Race No. 1
Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
Presented By Toyota
Homestead Motorsports Complex — Homestead, Florida
February 28 — March 2, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 28.144 | 194.045 | 312.218 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 7X | Bobby Rahal | 28.456 | 191.917 | 308.795 | 101.11% |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 28.539 | 191.359 | 307.897 | 101.40% |
| 4 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 28.553 | 191.265 | 307.746 | 101.45% |
| 5 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 28.568 | 191.165 | 307.584 | 101.51% |
| 6 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 28.677 | 190.438 | 306.415 | 101.89% |
| 7 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 28.687 | 190.372 | 306.308 | 101.93% |
| 8 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 28.698 | 190.299 | 306.191 | 101.97% |
| 9 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 28.741 | 190.014 | 305.733 | 102.12% |
| 10 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 28.747 | 189.975 | 305.669 | 102.14% |
| 11 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 28.798 | 189.638 | 305.128 | 102.32% |
| 12 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 28.850 | 189.296 | 304.578 | 102.51% |
| 13 | 99 | Greg Moore | 28.860 | 189.231 | 304.472 | 102.54% |
| 14 | 1X | Jimmy Vasser | 28.874 | 189.139 | 304.325 | 102.59% |
| 15 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 28.896 | 188.995 | 304.093 | 102.67% |
| 16 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 28.899 | 188.975 | 304.061 | 102.68% |
| 17 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 29.026 | 188.149 | 302.731 | 103.13% |
| 18 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 29.220 | 186.899 | 300.721 | 103.82% |
| 19 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 29.267 | 186.599 | 300.238 | 103.99% |
| 20 | 98 | PJ Jones | 29.342 | 186.122 | 299.471 | 104.26% |
| 21 | 25 | Max Papis | 29.400 | 185.755 | 298.880 | 104.46% |
| 22 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 29.726 | 183.718 | 295.602 | 105.62% |
| 23 | 25X | Max Papis | 29.745 | 183.601 | 295.413 | 105.69% |
| 24 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 30.297 | 180.255 | 290.031 | 107.65% |
| 25 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 30.380 | 179.763 | 289.239 | 107.94% |
| 26 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 30.482 | 179.161 | 288.271 | 108.31% |
| 27 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 30.658 | 178.133 | 286.616 | 108.93% |
| 28 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 30.961 | 176.390 | 283.811 | 110.01% |
| 29 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.991 | 176.219 | 283.536 | 110.12% |
| 30 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.762 | 171.941 | 276.654 | 112.86% |
| 31 | 34 | Roberto Moreno | 32.839 | 166.302 | 267.580 | 116.68% |