Laguna Seca Starting Grid

FIA-GT Endurance, Final Round Monterey, California Saturday, October 24, 1998

The AMG Mercedes of Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta took its fourth consecutive pole Saturday for the final round of the FIA-GT Endurance series race at Laguna Seca.

This will be Klaus Ludwig's last race. He has annouced his retirement after this season. He is hoping to to end his career with the Championship.

The race will air on Speedvision 3pm(EST).

MONTEREY, Calif., – Starters for Sunday's 139-lap, 311.082-mile (500-kilometer) FIA GT Championship race at Laguna Seca Raceway, with starting position, car number in parenthesis, drivers and hometown or country, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1, (2), Klaus Ludwig, Germany, Ricardo Zonta, Brazil, AMG Mercedes CLK LM, 1:16.154, 105.796. 2, (1), Bernd Schneider, Germany, Mark Webber, England, AMG Mercedes CLK LM, 1:16.588, 105.197. 3, (7), Yannick Dalmas, France, Allan McNish, Scottland, Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 - 98, 1:16.675, 105.077. 4, (3), Eric Bernard, France, David Brabham, Australia, DAMS Panoz GTR, 1:17.404, 104.088. 5, (8), Uwe Alzen, Germany, Jorg Mueller, Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 - 98, 1:17.414, 104.074. 6, (11), Christophe Bouchut, France, Bernd Maylaender, Germany, Team Persson Motorsport Mercedes CLK GTR 1:17.454, 104.020. 7, (12), Jean-Marc Gounon, France, Marcel Tiemann, Team Persson Motorsport Mercedes CLK GTR, 1:18.222, 102.999. 8, (6), Michael Bartels, Germany, Max Angelelli, Italy, Zakspeed Racing Porsche 911 GT1 - 98, 1:18.324, 102.865. 9, (56), Claudia Huertgen, Germany, Stephane Ortelli, France, Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT 2, Porsche, 1:24.851, 94.952. 10, (70), Cor Euser, Holland, Harald Becker, Germany, Christian Vann, Great Britian, Marcos Racing International Marcos LM 600, 1:24.906, 94.891. 11, (51), Olivier Beretta, France, Pedro Lamy, Portugal, Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 1:24.972, 94.817. 12, (57), Bruno Eichmann, Switzerland, Mike Hezemans, Holland, Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:25.791, 93.912. 13, (81), Wolfgang Kaufmann, Germany, Michel Ligonnet, Germany, Freisinger Motorsport Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:27.071, 92.531. 14, (63), Michael Trunk, Germany, Bernhard Mueller, Germany, Krauss Race Sports Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:27.250, 92.342. 15, (58), Andre Ahrle, Germany, Dirk Layer, Colorado, U.S.A., Rob Schirle, Great Britian, Roock Sportsystem Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:28.148, 91.401. 16, (53), Ni Amorim, Portugal, Hans Hugenholtz, Holland, Spencer Trenery, U.S.A., Chamberlain Eingineering, Chrysler Viper GTS-R, 1:28.739, 90.792. 17, (60), Michel Neugarten, Belgium, Gerd Ruch, Germany, Zak Brown, U.S.A., Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT 2 1:29.040, 90.485. 18, (62), Uwe Sick, Switzerland, Renato Mastropietro, Italy, William Langhorne, U.S.A, Stadler Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:29.206, 90.317. 19, (65), Toni Seiler, Switzerland, Martin Stretton, England, Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:29.289, 90.233. 20, (71), Herman Buurman, Netherlands, Menno Schaafsma, Netherlands, Rob Wilson, U.S.A., Marcos Racing International Marcos LM 600, 1:29.321, 90.201. 21, (76), Max Cohen-Olivar, Morocco, Nigel Smith, Great Britian, Andrew Bagnal, New Zealand, Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:30.142, 89.379. 22, (80), Daniel Dror, Great Britian, John Young, Great Britian, Simon Gregg, Jacksonville, Fla., GP Motorsport, Ford Saleen Mustang,1:31.547, 88.007. 23, (66), Franz Konrad, Austria, Jan Lammers, Netherlands, Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:32.845, 86.777. 24, (69), Gerold Ried, Germany, Patrick Vuillaume, France, Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:32.870, 86.754. 25, (86), Jean Luc Chereau, France, Jack Leconte, France, Larbre Competition Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:32.879, 86.745. 26, (61), Mike Conte, U.S.A., Bruno Lambert, Belgium, Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:34.464, 85.290. 27, (87), Gerhard Marchner, Germany, Manfred Jurasz, Austria, Tony Burgess, Canada, Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT 2, 1:34.758, 85.025.