Race No. 16
Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
featuring the Texaco/Havoline 300
Lagnua Seca Raceway
Monterey, CaliforniaSeptember 11-13, 1998
Saturday Individual Qualifying
| 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 | 20X | Scott Pruett | RI/Ford Cos/F | 68.589 | -0.443 | -0.065 | 117.465 | 189.001 | 100.50% |
| 7 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | RI/Honda/G | 68.690 | -0.544 | -0.101 | 117.292 | 188.723 | 100.64% |
| 8 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.776 | -0.630 | -0.086 | 117.146 | 188.487 | 100.77% |
| 9 | 21X | Tony Kanaan | RI/Honda/F | 68.803 | -0.657 | -0.027 | 117.100 | 188.413 | 100.81% |
| 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | RI/Mercedes/F | 68.845 | -0.699 | -0.042 | 117.028 | 188.298 | 100.87% |
| 11 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.905 | -0.759 | -0.060 | 116.926 | 188.134 | 100.96% |
| 12 | 6 | Michael Andretti | SW/Ford Cos/G | 68.970 | -0.824 | -0.065 | 116.816 | 187.957 | 101.06% |
| 13 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.067 | -0.921 | -0.097 | 116.652 | 187.693 | 101.20% |
| 14 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | PC/Mercedes/G | 69.082 | -0.936 | -0.015 | 116.627 | 187.652 | 101.22% |
| 15 | 26 | Paul Tracy | RI/Honda/F | 69.215 | -1.069 | -0.133 | 116.403 | 187.292 | 101.41% |
| 16 | 9 | J J Lehto | RI/Mercedes/F | 69.275 | -1.129 | -0.060 | 116.302 | 187.129 | 101.50% |
| 17 | 3 | Andre Ribeiro | PC/Mercedes/G | 69.304 | -1.158 | -0.029 | 116.253 | 187.051 | 101.54% |
| 18 | 10 | Richie Hearn | SW/Ford Cos/F | 69.313 | -1.167 | -0.009 | 116.238 | 187.027 | 101.56% |
| 19 | 25 | Max Papis | RI/Toyota/F | 69.329 | -1.183 | -0.016 | 116.211 | 186.984 | 101.58% |
| 20 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.382 | -1.236 | -0.053 | 116.122 | 186.841 | 101.66% |
| 21 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | RI/Mercedes/F | 69.446 | -1.300 | -0.064 | 116.015 | 186.669 | 101.75% |
| 22 | 24 | Robby Gordon | RI/Toyota/F | 69.609 | -1.463 | -0.163 | 115.744 | 186.232 | 101.99% |
| 23 | 77 | Arnd Meier | LT/Ford Cos/G | 69.613 | -1.467 | -0.004 | 115.737 | 186.221 | 102.00% |
| 24 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RI/Ford Cos/F | 69.621 | -1.475 | -0.008 | 115.724 | 186.199 | 102.01% |
| 25 | 36 | Alex Barron | EA/Toyota/G | 69.656 | -1.510 | -0.035 | 115.666 | 186.106 | 102.06% |
| 26 | 16 | Helio Castro-Neves | RI/Mercedes/G | 70.399 | -2.253 | -0.743 | 114.445 | 184.142 | 103.15% |
| 27 | 98 | Vincenzo Sospiri | EA/Toyota/G | 71.543 | -3.397 | -1.144 | 112.615 | 181.197 | 104.83% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | RI/Ford Cos/F | 72.648 | -4.502 | -1.105 | 110.902 | 178.441 | 106.44% |