Race No. 1
Malrboro Grand Prix of Miami
Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex — Homestead, Florida
March 13-15, 1998
The Grid
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 24.856 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 217.541 | 350.024 | n/a |
| 2 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 25.189 | -0.333 | -0.333 | 214.665 | 345.396 | n/a |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 25.206 | -0.350 | -0.017 | 214.520 | 345.163 | 100.74% |
| 4 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 25.249 | -0.393 | -0.043 | 214.155 | 344.575 | 100.91% |
| 5 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 25.255 | -0.399 | -0.006 | 214.104 | 344.494 | 100.93% |
| 6 | 1X | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 25.265 | -0.409 | -0.010 | 214.019 | 344.357 | 100.97% |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 25.288 | -0.432 | -0.023 | 213.825 | 344.044 | 101.07% |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 25.342 | -0.486 | -0.054 | 213.369 | 343.311 | 101.28% |
| 9 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 25.351 | -0.495 | -0.009 | 213.293 | 343.189 | 101.32% |
| 10 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 25.403 | -0.547 | -0.052 | 212.857 | 342.487 | 101.53% |
| 11 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 25.404 | -0.548 | -0.001 | 212.848 | 342.473 | 101.53% |
| 12 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 25.404 | -0.548 | 0.000 | 212.848 | 342.473 | 101.53% |
| 13 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 25.418 | -0.562 | -0.014 | 212.731 | 342.284 | 101.59% |
| 14 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 25.432 | -0.576 | -0.014 | 212.614 | 342.096 | 101.64% |
| 15 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 25.459 | -0.603 | -0.027 | 212.389 | 341.733 | 101.75% |
| 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 25.545 | -0.689 | -0.086 | 211.674 | 340.583 | 102.09% |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 25.797 | -0.941 | -0.252 | 209.606 | 337.256 | 103.10% |
| 18 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 25.939 | -1.083 | -0.142 | 208.458 | 335.409 | 103.67% |
| 19 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 26.049 | -1.193 | -0.110 | 207.578 | 333.993 | 104.11% |
| 20 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 26.051 | -1.195 | -0.002 | 207.562 | 333.967 | 104.11% |
| 21 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 26.160 | -1.304 | -0.109 | 206.697 | 332.576 | 104.55% |
| 22 | 16X | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 97I/HRK/F | 26.429 | -1.573 | -0.269 | 204.593 | 329.191 | 105.63% |
| 23 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 97I/XD/G | 26.482 | -1.626 | -0.053 | 204.184 | 328.532 | 105.84% |
| 24 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 26.550 | -1.694 | -0.068 | 203.661 | 327.691 | 106.11% |
| 25 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 98I/XD/F | 26.604 | -1.748 | -0.054 | 203.248 | 327.025 | 106.33% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 26.628 | -1.772 | -0.024 | 203.064 | 326.731 | 106.42% |
| 27 | 36X | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 26.737 | -1.881 | -0.109 | 202.237 | 325.399 | 106.86% |
| 28 | 77 | Arnd Meier | T98/XD/G | 26.797 | -1.941 | -0.060 | 201.784 | 324.670 | 107.10% |
| 29 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 0.000 | 0.000 | no speed | no speed | n/a |