Race No. 1
Malrboro Grand Prix of Miami
Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex — Homestead, Florida
March 13-15, 1998
Race Results
| pos | car | driver | laps | time | mph | km/h | lag | status |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 150 | 5619.268 | 144.339 | 232.242 | 0.000 | running |
| 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 150 | 5619.343 | 144.337 | 232.238 | 0.075 | running |
| 3 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 150 | 5620.186 | 144.316 | 232.204 | 0.918 | running |
| 4 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 150 | 5622.627 | 144.253 | 232.103 | 3.359 | running |
| 5 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 150 | 5624.525 | 144.204 | 232.025 | 5.257 | running |
| 6 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 150 | 5625.194 | 144.187 | 231.997 | 5.926 | running |
| 7 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 150 | 5626.078 | 144.164 | 231.960 | 6.810 | running |
| 8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 150 | 5629.134 | 144.086 | 231.835 | 9.866 | running |
| 9 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 150 | 5629.543 | 144.076 | 231.818 | 10.275 | running |
| 10 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 150 | 5630.123 | 144.061 | 231.794 | 10.855 | running |
| 11 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 150 | 5630.650 | 144.047 | 231.772 | 11.382 | running |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 150 | 5648.297 | 143.597 | 231.048 | 29.029 | running |
| 13 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 149 | 1 lap | running | |||
| 14 | 9 | J.J. Lehto (R) | 149 | 1 lap | running | |||
| 15 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 149 | 1 lap | running | |||
| 16 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 148 | 2 laps | running | |||
| 17 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | 148 | 2 laps | running | |||
| 18 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 148 | 2 laps | running | |||
| 19 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 147 | 3 laps | running | |||
| 20 | 98 | PJ Jones | 146 | 4 laps | running | |||
| 21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 136 | 14 laps | running | |||
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 122 | 28 laps | transmission | |||
| 23 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 121 | 29 laps | contact | |||
| 24 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 97 | 53 laps | contact | |||
| 25 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 90 | 60 laps | broken finger | |||
| 26 | 25 | Max Papis | 83 | 67 laps | wheel bearing | |||
| 27 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 79 | 71 laps | suspension | |||
| 28 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 76 | 74 laps | handling | |||
| 29 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 32 | 118 laps | contact |