1998 Honda Indy 300

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1998 Honda Indy 300
Race details
Race 18 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Map of the track
Date18 October, 1998
Official name Honda Indy 300
Location Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance62 laps
173.290 mi / 278.876 km
WeatherDry
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Time1:32.288
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:33.780 (on lap 54 of 62)
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi  (Newman-Haas Racing)

The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Alex Zanardi won the race, his 15th and final CART victory, after taking the lead from polesitter Dario Franchitti at the first round of pitstops.

Contents

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamChassisTime
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.288
2 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.310
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.501
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.583
5 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:32.588
6 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:32.613
7 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.676
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Reynard 98i Honda 1:32.851
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:32.919
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.019
11 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.068
12 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:33.236
13 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:33.375
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Reynard 98i Honda 1:33.543
15 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Hogan Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.669
16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.819
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:33.820
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.012
19 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.260
20 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota 1:34.344
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz 1:34.375
22 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Team Penske Penske PC27 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.474
23 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford-Cosworth 1:34.511
24 Flag of Germany.svg Arnd Meier Davis Racing Lola T98/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:34.534
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 98i Ford-Cosworth 1:35.109
26 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:35.285
27 Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racers Eagle 987 Toyota 1:36.561
DNQ Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Reynard 97i Ford-Cosworth 1:38.726

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 622:01:51.170220+1
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 62+0.322116+1
311 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 62+1.029314
420 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 62+6.3881212
59 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 62+10.7921510
640 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 62+11.153108
721 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 62+11.680146
899 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 62+13.79295
933 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 62+15.821164
108 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 62+16.02053
1118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 62+19.870172
1217 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 62+20.170211
133 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Team Penske 62+20.72922
145 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 62+22.0728
1598 Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 62+22.80827
1624 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 62+23.74720
1725 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 61Electrical13
1810 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 60+2 Laps23
1936 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron All American Racing 59Contact26
206 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 59Contact6
2116 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 54Contact18
222 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 53+9 Laps19
2326 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 45Contact4
2412 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 38Contact7
257 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 19Contact11
2619 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 11Contact25
2777 Flag of Germany.svg Arnd Meier Davis Racing 4Oil leak24
DNQ34 Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing Did not Qualify

Caution flags

LapsCause
14–16 Jourdain Jr. (19) contact
21–24 Rahal (7) contact
36–37Tire wall problem
40–41 Castro-Neves (16), Vasser (12) contact
43–44 Hearn (10) spin
56–58 Castro-Neves (16) contact
61–62 Barron (36), Andretti (6), Hearn (10) contact

Lap Leaders

LapsLeader
1–13 Dario Franchitti
14–62 Alex Zanardi
 
DriverLaps led
Alex Zanardi 49
Dario Franchitti 13

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi 271
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti 160
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 148
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández 142
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore 125

References

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