Race No. 16
Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300
Lagnua Seca Raceway
Monterey, CaliforniaSeptember 11-13, 1998
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | RI/Honda/F | 68.398 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 117.793 | 189.529 | n/a |
| 2 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.530 | -0.132 | -0.132 | 117.566 | 189.164 | n/a |
| 3 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | PC/Mercedes/G | 68.579 | -0.181 | -0.049 | 117.482 | 189.029 | 100.17% |
| 4 | 99X | Greg Moore | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.672 | -0.274 | -0.093 | 117.323 | 188.773 | 100.30% |
| 5 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.685 | -0.287 | -0.013 | 117.301 | 188.737 | 100.32% |
| 6 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | RI/Honda/F | 68.732 | -0.334 | -0.047 | 117.221 | 188.608 | 100.39% |
| 7 | 9 | J J Lehto | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.735 | -0.337 | -0.003 | 117.215 | 188.600 | 100.40% |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.737 | -0.339 | -0.002 | 117.212 | 188.594 | 100.40% |
| 9 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.746 | -0.348 | -0.009 | 117.197 | 188.569 | 100.41% |
| 10 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | RI/Honda/G | 68.791 | -0.393 | -0.045 | 117.120 | 188.446 | 100.48% |
| 11 | 8 | Bryan Herta | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.805 | -0.407 | -0.014 | 117.096 | 188.408 | 100.50% |
| 12 | 25 | Max Papis | RI/Toyota/F | 68.917 | -0.519 | -0.112 | 116.906 | 188.102 | 100.66% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.972 | -0.574 | -0.055 | 116.813 | 187.952 | 100.74% |
| 14 | 21X | Tony Kanaan | RI/Honda/F | 68.992 | -0.594 | -0.020 | 116.779 | 187.897 | 100.77% |
| 15 | 10 | Richie Hearn | SW/Ford Cos/F | 69.008 | -0.610 | -0.016 | 116.752 | 187.853 | 100.79% |
| 16 | 26 | Paul Tracy | RI/Honda/F | 69.088 | -0.690 | -0.080 | 116.616 | 187.636 | 100.91% |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.125 | -0.727 | -0.037 | 116.554 | 187.535 | 100.97% |
| 18 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | RI/Mercedes/F | 69.167 | -0.769 | -0.042 | 116.483 | 187.422 | 101.03% |
| 19 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | RI/Mercedes/G | 69.194 | -0.796 | -0.027 | 116.438 | 187.348 | 101.07% |
| 20 | 20X | Scott Pruett | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.319 | -0.921 | -0.125 | 116.228 | 187.011 | 101.25% |
| 21 | 36 | Alex Barron | EA/Toyota/G | 69.387 | -0.989 | -0.068 | 116.114 | 186.827 | 101.35% |
| 22 | 24 | Robby Gordon | RI/Toyota/F | 69.427 | -1.029 | -0.040 | 116.047 | 186.720 | 101.41% |
| 23 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.544 | -1.146 | -0.117 | 115.852 | 186.406 | 101.58% |
| 24 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | PC/Mercedes/G | 69.686 | -1.288 | -0.142 | 115.616 | 186.026 | 101.78% |
| 25 | 77 | Arnd Meier | LT/Ford Cos/G | 70.644 | -2.246 | -0.958 | 114.048 | 183.503 | 103.18% |
| 26 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | RI/Ford Cos/F | 71.544 | -3.146 | -0.900 | 112.613 | 181.195 | 104.50% |
| 27 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/Toyota/G | 72.621 | -4.223 | -1.077 | 110.943 | 178.507 | 106.07% |
| 28 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | RI/Honda/F | no time | n/a | n/a | no speed | no speed | n/a |