Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway — Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 9-11, 1997
The Grid
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 39.034 | 171.912 | 276.606 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 39.235 | 171.031 | 275.189 | 100.51% |
| 3 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 39.337 | 170.587 | 274.475 | 100.78% |
| 4 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 39.337 | 170.587 | 274.475 | 100.78% |
| 5 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 39.350 | 170.531 | 274.385 | 100.81% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 39.355 | 170.509 | 274.350 | 100.82% |
| 7 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 39.387 | 170.371 | 274.127 | 100.90% |
| 8 | 99 | Greg Moore | 39.388 | 170.367 | 274.120 | 100.91% |
| 9 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 39.540 | 169.712 | 273.066 | 101.30% |
| 10 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 39.609 | 169.416 | 272.590 | 101.47% |
| 11 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 39.630 | 169.326 | 272.446 | 101.53% |
| 12 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 39.667 | 169.168 | 272.192 | 101.62% |
| 13 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 39.764 | 168.756 | 271.528 | 101.87% |
| 14 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 39.804 | 168.586 | 271.255 | 101.97% |
| 15 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 39.838 | 168.442 | 271.023 | 102.06% |
| 16 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 39.854 | 168.375 | 270.915 | 102.10% |
| 17 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 39.941 | 168.008 | 270.325 | 102.32% |
| 18 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 40.101 | 167.337 | 269.246 | 102.73% |
| 19 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 40.144 | 167.158 | 268.958 | 102.84% |
| 20 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 40.482 | 165.763 | 266.712 | 103.71% |
| 21 | 25 | Max Papis | 40.892 | 164.101 | 264.038 | 104.76% |
| 22 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 41.774 | 160.636 | 258.463 | 107.02% |
| 23 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 41.847 | 160.356 | 258.012 | 107.21% |
| 24 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 42.071 | 159.502 | 256.638 | 107.78% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 42.074 | 159.490 | 256.620 | 107.79% |
| 26 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | no time | no speed | no speed | n/a |
| 27 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | no time | no speed | no speed | n/a |
| 28 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | no time | no speed | no speed | n/a |