Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway
at Nelson Piquet International Raceway Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 8-10, 1998
Second Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 39.553 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 169.656 | 272.976 | n/a |
| 2 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 39.711 | -0.158 | -0.158 | 168.981 | 271.890 | n/a |
| 3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 40.035 | -0.482 | -0.324 | 167.613 | 269.690 | 101.02% |
| 4 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 40.046 | -0.493 | -0.011 | 167.567 | 269.616 | 101.05% |
| 5 | 26X | Paul Tracy | 97I/HRK/F | 40.194 | -0.641 | -0.148 | 166.950 | 268.623 | 101.42% |
| 6 | 21X | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 40.205 | -0.652 | -0.011 | 166.905 | 268.550 | 101.45% |
| 7 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 40.233 | -0.680 | -0.028 | 166.788 | 268.363 | 101.52% |
| 8 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 40.246 | -0.693 | -0.013 | 166.735 | 268.276 | 101.55% |
| 9 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 40.260 | -0.707 | -0.014 | 166.677 | 268.183 | 101.58% |
| 10 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 40.281 | -0.728 | -0.021 | 166.590 | 268.043 | 101.64% |
| 11 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 40.290 | -0.737 | -0.009 | 166.552 | 267.983 | 101.66% |
| 12 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 40.339 | -0.786 | -0.049 | 166.350 | 267.657 | 101.78% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 40.469 | -0.916 | -0.130 | 165.816 | 266.798 | 102.11% |
| 14 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 40.487 | -0.934 | -0.018 | 165.742 | 266.679 | 102.16% |
| 15 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 40.507 | -0.954 | -0.020 | 165.660 | 266.547 | 102.21% |
| 16 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 40.530 | -0.977 | -0.023 | 165.566 | 266.396 | 102.27% |
| 17 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 40.757 | -1.204 | -0.227 | 164.644 | 264.912 | 102.84% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 40.792 | -1.239 | -0.035 | 164.503 | 264.685 | 102.93% |
| 19 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 40.882 | -1.329 | -0.090 | 164.141 | 264.102 | 103.15% |
| 20 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 40.906 | -1.353 | -0.024 | 164.044 | 263.947 | 103.21% |
| 21 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 40.944 | -1.391 | -0.038 | 163.892 | 263.702 | 103.31% |
| 22 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 40.958 | -1.405 | -0.014 | 163.836 | 263.612 | 103.35% |
| 23 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 41.029 | -1.476 | -0.071 | 163.553 | 263.156 | 103.53% |
| 24 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 41.080 | -1.527 | -0.051 | 163.350 | 262.829 | 103.65% |
| 25 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 41.106 | -1.553 | -0.026 | 163.246 | 262.663 | 103.72% |
| 26 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 41.319 | -1.766 | -0.213 | 162.405 | 261.309 | 104.26% |
| 27 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 41.368 | -1.815 | -0.049 | 162.212 | 261.000 | 104.38% |
| 28 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 41.442 | -1.889 | -0.074 | 161.923 | 260.534 | 104.57% |
| 29 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 41.525 | -1.972 | -0.083 | 161.599 | 260.013 | 104.78% |
| 30 | 7X | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 41.586 | -2.033 | -0.061 | 161.362 | 259.631 | 104.93% |
| 31 | 9X | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 41.639 | -2.086 | -0.053 | 161.157 | 259.301 | 105.06% |
| 32 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 41.871 | -2.318 | -0.232 | 160.264 | 257.864 | 105.65% |
| 33 | 77X | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 42.080 | -2.527 | -0.209 | 159.468 | 256.583 | 106.18% |
| 34 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 42.570 | -3.017 | -0.490 | 157.632 | 253.630 | 107.41% |
| 35 | 40X | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 42.870 | -3.317 | -0.300 | 156.529 | 251.855 | 108.17% |
| 36 | 1X | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 42.905 | -3.352 | -0.035 | 156.401 | 251.650 | 108.26% |
| 37 | 98X | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 42.982 | -3.429 | -0.077 | 156.121 | 251.199 | 108.45% |
| 38 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 43.216 | -3.663 | -0.234 | 155.276 | 249.839 | 109.04% |
| 39 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 43.683 | -4.130 | -0.467 | 153.616 | 247.168 | 110.22% |