1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey

1998 Laguna Seca
Race details
Race 16 of 19 in the 1998 CART season

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Date September 13, 1998
Official name 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
Location Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, California
Course Permanent road course
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance 83 laps
185.754 mi / 298.966 km
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Time 1:08.146
Fastest lap
Driver Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group)
Time 1:10.824 (on lap 51 of 83)
Podium
First Bryan Herta (Team Rahal)
Second Alex Zanardi (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third Tony Kanaan (Tasman Motorsports Group)

The 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey was the sixteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held off Alex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win.[1]

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 United States Bryan Herta Team Rahal 83 1:55:13.472 1 20+1+1
2 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +0.343 5 16
3 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 83 +3.779 14 14
4 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team Green 83 +4.402 2 12
5 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 83 +7.174 3 10
6 2 United States Al Unser, Jr. Team Penske 83 +7.863 7 8
7 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 +9.129 6 6
8 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 83 +9.278 18 5
9 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 83 +9.666 13 4
10 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 83 +10.193 12 3
11 10 United States Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 83 +10.881 17 2
12 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +11.649 16 1
13 24 United States Robby Gordon Arciero-Wells Racing 83 +12.024 24
14 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Team Penske 83 +12.571 22
15 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 82 +1 Lap 26
16 7 United States Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 80 +3 Laps 19
17 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 76 Contact 20
18 20 United States Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 76 Contact 8
19 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 76 Contact 10
20 36 United States Alex Barron All American Racing 71 Contact 23
21 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 70 Off course 4
22 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 70 Contact 21
23 98 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri All American Racing 64 Brakes 27
24 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 39 Engine 25
25 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 31 Throttle 15
26 34 United States Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 20 Spun off 28
27 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 13 Cooling 9
28 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 1 Suspension 11

Caution flags

Laps Cause
22-24 Vitolo (34) spin
68-76 Sospiri (98) spin, Moore (99) off course, Barron (36), Castro-Neves (16) contact
78-81 Carpentier (33), Pruett (20), de Ferran (5) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader
1-51 Bryan Herta
52-53 Dario Franchitti
54-83 Bryan Herta
  
Driver Laps led
Bryan Herta 81
Dario Franchitti 2

Point standings after race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alex Zanardi 234
2 United States Jimmy Vasser 136
3 Mexico Adrián Fernández 126
4 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 122
5 Canada Greg Moore 119

References

  1. ↑ "Honda Grand Prix of Monterey." Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2012-02-26. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=13664
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