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.
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 |
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