The 1998 International Sports Racing Series was the second season of International Sportscar Racing Series (later known as the FIA Sportscar Championship). It was a series for sportscar-style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight, called SR1 and SR2, as well as a class of hillclimb-style sportscars, called CN. It began on April 13, 1998, and ended December 6, 1998, after 8 races.
Schedule
edit| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | April 13 | |
| 2 | Autodrom Brno Masaryk | May 17 | |
| 3 | Misano Circuit | July 4 | |
| 4 | Donington Park | July 19 | |
| 5 | Scandinavian Raceway | August 16 | |
| 6 | Nürburgring | September 6 | |
| 7 | Bugatti Circuit | September 19 | |
| 8 | Kyalami | December 6 |
Season results
editTeams Championship
editPoints are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the highest placing car within a team earned points towards the championship. The SportsRacing World Cup was available to all teams that participated, but separate SR2 and CN championships were also held.
Overall standings
editSR2 standings
edit| Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debora LMP296 Debora LMP297 |
Cosworth 2.0L I4 BMW 3.0L I6 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
100 | ||||
| 2 | MBR 972 | Ford 3.0L V6 MG 3.0L V6 |
15 |
12 |
27 |
CN standings
edit| Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampolli RTA-98 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 140 | ||
| 2= | Lucchini LMP1-98 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 80 | |||
| 2= | Centenari M1 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 80 | |||
| 4 | Lucchini P3-96 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 10 | 12 | 22 | |||||||
| 5 | Osella PA20 | BMW 3.0L I6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||||||
| 6 | Osella PA20 | BMW 3.0L I6 | 8 | 8 |