6 Gary Ward 1, 4, 7, 9
Newcastle United Lister Storm Lister Storm GTL Jaguar 7.0 L V12 M 7 Julian Bailey All
Tiff Needell 2, 4–7, 9
Anthony Reid 8
Lister Storm 8 Ian Flux 1–2, 4–9
Jake Ulrich 1–2, 4–7, 9
Ian McKellar 8
RMA Driving Sensations Porsche 993 GT1 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 9 Jamie Masarati 1–2, 4–7, 9
Gavin Mortimer 1–2, 4–7, 9
Team HEM Lister Lister Storm GTL Jaguar 7.0 L V12 D 10 William Hewland All
Paul Evans All
Millennium Motorsport
Team NCK[N 1]		 Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 G
D		 11 Thorkild Thyrring 1–3
John Nielsen 1–3
Matt Neal 5
David Leslie 5
TVR Engineering TVR Cerbera Speed 12 TVR 7.7 L V12 D 12 Bobby Verdon-Roe 2, 4–7
John Kent 2, 5–7
Martin Short 4
SRS Motorsport Harrier LR9C Ford Cosworth 2.0 L I4 15 Simon Stebbings 5–7, 9
Dave Percival 5–7, 9
BVB Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 16 Max Beaverbroock 7–8
Barrie Williams 7
John Greasley 8
Score Magazine Natty Racing Harrier LR9C Ford Cosworth 2.0 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 18 Tony Soper 7, 9
Roberto Giordanelli 7, 9
Allen Lloyd Jaguar XJ220C Jaguar JV6 3.5 L Turbo V6 20 Allen Lloyd 9
Rotormotive Venturi 600LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 21 Sandy McEwen 2–3, 5, 9
Bryce Wilson 2, 5
Ken Thomson 3, 9

GT2
Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Gérard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 32 Gérard MacQuillan 5, 7, 9
Thomas Erdos 5
Allen Lloyd 7
Alec Hammond 9
Gaumont/Parr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 33 David Saunders All
Jason Saunders 1–7, 9
Richard Nearn 8
DRP/G-Tech Motorsport Lotus Esprit Lotus Type-918 3.5 L Turbo V8 A 34 Graham Morris 1–5
Allard Kalff 1–2
Jacky van der Ende 3, 9
Ian Astley 4–9
Martijn Koene 6–8
G-Force Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 35 Calum Lockie 5–9
Nigel Barrett 5–9
Blue Coral/Slick 50 Racing 50 Geoff Lister All
John Morrison 1–7, 9
Magnus Wallinder 8
Keith McKenzie Marcos LM600 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 36 Keith McKenzie 2–5
Paul Phillips 2
Simon Phillips 3
Robert Schirle 4
Premium Team-Carmichaels Motorsport Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Porsche 911 GT2		 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		 D 38
37		 Calum Lockie 1–3
Nigel Barrett 1–3
CPi Racing Venturi 400 GT Renault PRV 3.0 L V6 39 Nigel Rata 1, 3, 6
PK Sport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 P 40 Stephen Day 1–8
Ian Astley 1, 3
Peter Chambers 2
Michael Pickup 4
Stéphen Gugliemi 6
Mike Jordan 7–8
42 Martyn Konig 3–9
Gregor Fisken 3–4
Paul Phillips 5–9
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 46 Caroline Lucas 1–2, 4–9
Diane Osborne 1–2, 4–5, 7–9
Ciceley Race Team Marcos Mantis Ford 4.6 L V8 41 Russell Morgan 1–2, 5–6
Chris Marsh 1
Simon Duerden 2
Simon Jackson 5
Chas Berger Motorsport Ultima Mk4 Ford Cosworth 2.0 L Turbo I4 A 43 Robin Rex 1–2, 5–9
Mark James 1–5
Mark Pashley 5, 8–9
Mike Millard 7
Forward GT Racing Marcos LM500 Rover 5.0 L V8 D 44 Jeff Wyatt 1–3, 5–7, 9
Colin Ward 1–2, 4
Rupert Beckwith-Smith 3–4
Orion Motorsport
Oftedahl Motorsport[N 2]		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 51 Kurt Luby All
Richard Dean All
52 Julian Westwood 1
Michael Vergers 1
Dave Welz Racing Porsche 930 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 53 Dave Welz 4–5, 8
Score Magazine Natty Racing Maserati Ghibli Maserati 2.0 L Turbo V6 Y 54 Tony Soper 3–4
Roberto Giordanelli 3–4
Harrogate Horseless Carriage TVR Cerbera TVR 5.0 L V8 D 55 Colin Blower 1–6
Tiff Needell 1
Thomas Erdos 2, 4
Nigel Greensall 3, 5–6
Hopkins Motorsport Ultima Mk4 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 A 56 Philip Hopkins 1, 3–7
Geoff Kimber-Smith 1, 3–5, 7
Geoff Janes 6
Screwfix Direct Marcos Mantis Ford 4.6 L V8 57 Richard Hann 9
Steve Hall 9
Wellings/Guest Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 58 Ian Guest 1, 4–7
Steve Wellings 1, 4–7
Riverside Motorsports Venturi 400 GTR Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 60 Glenn Dudley 4–6, 9
Paul Cope 4–6, 9
Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 66 Franz Konrad 8
Millennium Motorsport
Team NCK[N 1]		 Marcos LM600 Chevrolet 6.0&nbsp:L V8 D 77 Andy Purvis All
Bob Sands 1–5
Thomas Erdos 6–9
GP Motorsport Saleen Mustang Ford 5.9 L V8 80 Charlie Cox 8–9
Patrick Watts 8
Suzi Hart-Banks 9
Swansea Institute Team Darrian Darrian T90 Ford 2.0 L Turbo I4 90 Ken Thomson 7
Simon Duerdon 7
Frank Bradley 9
Del Delaronde 9
Brookspeed Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 96 Neil Cunningham 5
Kilian Konig 5
Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang
Porsche 911 GT2		 Ford 5.9 L V8
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		 D 98 David Warnock 1, 3, 5–9
Robert Schirle 1, 5–6, 8–8
Charlie Cox 3, 7
99 Charlie Cox 5
Patrick Watts 5
  1. Millennium Motorsport entered Rounds 1–4, while the team was renamed Team NCK from Round 5 onward.
  2. Orion Motorsport entered Round 1, while the team was renamed Oftedahl Motorsport from Round 2 onward.

Race results
Rnd Circuit GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team
GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers
1 Silverstone No. 0 Blue Coral/Slick 50 Racing No. 34 DRP/G-Tech Motorsport
John Greasley
Magnus Wallinder		 Allard Kalff
Graham Morris
2 Oulton Park No. 1 EMKA Racing No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
Tim Sugden
Steve O'Rourke		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
3 Croft No. 11 Millennium Motorsport No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
Thorkild Thyrring
John Nielsen		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
4 Snetterton No. 7 Newcastle United Lister Storm No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
Julian Bailey
Tiff Needell		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
5 Silverstone No. 0 Blue Coral/Slick 50 Racing No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
John Greasley
Magnus Wallinder		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
6 Donington No. 0 Blue Coral/Slick 50 Racing No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
John Greasley
Magnus Wallinder		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
7 Silverstone No. 7 Newcastle United Lister Storm No. 51 Oftedahl Motorsport
Julian Bailey
Tiff Needell		 Kurt Luby
Richard Dean
8 Spa-Francorchamps No. 1 EMKA Racing No. 77 NCK Racing
Tim Sugden
Steve O'Rourke		 Andy Purvis
Thomas Erdos
9 Silverstone No. 7 Newcastle United Lister Storm No. 34 DRP/G-Tech Motorsport
Julian Bailey
Tiff Needell		 Jacky van der Ende
Ian Astley

References
  1. "RAC British Grand Prix". RAC Limited. 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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