1998 FIA GT Silverstone 500 km

The 1998 British Empire Trophy was the second round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 17 May 1998.

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
					Engine
1	GT1	1	AMG Mercedes	Bernd Schneider Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	98
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
2	GT1	8	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	98
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
3	GT1	6	Zakspeed Racing	Michael Bartels Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	97
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4	GT1	2	AMG Mercedes	Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	97
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
5	GT1	5	Zakspeed Racing	Alexander Grau Andreas Scheld	Porsche 911 GT1-98	P	96
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT1	15	Davidoff Classic GTC Competition	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	McLaren F1 GTR	G	94
					BMW S70 6.0L V12
7	GT1	11	Team Persson Motorsport	Christophe Bouchut Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	94
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
8	GT1	3	DAMS	David Brabham Éric Bernard	Panoz GTR-1	M	92
					Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8
9	GT2	51	Viper Team Oreca	Pedro Lamy Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	88
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
10	GT2	60	Elf Haberthur Racing	Michel Neugarten Gerd Ruch Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2	G	86
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
11	GT2	62	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Axel Röhr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume	Porsche 911 GT2	P	82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT2	54	Chamberlain Engineering	Hans Hugenholtz Matt Turner	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	82
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
14	GT2	53	Chamberlain Engineering	Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	82
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	GT2	66	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	D	80
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	63	Krauss Race Sports International	Michael Trunk Bernhard Müller	Porsche 911 GT2	D	79
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	65	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Martin Stretton	Porsche 911 GT2	D	72
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	58	Roock Sportsystem	Tim Sugden Peter Owen André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	62
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 DNF	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	44
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 DNF	GT2	98	Cirtek Motorsport Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Robert Schirle David Warnock	Saleen Mustang SR	D	28
					Ford 5.9L V8
21 DNF	GT1	27	Parabolica Motorsports BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Patrick Caternet	McLaren F1 GTR	D	25
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
22 DNF	GT2	52	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	25
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
23 DNF	GT1	10	Team Hezemans	Rainer Bonnetsmüller Manfred Jurasz Stefan Hackl	Bitter GT1	G	20
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
24 DNF	GT1	7	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1-98	M	13
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	57	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	13
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	D	12
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8
27 DNF	GT2	96	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	P	10
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
28 DNF	GT1	12	Team Persson Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Marcel Tiemann	Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR	B	6
					Mercedes-Benz M120 6.0L V12
29 DNF	GT1	9	Team Hezemans	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Bitter GT1	G	2
					Chrysler 8.0L V10

• Pole position – #7 Porsche AG – 1:39.703
• Fastest lap – #8 Porsche AG – 1:42.719
• Average speed – 173.231 km/h