Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway
at Nelson Piquet International Raceway Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 8-10, 1998
Saturday Individual Qualifying
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 39.005 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 172.039 | 276.812 | n/a |
| 2 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 39.164 | -0.159 | -0.159 | 171.341 | 275.688 | n/a |
| 3 | 21X | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 39.176 | -0.171 | -0.012 | 171.289 | 275.603 | 100.23% |
| 4 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 39.177 | -0.172 | -0.001 | 171.284 | 275.596 | 100.24% |
| 5 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 39.204 | -0.199 | -0.027 | 171.166 | 275.406 | 100.31% |
| 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 39.255 | -0.250 | -0.051 | 170.944 | 275.049 | 100.44% |
| 7 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 39.293 | -0.288 | -0.038 | 170.779 | 274.783 | 100.53% |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 39.359 | -0.354 | -0.066 | 170.492 | 274.322 | 100.70% |
| 9 | 26X | Paul Tracy | 97I/HRK/F | 39.477 | -0.472 | -0.118 | 169.983 | 273.502 | 101.00% |
| 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 39.489 | -0.484 | -0.012 | 169.931 | 273.419 | 101.04% |
| 11 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 39.594 | -0.589 | -0.105 | 169.480 | 272.694 | 101.30% |
| 12 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 39.769 | -0.764 | -0.175 | 168.734 | 271.494 | 101.75% |
| 13 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 39.822 | -0.817 | -0.053 | 168.510 | 271.132 | 101.89% |
| 14 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 39.930 | -0.925 | -0.108 | 168.054 | 270.399 | 102.16% |
| 15 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 39.981 | -0.976 | -0.051 | 167.840 | 270.054 | 102.29% |
| 16 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 40.058 | -1.053 | -0.077 | 167.517 | 269.535 | 102.49% |
| 17 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 40.176 | -1.171 | -0.118 | 167.025 | 268.743 | 102.79% |
| 18 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 40.195 | -1.190 | -0.019 | 166.946 | 268.616 | 102.84% |
| 19 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 40.241 | -1.236 | -0.046 | 166.755 | 268.309 | 102.96% |
| 20 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 40.304 | -1.299 | -0.063 | 166.495 | 267.890 | 103.12% |
| 21 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 40.395 | -1.390 | -0.091 | 166.120 | 267.286 | 103.35% |
| 22 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 40.433 | -1.428 | -0.038 | 165.963 | 267.035 | 103.45% |
| 23 | 98X | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 40.884 | -1.879 | -0.451 | 164.133 | 264.089 | 104.60% |
| 24 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 40.927 | -1.922 | -0.043 | 163.960 | 263.812 | 104.71% |
| 25 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 41.001 | -1.996 | -0.074 | 163.664 | 263.336 | 104.90% |
| 26 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 41.159 | -2.154 | -0.158 | 163.036 | 262.325 | 105.31% |
| 27 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 0.000 | 0.000 | no speed | no speed | n/a | |
| 28 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 0.000 | 0.000 | no speed | no speed | n/a |