Race No. 5 Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway
at Nelson Piquet International Raceway Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 8-10, 1998Race Results| pos | car | driver | lap | time | mph | km/h | lag | status | | 1 | 99 | Greg Moore | 133 | 1:52:14.135 | 132.531 | 213.242 | 00.000 | running | | 2 | 1 | Alex Zanardi* | 133 | 1:52:14.562 | 132.523 | 213.230 | 00.427 | running | | 3 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 133 | 1:52:18.974 | 132.436 | 213.090 | 04.839 | running | | 4 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 133 | 1:52:27.086 | 132.277 | 212.834 | 12.951 | running | | 5 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 133 | 1:52:28.459 | 132.250 | 212.790 | 14.324 | running | | 6 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 133 | 1:52:29.386 | 132.232 | 212.761 | 15.251 | running | | 7 | 10 | Rickie Hearn | 133 | 1:52:29.934 | 132.221 | 212.744 | 15.799 | running | | 8 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 133 | 1:52:42.784 | 131.970 | 212.340 | 28.649 | running | | 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 132 | | | | -1 | running | | 10 | 9 | JJ Lehto | 132 | | | | -1 | running | | 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 132 | | | | -1 | running | | 12 | 36 | Alex Barron | 131 | | | | -2 | running | | 13 | 98 | PJ Jones | 130 | | | | -3 | running | | 14 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 130 | | | | -3 | running | | 15 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 129 | | | | -4 | running | | 16 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 118 | | | | -15 | engine | | 17 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 106 | | | | -27 | handling | | 18 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98 | | | | -35 | transmission | | 19 | 27 | Dario Franchiti | 90 | | | | -43 | electrical | | 20 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 89 | | | | -44 | contact | | 21 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 78 | | | | -55 | fuel system | | 22 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | 76 | | | | -57 | transmission | | 23 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | 54 | | | | -79 | engine | | 24 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 53 | | | | -80 | contact | | 25 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 39 | | | | -94 | contact | | 26 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 39 | | | | -94 | contact | | 27 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | 28 | | | | -105 | engine | | 28 | 25 | Mzx Papis | 17 | | | | -116 | engine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * most laps led | | | | | | |
| Track Length: | 1.864 Miles | | | 2.999 Km | | Laps: | 133 (Oval) | | Distance: | 247.912 Miles | | | 398.890 Km | | Time of Race: | 1:52:14.135 | | Average Speed: | 132.531 mph | | Margin of Victory: | 0.427 sec | | Cautions | 4 for 22 laps |
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