1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
| Race details | |
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| Race 1 of 19 in the 1998 CART season | |
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| 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) |
| 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.
Top 6: Greg Moore, Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti, Christian Fittipaldi, Gil de Ferran and Adrian Fernandez.
First full course caution was out, as rookie Tony Kanaan had hit the wall in turn 4.
Green flag. de Ferran leads.
Top 6: Gil de Ferran, Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Christian Fittipaldi, Patrick Carpentier and Scott Pruett.
New leader: Michael Andretti!
Second full course caution came out, as Paul Tracy "brushed" the wall in the backstretch.
Green flag. de Ferran leads, but, laps later, he lost the lead, due to a pitstop.
Top 6: Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Dario Franchitti and Scott Pruett.
Third full course caution, as another 1998 rookie had "brushed" the wall in turn 1: Helio Castroneves.
Green flag. Alex Zanardi leads.
Fourth full course caution came out as Mark Blundell was another victim of the wall. This time in turn 2.
Top 6: Andretti, Zanardi, Moore, Fittipaldi, Pruett and Fernandez.
Green flag. Andretti once again was leading the race.
Fifth full course caution: Hiro Matsushita had hit the wall in turn 2.
Green flag. Andretti leads.
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