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{{Motorsport season
| series = International Sports Racing Series
| year = 1998
| nextlink = 1999 Sports Racing World Cup
}}
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 [[Hillclimbing|hillclimb]]-style sportscars, called CN.  It began on April 13, 1998, and ended December 6, 1998, after 8 races.

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Rnd
! Race
! Circuit
! Date
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[8 Hours of Castellet|Paul Ricard 2 Hours 30 Minutes]]
| [[Circuit Paul Ricard]]
| April 13
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Brno 2 Hours 30 Minutes
| [[Masaryk Circuit|Autodrom Brno Masaryk]]
| May 17
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Giesse ISRS Trophy (2 Hours 30 Minutes)
| [[Misano Circuit]]
| July 4
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[RAC Tourist Trophy]] ([[1000 km Donington|2 Hours 30 Minutes]])
| [[Donington Park]]
| July 19
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Anderstorp 2 Hours 30 Minutes
| [[Scandinavian Raceway]]
| August 16
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|Germany}} DMC/[[ADAC]] [[1000 km Nürburgring|Sportwagen Festival]] (2 Hours 30 Minutes)
| [[Nürburgring]]
| September 6
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|France}} Le Mans Autumn Cup (2 Hours 30 Minutes)
| [[Bugatti Circuit]]
| September 19
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Vodacom]] [[Kyalami 9 Hours|ISRS]] (2 Hours 30 Minutes)
| [[Kyalami]]
| December 6
|}

==Season results==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Rnd
! rowspan=2 | Circuit
! SR1 Winning Team
! SR2 Winning Team
! CN Winning Team
! rowspan=2 | Results
|-
! SR1 Winning Drivers
! SR2 Winning Drivers
! CN Winning Drivers
|-
! rowspan=2 | 1
| rowspan=2 | [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard]]
| '''{{flagicon|Switzerland}} #27 [[Horag-Lista Racing]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #32 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #41 [[Centenari Racing SRL]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Paul Ricard|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Fredy Lienhard]]<br>{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Didier Theys]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[André Cholley]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Edouard Sezionale]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Lionel Robert]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Arturo Merzario]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Fulvio Ballabio]]<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Robin Donovan]]
|-
! rowspan=2 | 2
| rowspan=2 | [[Masaryk Circuit|Brno]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| align="center" | ''None''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #45 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Brno|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| 
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Mancini<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Riccitelli
|-
! rowspan=2 | 3
| rowspan=2 | [[Misano Circuit|Misano]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #32 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #44 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Misano|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[André Cholley]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Edouard Sezionale]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Claude de Castelli]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Felice Tedeschi]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Gianluca Giraudi
|-
! rowspan=2 | 4
| rowspan=2 | [[Donington Park|Donington]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #32 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #45 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Donington|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[François Jakubowski]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Claude de Castelli]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Mancini<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Riccitelli
|-
! rowspan=2 | 5
| rowspan=2 | [[Scandinavian Raceway|Anderstorp]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| align="center" | ''None''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #45 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Anderstorp|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| 
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Mancini<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Riccitelli
|-
! rowspan=2 | 6
| rowspan=2 | [[Nürburgring]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #32 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #44 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Nürburgring|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Claude de Castelli]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[François Jakubowski]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Felice Tedeschi]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Gianluca Giraudi
|-
! rowspan=2 | 7
| rowspan=2 | [[Bugatti Circuit|Le Mans]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #5 [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #33 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #45 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Le Mans|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Sospiri]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[André Cholley]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Pierre Bruneau (racing driver)|Pierre Bruneau]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Mancini<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Riccitelli
|-
! rowspan=2 | 8
| rowspan=2 | [[Kyalami]]
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #19 [[Solution F]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|France}} #33 [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|Italy}} #45 [[Tampolli Engineering]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[1998 International Sports Racing Series Kyalami|Results]]
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Jérôme Policand]]<br>{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Gary Formato]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Philippe Favre]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Bonnet]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Mancini<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Riccitelli<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Denny Zardo]]
|}

==Teams Championship==
Points 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===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Pos
! Team
! Car
! Engine
! Rd 1
! Rd 2
! Rd 3
! Rd 4
! Rd 5
! Rd 6
! Rd 7
! Rd 8
! Total
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[JMB Racing|JB]] [[Giesse Team]] [[Ferrari]]
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
|
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| 
| align="center" | '''120'''
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Horag-Lista Team]]
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 15
| 
| align="center" | 15
| 
| align="center" | '''85'''
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Solution F]]
| [[Riley & Scott Mk III]]
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] 5.0L V8
| 
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 15
| 
| 
| align="center" | 10
| 
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | '''55'''
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Autosport Racing]]
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 8
| 
| align="center" | 4
| 
| align="center" | '''45'''
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[BMW]] [[Team Rafanelli]]
| [[Riley & Scott Mk III]]
| [[BMW]] 4.0L V8
| 
| align="center" | 15
| 
| 
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 15
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''42'''
|-
! 6=
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Target 24]]
| [[Riley & Scott Mk III]]
| [[Chevrolet]] 5.0L V8
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 6
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 12
| 
| align="center" | '''38'''
|-
! 6=
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Tampolli Engineering]]
| [[Tampolli RTA-98]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| 
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | '''38'''
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Repsol YPF|Repsol]] [[Kremer Racing]]
| [[Kremer K8 Spyder]]
| [[Porsche]] 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
| 
| 
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | '''29'''
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Giovanni Lavaggi|GLV]] Brums
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 10
| 
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | '''26'''
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Siliprandi Racing]]
| [[Lucchini Engineering|Lucchini]] [[Lucchini P1-98|P1-98]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V8
| 
| 
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 3
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''16'''
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Dyson Racing]]
| [[Riley & Scott Mk III]]
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] 5.0L V8
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | '''15'''
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Centenari Racing SRL]]
| [[Centenari M1]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 2
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 1
| 
| align="center" | '''13'''
|-
! 13=
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[GTC Motorsport Lanzante]]
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
| 
| align="center" | 12
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''12'''
|-
! 13=
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]
| [[Debora LMP296]]<br>[[Debora LMP297]]
| [[Cosworth]] 2.0L I4<br>[[BMW]] 3.0L I6
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 8<br><br>
| 
| align="center" | 4<br><br>
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''12'''
|-
! 13=
| {{flagicon|United States}} Doyle-[[Risi Competizione|Risi Racing]]
| [[Ferrari 333 SP]]
| [[Ferrari]] F310E 4.0L V12
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | '''12'''
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Equipe Promotion Racing]]
| [[Courage Competition|Courage]] [[Courage C41|C41]]
| [[Porsche]] 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 1
| 
| 
| align="center" | 10
| 
| align="center" | '''11'''
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|Germany}} Agusta [[Kremer Racing]]
| [[Kremer K8 Spyder]]
| [[Porsche]] 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 3
| 
| align="center" | 2
| 
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | '''10'''
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|Italy}} SCI
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] [[Spice SCI|SCI]]
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] 3.5L V8
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 2
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''8'''
|-
! 19=
| {{flagicon|France}} [[La Filière]]
| [[Courage Competition|Courage]] [[Courage C36|C36]]
| [[Porsche]] 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 6
| 
| align="center" | '''6'''
|-
! 19=
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[McNeil Engineering]]
| [[Lola T92/10|Lola 981]]
| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] GV10 3.4L V10<br>[[Judd (engine)|Judd]] GV4 4.0L V10
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | <br>6
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''6'''
|-
! 21
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cipriani Motorsport]]
| [[Lucchini Engineering|Lucchini]] [[Lucchini P3-96|P3-96]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 3
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''3'''
|-
! 22
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[G4 Team Gebhardt]]
| [[Gebhardt G4]]
| [[Audi]] 2.1L Turbo I5
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | '''2'''
|}

===SR2 standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Pos
! Team
! Car
! Engine
! Rd 1
! Rd 2
! Rd 3
! Rd 4
! Rd 5
! Rd 6
! Rd 7
! Rd 8
! Total
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Bonnet Racing|Waterair Sports]]
| [[Debora LMP296]]<br>[[Debora LMP297]]
| [[Cosworth]] 2.0L I4<br>[[BMW]] 3.0L I6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 20<br><br>
| align="center" | 20<br><br>
| 
| align="center" | 20<br><br>
| align="center" | <br>20
| align="center" | <br>20
| align="center" | '''100'''
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Mark Bailey Racing]]
| [[MBR 972]]
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] 3.0L V6<br>[[MG Metro 6R4|MG]] 3.0L V6
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 15<br><br>
| 
| align="center" | 12<br><br>
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''27'''
|}

===CN standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Pos
! Team
! Car
! Engine
! Rd 1
! Rd 2
! Rd 3
! Rd 4
! Rd 5
! Rd 6
! Rd 7
! Rd 8
! Total
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Tampolli Engineering]]
| [[Tampolli RTA-98]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| 
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | '''140'''
|-
! 2=
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Siliprandi Racing]]
| [[Lucchini Engineering|Lucchini]] [[Lucchini LMP1-98|LMP1-98]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| 
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 10
| 
| align="center" | '''80'''
|-
! 2=
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Centenari Racing SRL]]
| [[Centenari M1]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 15
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 12
| 
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 15
| 
| align="center" | '''80'''
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cipriani Motorsport]]
| [[Lucchini Engineering|Lucchini]] [[Lucchini P3-96|P3-96]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] 3.0L V6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 10
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | 12
| 
| align="center" | '''22'''
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Taverna]]
| [[Osella]] [[Osella PA20|PA20]]
| [[BMW]] 3.0L I6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 6
| 
| 
| align="center" | 12
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''18'''
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Osella]] SRL
| [[Osella]] [[Osella PA20|PA20]]
| [[BMW]] 3.0L I6
| 
| align="center" | 8
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| align="center" | '''8'''
|}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205000107/http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/srwc/srwc1998.html 1998 International Sports Racing Series results]

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