Race No. 2
Budweiser 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
March 26-28, 1998
Saturday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 25.821 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 215.964 | 347.486 | n/a |
| 2 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 25.987 | -0.166 | -0.166 | 214.584 | 345.266 | n/a |
| 3 | 10X | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 26.009 | -0.188 | -0.022 | 214.403 | 344.974 | 100.41% |
| 4 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 26.029 | -0.208 | -0.020 | 214.238 | 344.709 | 100.48% |
| 5 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 26.122 | -0.301 | -0.093 | 213.475 | 343.482 | 100.84% |
| 6 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 26.123 | -0.302 | -0.001 | 213.467 | 343.468 | 100.85% |
| 7 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 26.144 | -0.323 | -0.021 | 213.296 | 343.193 | 100.93% |
| 8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 26.144 | -0.323 | 0.000 | 213.296 | 343.193 | 100.93% |
| 9 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 26.171 | -0.350 | -0.027 | 213.076 | 342.839 | 101.03% |
| 10 | 9X | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 26.195 | -0.374 | -0.024 | 212.880 | 342.524 | 101.12% |
| 11 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 26.227 | -0.406 | -0.032 | 212.621 | 342.107 | 101.25% |
| 12 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 26.255 | -0.434 | -0.028 | 212.394 | 341.742 | 101.36% |
| 13 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 26.262 | -0.441 | -0.007 | 212.337 | 341.651 | 101.38% |
| 14 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 26.284 | -0.463 | -0.022 | 212.159 | 341.365 | 101.47% |
| 15 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 26.349 | -0.528 | -0.065 | 211.636 | 340.523 | 101.72% |
| 16 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 26.367 | -0.546 | -0.018 | 211.492 | 340.290 | 101.79% |
| 17 | 99X | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 26.557 | -0.736 | -0.190 | 209.979 | 337.855 | 102.52% |
| 18 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 26.584 | -0.763 | -0.027 | 209.765 | 337.512 | 102.63% |
| 19 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 26.637 | -0.816 | -0.053 | 209.348 | 336.841 | 102.83% |
| 20 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 26.645 | -0.824 | -0.008 | 209.285 | 336.740 | 102.86% |
| 21 | 98 | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 26.661 | -0.840 | -0.016 | 209.159 | 336.538 | 102.92% |
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 26.666 | -0.845 | -0.005 | 209.120 | 336.474 | 102.94% |
| 23 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 26.715 | -0.894 | -0.049 | 208.737 | 335.857 | 103.13% |
| 24 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | 97I/108D/G | 26.830 | -1.009 | -0.115 | 207.842 | 334.418 | 103.58% |
| 25 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 26.851 | -1.030 | -0.021 | 207.679 | 334.156 | 103.66% |
| 26 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 27.113 | -1.292 | -0.262 | 205.673 | 330.927 | 104.67% |
| 27 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 27.117 | -1.296 | -0.004 | 205.642 | 330.878 | 104.68% |
| 28 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 27.130 | -1.309 | -0.013 | 205.544 | 330.720 | 104.73% |
| 29 | 43 | Hideshi Matsuda (R) | 007.i/XD/F | 27.134 | -1.313 | -0.004 | 205.513 | 330.671 | 104.75% |
| 30 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 27.275 | -1.454 | -0.141 | 204.451 | 328.962 | 105.29% |