Race No. 2
Budweiser 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
March 26-28, 1998
Individual Thursday MorningPractice Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 25.880 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 215.471 | 346.693 | n/a |
| 2 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 25.916 | -0.036 | -0.036 | 215.172 | 346.212 | n/a |
| 3 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 25.959 | -0.079 | -0.043 | 214.816 | 345.638 | 100.24% |
| 4 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 26.156 | -0.276 | -0.197 | 213.198 | 343.035 | 101.00% |
| 5 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 26.174 | -0.294 | -0.018 | 213.051 | 342.799 | 101.07% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 26.258 | -0.378 | -0.084 | 212.370 | 341.703 | 101.39% |
| 7 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 26.276 | -0.396 | -0.018 | 212.224 | 341.469 | 101.46% |
| 8 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 26.288 | -0.408 | -0.012 | 212.127 | 341.313 | 101.51% |
| 9 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 26.307 | -0.427 | -0.019 | 211.974 | 341.066 | 101.58% |
| 10 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 26.326 | -0.446 | -0.019 | 211.821 | 340.820 | 101.65% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 26.329 | -0.449 | -0.003 | 211.797 | 340.781 | 101.66% |
| 12 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 26.370 | -0.490 | -0.041 | 211.468 | 340.251 | 101.82% |
| 13 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 26.380 | -0.500 | -0.010 | 211.387 | 340.122 | 101.86% |
| 14 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 26.415 | -0.535 | -0.035 | 211.107 | 339.672 | 102.00% |
| 15 | 26X | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 26.429 | -0.549 | -0.014 | 210.995 | 339.492 | 102.05% |
| 16 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 26.444 | -0.564 | -0.015 | 210.876 | 339.299 | 102.11% |
| 17 | 9X | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 26.581 | -0.701 | -0.137 | 209.789 | 337.550 | 102.64% |
| 18 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 26.636 | -0.756 | -0.055 | 209.356 | 336.853 | 102.85% |
| 19 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 97I/108D/G | 26.733 | -0.853 | -0.097 | 208.596 | 335.631 | 103.22% |
| 20 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 26.748 | -0.868 | -0.015 | 208.479 | 335.443 | 103.28% |
| 21 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 26.773 | -0.893 | -0.025 | 208.284 | 335.130 | 103.38% |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 26.782 | -0.902 | -0.009 | 208.214 | 335.017 | 103.41% |
| 23 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 26.839 | -0.959 | -0.057 | 207.772 | 334.306 | 103.63% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 26.847 | -0.967 | -0.008 | 207.710 | 334.206 | 103.66% |
| 25 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 27.048 | -1.168 | -0.201 | 206.167 | 331.722 | 104.44% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 27.267 | -1.387 | -0.219 | 204.511 | 329.058 | 105.29% |
| 27 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 27.321 | -1.441 | -0.054 | 204.107 | 328.408 | 105.49% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 27.367 | -1.487 | -0.046 | 203.764 | 327.856 | 105.67% |
| 29 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 27.377 | -1.497 | -0.010 | 203.689 | 327.736 | 105.71% |
| 30 | 43 | Hideshi Matsuda (R) | 007.i/XD/F | 27.567 | -1.687 | -0.190 | 202.285 | 325.477 | 106.44% |
| 31 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | 97I/HRK/F | 27.900 | -2.020 | -0.333 | 199.871 | 321.592 | 107.73% |
| 32 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 27.959 | -2.079 | -0.059 | 199.449 | 320.914 | 107.96% |
| 33 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 30.985 | -5.105 | -3.026 | 179.971 | 289.573 | 119.64% |
| 34 | 36X | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 31.118 | -5.238 | -0.133 | 179.202 | 288.336 | 120.16% |