1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey

Race 16 of 19

Laguna Seca
83 laps
Time of race: 1:55:13.472
Average speed of winner: 96.726 mph
Margin of victory: 0.343 sec.
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan 113.758
Lap leaders: Herta 1-51, Franchitti 52-53, Herta 54-83

Race notes: First win for Bryan Herta. Debut for Vincenzo Sospiri.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	118.229	83	2	81	flagged	22
2	5	Alex Zanardi	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.576	83	0	0	flagged	16
3	14	Tony Kanaan	21	LCI	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	117.100	83	0	0	flagged	14
4	2	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	117.869	83	1	2	flagged	12
5	3	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	117.700	83	0	0	flagged	10
6	7	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	117.482	83	0	0	flagged	8
7	6	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State/Labatt	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	117.566	83	0	0	flagged	6
8	18	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	116.616	83	0	0	flagged	5
9	13	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	117.197	83	0	0	flagged	4
10	12	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	117.212	83	0	0	flagged	3
11	17	Richie Hearn	10	Budweiser/Ralph's	Swift	Ford	Firestone	Della Penna	116.752	83	0	0	flagged	2
12	16	Max Papis	25	MCI Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	116.906	83	0	0	flagged	1
13	24	Robby Gordon	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	116.047	83	0	0	flagged	0
14	22	André Ribeiro	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	116.253	83	0	0	flagged	0
15	26	Arnd Meier	77	Hasseroder/J.A.G.	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	115.737	82	0	0	flagged	0
16	19	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	116.554	80	0	0	flagged	0
17	20	Patrick Carpentier	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	116.483	76	0	0	contact	0
18	8	Scott Pruett	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	117.465	76	0	0	contact	0
19	10	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	117.292	76	0	0	contact	0
20	23	Alex Barron	36	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	116.114	71	0	0	contact	0
21	4	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	117.648	70	0	0	off course	0
22	21	Hélio Castroneves	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	116.438	70	0	0	contact	0
23	27	Vincenzo Sospiri	98	Castrol-Degree-Toyota	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	112.615	64	0	0	brakes	0
24	25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Viva Mexico!	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	115.852	39	0	0	engine	0
25	15	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	117.028	31	0	0	throttle	0
26	28	Dennis Vitolo	34	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	112.613	20	0	0	off course	0
27	9	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood PacWest	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	117.301	13	0	0	cooling system	0
28	11	JJ Lehto	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	117.215	1	0	0	suspension	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Alex Zanardi	234	16	0	6	12
2	Jimmy Vasser	137	16	0	2	4
3	Adrián Fernández	126	16	1	2	4
4	Dario Franchitti	122	16	5	2	4
5	Greg Moore	119	16	3	2	5
6	Michael Andretti	112	16	1	1	5
7	Scott Pruett	106	16	0	0	3
8	Bryan Herta	89	16	3	1	3
9	Bobby Rahal	80	16	0	0	1
10	Tony Kanaan	72	16	0	0	1
11	Gil de Ferran	67	16	0	0	2
12	Al Unser, Jr.	66	16	0	0	2
13	Paul Tracy	61	16	0	0	0
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	38	16	0	0	0
15	Richie Hearn	38	16	0	0	0
16	Christian Fittipaldi	36	15	0	0	1
17	Hélio Castroneves	33	16	0	0	1
18	Mark Blundell	26	16	0	0	0
19	Patrick Carpentier	23	16	2	0	0
20	Max Papis	15	16	0	0	0
21	André Ribeiro	13	15	0	0	0
22	JJ Lehto	12	16	0	0	0
23	Robby Gordon	9	12	0	0	0
24	Arnd Meier	4	16	0	0	0
25	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	4	16	0	0	0