1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami

March 2026 August 2023 United States Marlboro Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway track map--Speedway.svg March 15 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami 1 19 CART Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, United States Permanent oval course 1.5 2.4 150 225 360 Temperatures reaching up to 77 F C; wind speeds up to 13 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Homestead/1998-03-15 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-13 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 24.856 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 26.405 Canada Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing USA Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Canada Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy The 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was a CART race which happened at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. 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 1 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 150 1:33:39.268 8 20+1 2 99 Canada Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 150 +0.075 1 16+1 3 1 Italy Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 150 +0.918 6 14 4 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 150 +3.359 4 12 5 20 US Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 150 +5.257 12 10 6 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 150 +5.926 5 8 7 5 Brazil Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 150 +6.810 11 6 8 8 US Bryan Herta Team Rahal 150 +9.866 16 5 9 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 150 +10.275 13 4 10 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group 150 +10.855 10 3 11 33 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 150 +11.382 9 2 12 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group 150 +29.029 7 1 13 10 US Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 149 +1 Lap 15 14 9 Finland JJ Lehto Hogan Racing 149 +1 Lap 29 15 15 Brazil Roberto Moreno Project Indy 149 +1 Lap 23 16 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 148 +2 Laps 3 17 3 Brazil André Ribeiro Marlboro Team Penske 148 +2 Laps 2 18 36 US Alex Barron All American Racing 148 +2 Laps 27 19 7 US Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 147 +3 Laps 17 20 98 US P. J. Jones All American Racing 146 +4 Laps 26 21 77 West Germany Arnd Meier Davis Racing 136 +14 Laps 28 22 2 US Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske 122 Transmission 14 23 24 Japan Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells Racing 121 Contact 24 24 16 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves Bettenhausen Racing 97 Contact 22 25 34 US Dennis Vitolo Payton/Coyne Racing 90 Withdrew 25 26 25 Italy Max Papis Arciero-Wells Racing 83 Wheel Bearing 20 27 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 79 Suspension 21 28 19 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 78 Handling 19 29 21 Brazil Tony Kanaan Tasman Motorsports Group 32 Contact 18 Source: 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented By Toyota - Racing-Reference.info https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1998_Marlboro_Grand_Prix_of_Miami_Presented_by_Toyota/R Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–36 Greg Moore 37-43 Alex Zanardi 44-65 Gil de Ferran 66-76 Michael Andretti 77-94 Gil de Ferran 95-102 Michael Andretti 103-107 Alex Zanardi 108-150 Michael Andretti 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 Category:Homestead–Miami Indy 300 Marlboro Grand Prix Of Miami, 1998 Category:1998 in sports in Florida