Race No. 3
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Long Beach — Long Beach, California
April 3-5, 1998
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 50.945 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 109.459 | 176.120 | n/a |
| 2 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 51.036 | -0.091 | -0.091 | 109.264 | 175.806 | n/a |
| 3 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 51.057 | -0.112 | -0.021 | 109.219 | 175.734 | 100.13% |
| 4 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 51.076 | -0.131 | -0.019 | 109.178 | 175.668 | 100.17% |
| 5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 51.092 | -0.147 | -0.016 | 109.144 | 175.613 | 100.20% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 51.293 | -0.348 | -0.201 | 108.717 | 174.925 | 100.59% |
| 7 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 51.302 | -0.357 | -0.009 | 108.698 | 174.894 | 100.61% |
| 8 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 51.366 | -0.421 | -0.064 | 108.562 | 174.676 | 100.74% |
| 9 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 51.391 | -0.446 | -0.025 | 108.509 | 174.591 | 100.79% |
| 10 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 51.426 | -0.481 | -0.035 | 108.435 | 174.473 | 100.85% |
| 11 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 51.440 | -0.495 | -0.014 | 108.406 | 174.425 | 100.88% |
| 12 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 51.446 | -0.501 | -0.006 | 108.393 | 174.405 | 100.89% |
| 13 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 51.466 | -0.521 | -0.020 | 108.351 | 174.337 | 100.93% |
| 14 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 51.476 | -0.531 | -0.010 | 108.330 | 174.303 | 100.95% |
| 15 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 51.514 | -0.569 | -0.038 | 108.250 | 174.175 | 101.03% |
| 16 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 51.577 | -0.632 | -0.063 | 108.118 | 173.962 | 101.15% |
| 17 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 51.679 | -0.734 | -0.102 | 107.905 | 173.618 | 101.35% |
| 18 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98I/XD/F | 51.728 | -0.783 | -0.049 | 107.802 | 173.454 | 101.45% |
| 19 | 10 | Richie Hearn | 009.c/XD/F | 51.732 | -0.787 | -0.004 | 107.794 | 173.441 | 101.45% |
| 20 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 51.786 | -0.841 | -0.054 | 107.682 | 173.260 | 101.56% |
| 21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 51.980 | -1.035 | -0.194 | 107.280 | 172.613 | 101.94% |
| 22 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 52.108 | -1.163 | -0.128 | 107.016 | 172.189 | 102.19% |
| 24 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 52.196 | -1.251 | #REF! | 106.836 | 171.899 | 102.36% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 52.452 | -1.507 | -0.256 | 106.314 | 171.060 | 102.87% |
| 26 | 98X | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 52.481 | -1.536 | -0.029 | 106.256 | 170.965 | 102.92% |
| 28 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 52.562 | -1.617 | #REF! | 106.092 | 170.702 | 103.08% |
| 30 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 52.684 | -1.739 | #REF! | 105.846 | 170.306 | 103.32% |
| 58 | 15 | Schiattarella | 97I/XD/G | 52.686 | -1.741 | -0.002 | 105.842 | 170.300 | 103.33% |
| 57 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 98I/RV8C/F | 53.989 | -3.044 | #REF! | 103.288 | 166.190 | 105.88% |