1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
Race details | |
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Race 1 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
Date | March 15, 1998 |
Official name | Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami |
Location | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, United States |
Course | Permanent oval course 1.5 mi / 2.4 km |
Distance | 150 laps 225 mi / 360 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Time | 24.856 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Time | 26.405 (on lap of 150) |
Podium | |
First | Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Second | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
Third | Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was a CART race which happened at the Homestead Motorsports Complex. It happened on March 15, 1998. It was the 1st round of the 1998 CART season.
Starting grid[]
- Greg Moore 217.541 mph / 24.856 seconds (1st CART career pole)
- André Ribeiro 214.665 mph
- Jimmy Vasser
- Christian Fittipaldi
- Adrian Fernandez
- Alex Zanardi
- Mark Blundell
- Michael Andretti
- Patrick Carpentier
- Maurício Gugelmin
- Gil de Ferran
- Scott Pruett
- Dario Franchitti
- Al Unser, Jr.
- Richie Hearn
- Bryan Herta
- Bobby Rahal
- Tony Kanaan (R)
- Michel Jourdain, Jr.
- Max Papis
- Paul Tracy
- Hélio Castroneves (R)
- Roberto Moreno
- Hiro Matsushita
- Dennis Vitolo (Suffered an awful crash during practice. Suffered a broken finger, but raced.)
- P. J. Jones
- Alex Barron (R)
- Arnd Meier
- JJ Lehto (No speed due to gearbox problems)
Race[]
Lap 27[]
Top 6: Greg Moore, Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti, Christian Fittipaldi, Gil de Ferran and Adrian Fernandez.
Lap 34[]
First full course caution was out, as rookie Tony Kanaan had hit the wall in turn 4.
Lap 44[]
Green flag. de Ferran leads.
Lap 57[]
Top 6: Gil de Ferran, Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Christian Fittipaldi, Patrick Carpentier and Scott Pruett.
Lap 67[]
New leader: Michael Andretti!
Lap 75[]
Second full course caution came out, as Paul Tracy "brushed" the wall in the backstretch.
Lap 82[]
Green flag. de Ferran leads, but, laps later, he lost the lead, due to a pitstop.
Lap 97[]
Top 6: Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Dario Franchitti and Scott Pruett.
Lap 100[]
Third full course caution, as another 1998 rookie had "brushed" the wall in turn 1: Hélio Castroneves.
Lap 107[]
Green flag. Alex Zanardi leads.
Lap 116[]
Fourth full course caution came out as Mark Blundell was another victim of the wall. This time in turn 2.
Lap 117[]
Top 6: Andretti, Zanardi, Moore, Fittipaldi, Pruett and Fernandez.
Lap 122[]
Green flag. Andretti once again was leading the race.
Lap 130[]
Fifth full course caution: Hiro Matsushita had hit the wall in turn 2.
Lap 140[]
Green flag. Andretti leads.
Race results[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 150 | 1:33:39.268 | 8 | 20+1 |
2 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 150 | +0.075 | 1 | 16+1 |
3 | 1 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 150 | +0.918 | 6 | 14 |
4 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 150 | +3.359 | 4 | 12 |
5 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 150 | +5.257 | 12 | 10 |
6 | 40 | Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 150 | +5.926 | 5 | 8 |
7 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 150 | +6.810 | 11 | 6 |
8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 150 | +9.866 | 16 | 5 |
9 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 150 | +10.275 | 13 | 4 |
10 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 150 | +10.855 | 10 | 3 |
11 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 150 | +11.382 | 9 | 2 |
12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 150 | +29.029 | 7 | 1 |
13 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 149 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
14 | 9 | JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 149 | +1 Lap | 29 | |
15 | 15 | Roberto Moreno | Project Indy | 149 | +1 Lap | 23 | |
16 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 148 | +2 Laps | 3 | |
17 | 3 | André Ribeiro | Marlboro Team Penske | 148 | +2 Laps | 2 | |
18 | 36 | Alex Barron | All American Racing | 148 | +2 Laps | 27 | |
19 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 147 | +3 Laps | 17 | |
20 | 98 | P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 146 | +4 Laps | 26 | |
21 | 77 | Arnd Meier | 136 | +14 Laps | 28 | ||
22 | 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | 122 | Transmission | 14 | |
23 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | 121 | Contact | 24 | |
24 | 16 | Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 97 | Contact | 22 | |
25 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | Payton/Coyne Racing | 90 | Withdrew | 25 | |
26 | 25 | Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 83 | Wheel Bearing | 20 | |
27 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 79 | Suspension | 21 | |
28 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 78 | Handling | 19 | |
29 | 21 | Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 32 | Contact | 18 |
Final results[]
Top 12
- Michael Andretti 150 Laps
- Greg Moore
- Alex Zanardi
- Christian Fittipaldi
- Scott Pruett
- Adrian Fernandez
- Gil de Ferran
- Bryan Herta
- Dario Franchitti
- Maurício Gugelmin
- Patrick Carpentier
- Mark Blundell
Drivers who did not completed the race[]
- Al Unser, Jr. +28 Transmission
- Hiro Matsushita +29 Contact
- Hélio Castroneves (R) +53 Contact
- Dennis Vitolo +60 Withdrawn due to injury
- Max Papis +67 Wheel bearing
- Paul Tracy +71 Suspension
- Michel Jourdain, Jr. +72 Handling
- Tony Kanaan (R) +118 Contact
Point standings[]
Top 6
- Andretti 21 points
- Moore 17 points
- Zanardi 14 points
- Fittipaldi 12 points
- Pruett 10 points
- Fernandez 8 points
Notes[]
- (R) denotes contender for Rookie of the Year award
- For this race, the Homestead-Miami Speedway was reconfigured for the third time in three years. In the summer of 1997, an $8.2 million reconfiguration project changed the turns from a rectangle to a traditional, continuous turn oval.
- First pole: Greg Moore
References[]
- ^ "1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- Homestead–Miami Indy 300
- 1998 in CART
- 1998 in sports in Florida