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1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States
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.
This is the last Grand Prix of Long Beach to have Al Unser Jr and Bobby Rahal.
Classification
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 105 | 1:51:29.113 | 11 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | UK Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 105 | +2.917 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | US Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 105 | +4.336 | 1 | 14+1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Mexico Adrián Fernández | Patrick Racing | 105 | +5.885 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Brazil Tony Kanaan | Tasman Motorsports Group | 105 | +15.905 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | Canada Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 105 | +19.357 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | UK Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing Group | 105 | +21.158 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | US Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 105 | +24.602 | 20 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves | Bettenhausen Racing | 105 | +37.374 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Brazil Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing Group | 105 | +51.452 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 98 | US P. J. Jones | All American Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 25 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | US Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Brazil Gualter Salles | Payton/Coyne Racing | 104 | +1 Lap | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | US Alex Barron | All American Racing | 103 | +2 Laps | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 77 | West Germany Arnd Meier | Davis Racing | 102 | +3 Laps | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Italy Domenico Schiattarella | Project Indy | 101 | Contact | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | US Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 101 | +4 Laps | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Finland JJ Lehto | Hogan Racing | 99 | +6 Laps | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Japan Hiro Matsushita | Arciero-Wells Racing | 98 | +7 Laps | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Brazil Gil de Ferran | Walker Racing | 94 | Transmission | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | US Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 55 | Tire | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brazil André Ribeiro | Team Penske | 55 | Oil leak | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | US Richie Hearn | Della Penna Motorsports | 53 | Transmission | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Italy Max Papis | Arciero-Wells Racing | 37 | Contact | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Canada Paul Tracy | Team Green | 19 | Contact | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Brazil Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 19 | Contact | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. | Payton/Coyne Racing | 14 | Contact | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Canada Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 8 | Contact | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | US Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 0 | Contact | 10 |
Caution flags
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 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
| Laps | Leader |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Driver | Laps 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
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEX Adrián Fernández | 41 |
| 2 | CAN Greg Moore | 37 |
| 3 | ITA Alex Zanardi | 34 |
| 4 | UK Dario Franchitti | 25 |
| 5 | USA Michael Andretti | 21 |
References
References
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