Race No. 3
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Long Beach — Long Beach, California
April 3-5, 1998
Saturday Individual Qualifying
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 009.c/XD/G | 60.952 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 92.965 | 149.581 | n/a |
| 2 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 98I/XD/F | 61.219 | -0.267 | -0.267 | 92.559 | 148.928 | n/a |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 009.c/XD/G | 61.248 | -0.296 | -0.029 | 92.516 | 148.858 | 100.27% |
| 4 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 98I/HRK/G | 61.527 | -0.575 | -0.279 | 92.096 | 148.183 | 100.72% |
| 5 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | 98I/XD/F | 61.937 | -0.985 | -0.410 | 91.487 | 147.202 | 101.39% |
| 6 | 21 | Tony Kanaan (R) | 98I/HRK/F | 61.945 | -0.993 | -0.008 | 91.475 | 147.183 | 101.41% |
| 7 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 98I/XD/F | 62.031 | -1.079 | -0.086 | 91.348 | 146.979 | 101.55% |
| 8 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 98I/HRK/F | 62.458 | -1.506 | -0.427 | 90.723 | 145.974 | 102.25% |
| 9 | 99 | Greg Moore | 98I/108E/F | 62.650 | -1.698 | -0.192 | 90.445 | 145.527 | 102.56% |
| 10 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | 98I/HRK/F | 62.966 | -2.014 | -0.316 | 89.991 | 144.796 | 103.08% |
| 11 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | P98/108E/G | 63.006 | -2.054 | -0.040 | 89.934 | 144.704 | 103.14% |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 98I/108E/F | 63.276 | -2.324 | -0.270 | 89.551 | 144.087 | 103.59% |
| 13 | 26 | Paul Tracy | 98I/HRK/F | 63.409 | -2.457 | -0.133 | 89.363 | 143.785 | 103.80% |
| 14 | 98X | PJ Jones | 98I/RV8C/G | 63.456 | -2.504 | -0.047 | 89.297 | 143.678 | 103.88% |
| 15 | 34 | Gualter Salles | 98I/XD/F | 63.500 | -2.548 | -0.044 | 89.235 | 143.579 | 103.95% |
| 16 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 98I/XD/F | 63.506 | -2.554 | -0.006 | 89.226 | 143.565 | 103.96% |
| 17 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 98I/108E/F | 63.725 | -2.773 | -0.219 | 88.920 | 143.072 | 104.32% |
| 18 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 97I/XD/G | 63.782 | -2.830 | -0.057 | 88.840 | 142.944 | 104.41% |
| 19 | 9 | JJ Lehto (R) | 98I/108E/F | 63.997 | -3.045 | -0.215 | 88.542 | 142.464 | 104.77% |
| 20 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 98I/HRK/F | 64.567 | -3.615 | -0.570 | 87.760 | 141.206 | 105.70% |
| 21 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | P98/108E/G | 64.595 | -3.643 | -0.028 | 87.722 | 141.145 | 105.75% |
| 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 98I/RV8C/F | 64.650 | -3.698 | -0.055 | 87.647 | 141.025 | 105.84% |
| 23 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | 98I/108E/F | 64.726 | -3.774 | -0.076 | 87.544 | 140.859 | 105.96% |
| 24 | 15 | Mimmo Schiattarella | 97I/XD/G | 64.774 | -3.822 | -0.048 | 87.480 | 140.755 | 106.04% |
| 25 | 36 | Alex Barron (R) | 98I/RV8C/G | 65.381 | -4.429 | -0.607 | 86.667 | 139.448 | 107.03% |
| 26 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves (R) | 98I/108E/G | 65.522 | -4.570 | -0.141 | 86.481 | 139.148 | 107.26% |