Race No. 2
Budweiser 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
March 26-28, 1998
Thursday Practice Combined
| 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 | 25.584 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 217.964 | 350.705 | n/a |
| 2 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 25.615 | -0.031 | -0.031 | 217.701 | 350.280 | n/a |
| 3 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 25.684 | -0.100 | -0.069 | 217.116 | 349.339 | 100.33% |
| 4 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 25.720 | -0.136 | -0.036 | 216.812 | 348.850 | 100.47% |
| 5 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 25.754 | -0.170 | -0.034 | 216.526 | 348.390 | 100.60% |
| 6 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 25.820 | -0.236 | -0.066 | 215.972 | 347.499 | 100.86% |
| 7 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 25.825 | -0.241 | -0.005 | 215.930 | 347.432 | 100.88% |
| 8 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 25.875 | -0.291 | -0.050 | 215.513 | 346.760 | 101.08% |
| 9 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 25.927 | -0.343 | -0.052 | 215.081 | 346.065 | 101.28% |
| 10 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 25.929 | -0.345 | -0.002 | 215.064 | 346.038 | 101.29% |
| 11 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 25.950 | -0.366 | -0.021 | 214.890 | 345.758 | 101.37% |
| 12 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 25.976 | -0.392 | -0.026 | 214.675 | 345.412 | 101.47% |
| 13 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 25.991 | -0.407 | -0.015 | 214.551 | 345.213 | 101.53% |
| 14 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 26.015 | -0.431 | -0.024 | 214.353 | 344.894 | 101.62% |
| 15 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 26.026 | -0.442 | -0.011 | 214.263 | 344.749 | 101.67% |
| 16 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 26.055 | -0.471 | -0.029 | 214.024 | 344.365 | 101.78% |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 26.067 | -0.483 | -0.012 | 213.926 | 344.206 | 101.83% |
| 18 | 9X | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 26.086 | -0.502 | -0.019 | 213.770 | 343.956 | 101.90% |
| 19 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 26.156 | -0.572 | -0.070 | 213.198 | 343.035 | 102.17% |
| 20 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 26.161 | -0.577 | -0.005 | 213.157 | 342.970 | 102.19% |
| 21 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 26.164 | -0.580 | -0.003 | 213.133 | 342.930 | 102.21% |
| 22 | 99X | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 26.174 | -0.590 | -0.010 | 213.051 | 342.799 | 102.24% |
| 23 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 97I/108D/G | 26.266 | -0.682 | -0.092 | 212.305 | 341.599 | 102.60% |
| 24 | 26X | Paul Tracy | 97I/HRK/F | 26.429 | -0.845 | -0.163 | 210.995 | 339.492 | 103.24% |
| 25 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 26.456 | -0.872 | -0.027 | 210.780 | 339.145 | 103.35% |
| 26 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 26.541 | -0.957 | -0.085 | 210.105 | 338.059 | 103.68% |
| 27 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 26.605 | -1.021 | -0.064 | 209.600 | 337.246 | 103.93% |
| 28 | 43 | Hideshi Matsuda (R) | 007.i/XD/F | 26.662 | -1.078 | -0.057 | 209.152 | 336.525 | 104.15% |
| 29 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 26.748 | -1.164 | -0.086 | 208.479 | 335.443 | 104.49% |
| 30 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 26.800 | -1.216 | -0.052 | 208.075 | 334.792 | 104.69% |
| 31 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 26.802 | -1.218 | -0.002 | 208.059 | 334.767 | 104.70% |
| 32 | 16X | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 97I/HRK/F | 26.829 | -1.245 | -0.027 | 207.850 | 334.430 | 104.80% |
| 33 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 27.026 | -1.442 | -0.197 | 206.335 | 331.992 | 105.57% |
| 34 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 27.243 | -1.659 | -0.217 | 204.691 | 329.348 | 106.42% |
| 35 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 27.321 | -1.737 | -0.078 | 204.107 | 328.408 | 106.72% |
| 36 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | 97I/HRK/F | 27.900 | -2.316 | -0.579 | 199.871 | 321.592 | 108.99% |
| 37 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 30.985 | -5.401 | -3.085 | 179.971 | 289.573 | 121.04% |
| 38 | 36X | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 31.118 | -5.534 | -0.133 | 179.202 | 288.336 | 121.56% |