Round 9 of the 1998 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at the Hungaroring in Hungary on 15 August 1998. Stéphane Sarrazin started on pole position and Nick Heidfeld was the race winner. The race featured on the undercard of the 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | West Competition Team | Avon | 52 | 1:20:14.689 | - | - | 1:31.174 | 154.435 |
| 2 | 28 | Stéphane Sarrazin | France | Apomatox | Avon | 52 | 1:20:17.407 | +2.718 | +2.718 | 1:31.607 | 154.348 |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:20:43.145 | +28.456 | +25.738 | 1:31.460 | 153.528 |
| 4 | 31 | Nicolas Minassian | France | West Competition Team | Avon | 52 | 1:20:52.686 | +37.997 | +9.541 | 1:32.170 | 153.226 |
| 5 | 34 | André Couto | Portugal | Prema Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:20:58.174 | +43.485 | +5.488 | 1:32.419 | 153.053 |
| 6 | 10 | Oliver Martini | Italy | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:21:01.147 | +46.458 | +2.973 | 1:32.217 | 152.959 |
| 7 | 12 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Uruguay | Team Astromega | Avon | 52 | 1:21:02.822 | +48.133 | +1.675 | 1:32.360 | 152.906 |
| 8 | 36 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | GP Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:21:19.507 | +1:04.818 | +16.685 | 1:32.902 | 152.383 |
| 9 | 19 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 52 | 1:21:27.460 | +1:12.771 | +7.953 | 1:32.386 | 152.135 |
| 10 | 3 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:21:29.824 | +1:15.135 | +2.364 | 1:32.650 | 152.062 |
| 11 | 29 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | Brazil | Apomatox | Avon | 52 | 1:21:30.775 | +1:16.086 | +0.951 | 1:32.825 | 152.032 |
| 12 | 9 | Tomas Enge | Czech Republic | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:21:30.976 | +1:16.287 | +0.201 | 1:32.732 | 152.026 |
| 13 | 35 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | Prema Racing | Avon | 52 | 1:21:35.457 | +1:20.768 | +4.481 | 1:33.215 | 151.887 |
| 14 | 20 | Bertrand Godin | Canada | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 52 | 1:21:35.783 | +1:21.094 | +0.326 | 1:33.216 | 151.877 |
| 15 | 7 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:33.250 | ||
| 16 | 25 | Mark Shaw | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1:33.308 | |||
| 17 | 6 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1:33.304 | |||
| 18 | 33 | Dominik Schwager | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1:33.260 | |||
| 19 | 15 | Giovanni Montanari | Italy | International Draco Racing | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1:33.345 | |||
| 20 | 32 | Alex Müller | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 51 | 1 lap | 1:33.043 | |||
| 21 | 18 | Giorgio Vinella | Italy | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 50 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.994 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Kevin McGarrity | Great Britain | Nordic Racing / MobilCom | Avon | 48 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.465 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Team Astromega | Avon | 42 | 1:32.259 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Grégoire de Galzain | France | DAMS | Avon | 38 | 1:33.494 | ||||
| DNF | 38 | Fabrizio Gollin | Italy | Elide Racing | Avon | 34 | 1:33.643 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Fabrice Walfisch | France | Nordic Racing | Avon | 30 | 1:32.900 | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 27 | 1:33.372 | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 20 | 1:32.775 | ||||
| DNF | 14 | Bruno Junqueira | Brazil | International Draco Racing | Avon | 19 | 1:32.875 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 9 | 1:32.913 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | Soheil Ayari | France | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 9 | 1:33.038 | ||||
| DNS | 24 | David Cook | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | ||||||
| DNS | 4 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Super Nova Racing | Avon |