Race No. 18
Honda Indy
Surfer's Paradise
Gold Coast, Australia
October 16-18, 1998
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 1X | Alex Zanardi | RI/Honda/F | 92.310 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 109.002 | 175.385 | n/a |
| 2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | RI/Honda/F | 92.781 | -0.471 | -0.471 | 108.449 | 174.494 | n/a |
| 3 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | RI/Honda/G | 92.851 | -0.541 | -0.070 | 108.367 | 174.363 | 100.33% |
| 4 | 8 | Bryan Herta | RI/Ford Cos/F | 93.189 | -0.879 | -0.338 | 107.974 | 173.730 | 100.70% |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Andretti | SW/Ford Cos/G | 93.198 | -0.888 | -0.009 | 107.964 | 173.714 | 100.71% |
| 6 | 20 | Scott Pruett | RI/Ford Cos/F | 93.236 | -0.926 | -0.038 | 107.920 | 173.643 | 100.75% |
| 7 | 26X | Paul Tracy | RI/Honda/F | 93.330 | -1.020 | -0.094 | 107.811 | 173.468 | 100.85% |
| 8 | 25 | Max Papis | RI/Toyota/F | 93.375 | -1.065 | -0.045 | 107.759 | 173.384 | 100.90% |
| 9 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | RI/Honda/F | 93.543 | -1.233 | -0.168 | 107.566 | 173.073 | 101.08% |
| 10 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | SW/Ford Cos/G | 93.566 | -1.256 | -0.023 | 107.539 | 173.030 | 101.10% |
| 11 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | RI/Honda/F | 93.762 | -1.452 | -0.196 | 107.314 | 172.669 | 101.32% |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | RI/Mercedes/F | 93.820 | -1.510 | -0.058 | 107.248 | 172.562 | 101.38% |
| 13 | 99 | Greg Moore | RI/Mercedes/F | 93.859 | -1.549 | -0.039 | 107.203 | 172.490 | 101.42% |
| 14 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | RI/Ford Cos/F | 93.864 | -1.554 | -0.005 | 107.198 | 172.481 | 101.43% |
| 15 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | RI/Ford Cos/F | 93.875 | -1.565 | -0.011 | 107.185 | 172.461 | 101.44% |
| 16 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | RI/Mercedes/G | 94.012 | -1.702 | -0.137 | 107.029 | 172.209 | 101.59% |
| 17 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | RI/Mercedes/F | 94.041 | -1.731 | -0.029 | 106.996 | 172.156 | 101.62% |
| 18 | 9 | J J Lehto | RI/Mercedes/F | 94.170 | -1.860 | -0.129 | 106.849 | 171.921 | 101.76% |
| 19 | 24 | Robby Gordon | RI/Toyota/F | 94.344 | -2.034 | -0.174 | 106.652 | 171.603 | 101.94% |
| 20 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | PC/Mercedes/G | 94.801 | -2.491 | -0.457 | 106.138 | 170.776 | 102.44% |
| 21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | LT/Ford Cos/G | 94.964 | -2.654 | -0.163 | 105.956 | 170.483 | 102.61% |
| 22 | 19X | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RI/Ford Cos/F | 95.109 | -2.799 | -0.145 | 105.794 | 170.223 | 102.77% |
| 23 | 10 | Richie Hearn | SW/Ford Cos/F | 95.168 | -2.858 | -0.059 | 105.729 | 170.118 | 102.83% |
| 24 | 36 | Alex Barron | EA/Toyota/G | 95.285 | -2.975 | -0.117 | 105.599 | 169.909 | 102.96% |
| 25 | 3X | Andre Ribeiro | PC/Mercedes/G | 95.293 | -2.983 | -0.008 | 105.590 | 169.895 | 102.97% |
| 26 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | RI/Mercedes/F | 95.640 | -3.330 | -0.347 | 105.207 | 169.278 | 103.34% |
| 27 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/Toyota/G | 97.542 | -5.232 | -1.902 | 103.156 | 165.977 | 105.40% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | RI/Ford Cos/F | 99.982 | -7.672 | -2.440 | 100.638 | 161.927 | 108.04% |