Race No. 16
Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300
Lagnua Seca Raceway
Monterey, CaliforniaSeptember 11-13, 1998
The Grid
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 8 | Bryan Herta | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.146 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 118.229 | 190.230 | n/a |
| 2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | RI/Honda/F | 68.354 | -0.208 | -0.208 | 117.869 | 189.651 | n/a |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | RI/Honda/F | 68.452 | -0.306 | -0.098 | 117.700 | 189.379 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 99X | Greg Moore | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.482 | -0.336 | -0.030 | 117.648 | 189.296 | 100.34% |
| 5 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | RI/Honda/F | 68.524 | -0.378 | -0.042 | 117.576 | 189.180 | 100.40% |
| 6 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.530 | -0.384 | -0.006 | 117.566 | 189.164 | 100.41% |
| 7 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | PC/Mercedes/G | 68.579 | -0.433 | -0.049 | 117.482 | 189.029 | 100.48% |
| 8 | 20X | Scott Pruett | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.589 | -0.443 | -0.010 | 117.465 | 189.001 | 100.50% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.685 | -0.539 | -0.096 | 117.301 | 188.737 | 100.64% |
| 10 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | RI/Honda/G | 68.690 | -0.544 | -0.005 | 117.292 | 188.723 | 100.64% |
| 11 | 9 | J J Lehto | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.735 | -0.589 | -0.045 | 117.215 | 188.600 | 100.71% |
| 12 | 6 | Michael Andretti | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.737 | -0.591 | -0.002 | 117.212 | 188.594 | 100.71% |
| 13 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.746 | -0.600 | -0.009 | 117.197 | 188.569 | 100.73% |
| 14 | 21X | Tony Kanaan | RI/Honda/F | 68.803 | -0.657 | -0.057 | 117.100 | 188.413 | 100.81% |
| 15 | 18 | Mark Blundell | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.845 | -0.699 | -0.042 | 117.028 | 188.298 | 100.87% |
| 16 | 25 | Max Papis | RI/Toyota/F | 68.917 | -0.771 | -0.072 | 116.906 | 188.102 | 100.98% |
| 17 | 10 | Richie Hearn | SW/Ford Cos/F | 69.008 | -0.862 | -0.091 | 116.752 | 187.853 | 101.11% |
| 18 | 26 | Paul Tracy | RI/Honda/F | 69.088 | -0.942 | -0.080 | 116.616 | 187.636 | 101.23% |
| 19 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.125 | -0.979 | -0.037 | 116.554 | 187.535 | 101.28% |
| 20 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | RI/Mercedes/F | 69.167 | -1.021 | -0.042 | 116.483 | 187.422 | 101.34% |
| 21 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | RI/Mercedes/G | 69.194 | -1.048 | -0.027 | 116.438 | 187.348 | 101.38% |
| 22 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | PC/Mercedes/G | 69.304 | -1.158 | -0.110 | 116.253 | 187.051 | 101.54% |
| 23 | 36 | Alex Barron | EA/Toyota/G | 69.387 | -1.241 | -0.083 | 116.114 | 186.827 | 101.67% |
| 24 | 24 | Robby Gordon | RI/Toyota/F | 69.427 | -1.281 | -0.040 | 116.047 | 186.720 | 101.72% |
| 25 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.544 | -1.398 | -0.117 | 115.852 | 186.406 | 101.90% |
| 26 | 77 | Arnd Meier | LT/Ford Cos/G | 69.613 | -1.467 | -0.069 | 115.737 | 186.221 | 102.00% |
| 27 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/Toyota/G | 71.543 | -3.397 | -1.930 | 112.615 | 181.197 | 104.83% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | RI/Ford Cos/F | 71.544 | -3.398 | -0.001 | 112.613 | 181.195 | 104.83% |