Английская Википедия:1998 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 1998 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the sixth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the sixteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champion was the #23 Pennzoil NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Érik Comas and Masami Kageyama, and the GT300 class champion was the #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR2 driven by Keiichi Suzuki and Shingo Tachi, who won a record five championship races, plus the post-season all-star race, giving them a total of six wins in 1998.
The season was marred by a horrific crash at the All Japan Fuji GT Race on May 3, 1998, when Ferrari Club of Japan driver Tetsuya Ota lost control of his Ferrari F355 in heavy rain and fog, and crashed into the stationary Porsche 911 of Tomohiko Sunako. Ota's car erupted into flames upon impact, and fellow racer Shinichi Yamaji rushed to extinguish the fire. Ota suffered severe burns and nerve damage that would force him to retire from full-time racing. Sunako suffered a broken leg, but would continue to race in the series later on.
1998 also saw the first GT500 class victory for Honda, at the Japan Special GT Cup at Fuji Speedway.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Schedule
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka GT 300 | Шаблон:Flagicon Suzuka Circuit | March 22 |
| 2 | All Japan Fuji GT Race | Шаблон:Flagicon Fuji Speedway | May 3 |
| 3 | HiLand GT Championship | Шаблон:Flagicon Sendai Hi-Land Raceway | June 28 |
| 4 | Japan Special GT-Cup | Шаблон:Flagicon Fuji Speedway | August 9 |
| 5 | Motegi GT Championship Race | Шаблон:Flagicon Twin Ring Motegi | September 13 |
| 6 | CP Mine GT Race | Шаблон:Flagicon Mine Circuit | October 11 |
| 7 | SUGO GT Championship | Шаблон:Flagicon Sportsland SUGO | October 25 |
| NC | Nicos Cup GT Allstar Race | Шаблон:Flagicon TI Circuit | November 15 |
Season results
Point Ranking
GT500
Drivers
| Rank | No. | Driver | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUG | TAI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Masami Kageyama | 1 | C | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 67 |
| 1 | 23 | Érik Comas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 67 | |
| 2 | 64 | Koji Yamanishi | 2 | C | 1 | Ret | 2 | DNS | 1 | 50 | |
| 2 | 64 | Tom Coronel | 2 | C | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | DNS | 1 | 50 |
| 3 | 12 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 49 | |
| 3 | 12 | Takuya Kurosawa | 11 | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 49 |
| 4 | 16 | Osamu Nakako | Ret | C | Ret | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | 3 | Masahiro Hasemi | 5 | C | Ret | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | 39 | Keiichi Tsuchiya | 3 | C | 4 | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | 36 | Masanori Sekiya | 6 | C | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 33 |
| 8 | 2 | Aguri Suzuki | Ret | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 29 | |
| 8 | 2 | Masahiko Kageyama | Ret | C | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 29 |
| 9 | 37 | Toshio Suzuki | 7 | C | 6 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | 100 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | 10 | C | 12 | Ret | 7 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | 38 | Hironori Takeuchi | 9 | C | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 22 |
| 12 | 50 | Satoshi Motoyama | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 17 | |
| 12 | 50 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 13 | C | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 17 |
| 13 | 5 | Marc Goossens | 4 | C | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | |
| 14 | 5 | Yasutaka Hinoi | 4 | C | 7 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 18 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | Ret | C | Ret | 4 | Ret | 15 | DSQ | Ret | 10 |
| 16 | 18 | Katsumi Yamamoto | Ret | C | Ret | 4 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 17 | 8 | Wayne Gardner | 8 | C | 10 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | DNQ | 6 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Shinichi Takagi | Ret | C | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | DNQ | 6 | |
| 19 | 30 | Yoji Yamada | 12 | C | 8 | 15 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 5 |
| 20 | 88 | Hisashi Wada | Ret | C | 9 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | |
| 21 | 55 | Hideshi Matsuda | 14 | C | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 22 | 55 | Anthony Reid | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| 55 | Eiichi Tajima | 14 | C | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 55 | Шаблон:Interlanguage link | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Mitsuhiro Kinoshita | C | Ret | 16 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||
| 55 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Mitsuo Fujimura | C | Ret | 16 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||
| 777 | Takao Wada | 15 | C | 17 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Juichi Wakisaka | 15 | DSQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 64 | Шаблон:Interlanguage link | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Pedro de la Rosa | C | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | Ralph Firman | C | 0 | ||||||||
| 50 | Hiroki Katoh | C | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Michael Krumm | C | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Anders Olofsson | C | 0 | ||||||||
| 89 | Kenji Kawagoe | C | 0 |
GT300 Class (Top 5)
Drivers
| Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Keiichi Suzuki Шаблон:Flagicon Shingo Tachi |
#25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 | 106 | 5 |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Manabu Orido | #19 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Celica | 46 | 0 |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Morio Nitta | #44 MOMOCORSE A'PEX MR-2 | 45 | 0 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroki Katoh | #21 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 | 44 | 0 |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Akihiko Nakaya Шаблон:Flagicon Takahiko Hara |
#61 Team Taeivon Ralliart Mitsubishi FTO | 37 | 0 |
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