1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Long Beach
Race details
Race 3 of 19 in the 1998 CART season
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DateApril 5, 1998
Official name 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
LocationStreets of Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States
CourseTemporary street circuit
1.586 [1] mi / 2.552 km
Distance105 laps
166.530 mi / 268.004 km
WeatherDry
Pole position
Driver Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)
Time50.945
Fastest lap
Driver Bobby Rahal  (Team Rahal)
Time51.333 (on lap 96 of 105)
Podium
First Alex Zanardi  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Third Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)

The 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 5, 1998, on the streets of Long Beach, California. Alex Zanardi won the race, even though he was a lap down at one point.

Contents

This is the last Grand Prix of Long Beach to have Al Unser Jr and Bobby Rahal.

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 1051:51:29.1131120
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 105+2.917816
38 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 105+4.336114+1
440 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 105+5.885312
521 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 105+15.9051310
699 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 105+19.357148
718 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 105+21.158236
812 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 105+24.602205
916 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 105+37.374154
1017 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 105+51.452223
1198 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones All American Racing 104+1 Lap252
1220 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 104+1 Lap71
1334 Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 104+1 Lap4
1436 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron All American Racing 103+2 Laps27
1577 Flag of Germany.svg Arnd Meier Davis Racing 102+3 Laps21
1615 Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Schiattarella Project Indy 101Contact28
177 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 101+4 Laps2
189 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 99+6 Laps16
1924 Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells Racing 98+7 Laps29
205 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 94Transmission51
216 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 55Tire6
223 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Team Penske 55Oil leak17
2310 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 53Transmission19
2425 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 37Contact24
2526 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 19Contact9
2611 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 19Contact12
2719 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 14Contact17
2833 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 8Contact26
292 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske 0Contact10

Caution flags

LapsCause
1–3 Unser, Jr. (2), Castroneves (16) contact
15–18 Jourdain Jr. (19) contact
20–23 Tracy (26), Fittipaldi (11) contact
26–28 Jones (98), Rahal (7), Andretti (6) contact
30–33 Matsushita (24), Salles (34) contact
39–42 Papis (25), Barron (36) contact
55–61 Andretti (6) contact

Lap leaders

LapsLeader
1–20 Bryan Herta
21–25 JJ Lehto
26–39 Hélio Castroneves
40–80 Gil de Ferran
81–82 Hélio Castroneves
83–92 Gil de Ferran
93 Bryan Herta
94–95 Dario Franchitti
96 Adrián Fernández
97–98 Greg Moore
99–103 Bryan Herta
104–105 Alex Zanardi
 
DriverLaps led
Gil de Ferran 51
Bryan Herta 26
Hélio Castroneves 16
JJ Lehto 5
Alex Zanardi 2
Dario Franchitti 2
Greg Moore 2
Adrián Fernández 1

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández 41
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore 37
3 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi 34
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti 25
5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti 21
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References

  1. "1998 Long Beach Grand Prix" . Retrieved 9 May 2022.