Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway
at Nelson Piquet International Raceway Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 8-10, 1998
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 38.926 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 172.389 | 277.373 | n/a |
| 2 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 38.972 | -0.046 | -0.046 | 172.185 | 277.046 | n/a |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 39.090 | -0.164 | -0.118 | 171.665 | 276.210 | 100.36% |
| 4 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 39.134 | -0.208 | -0.044 | 171.472 | 275.899 | 100.48% |
| 5 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 39.233 | -0.307 | -0.099 | 171.040 | 275.203 | 100.73% |
| 6 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 39.233 | -0.307 | 0.000 | 171.040 | 275.203 | 100.73% |
| 7 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 39.246 | -0.320 | -0.013 | 170.983 | 275.112 | 100.76% |
| 8 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 39.257 | -0.331 | -0.011 | 170.935 | 275.035 | 100.79% |
| 9 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 39.336 | -0.410 | -0.079 | 170.592 | 274.482 | 100.99% |
| 10 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 39.346 | -0.420 | -0.010 | 170.548 | 274.412 | 101.02% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 39.366 | -0.440 | -0.020 | 170.462 | 274.273 | 101.07% |
| 12 | 26X | Paul Tracy | 97I/HRK/F | 39.575 | -0.649 | -0.209 | 169.562 | 272.825 | 101.61% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 39.712 | -0.786 | -0.137 | 168.977 | 271.883 | 101.96% |
| 14 | 21X | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 39.721 | -0.795 | -0.009 | 168.938 | 271.822 | 101.98% |
| 15 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 39.741 | -0.815 | -0.020 | 168.853 | 271.685 | 102.03% |
| 16 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 39.803 | -0.877 | -0.062 | 168.590 | 271.262 | 102.19% |
| 17 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 39.902 | -0.976 | -0.099 | 168.172 | 270.589 | 102.45% |
| 18 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 39.959 | -1.033 | -0.057 | 167.932 | 270.203 | 102.59% |
| 19 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 40.003 | -1.077 | -0.044 | 167.747 | 269.906 | 102.71% |
| 20 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 40.043 | -1.117 | -0.040 | 167.580 | 269.636 | 102.81% |
| 21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 40.229 | -1.303 | -0.186 | 166.805 | 268.389 | 103.29% |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 40.271 | -1.345 | -0.042 | 166.631 | 268.109 | 103.39% |
| 23 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 40.355 | -1.429 | -0.084 | 166.284 | 267.551 | 103.61% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 40.492 | -1.566 | -0.137 | 165.722 | 266.646 | 103.96% |
| 25 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 40.594 | -1.668 | -0.102 | 165.305 | 265.976 | 104.22% |
| 26 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 40.621 | -1.695 | -0.027 | 165.195 | 265.799 | 104.29% |
| 27 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 40.737 | -1.811 | -0.116 | 164.725 | 265.042 | 104.59% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 41.268 | -2.342 | -0.531 | 162.605 | 261.632 | 105.95% |