Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway — Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 9-11, 1997
Sunday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 39.701 | 169.023 | 271.959 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 39.841 | 168.430 | 271.003 | 100.35% |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 39.957 | 167.941 | 270.216 | 100.64% |
| 4 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 40.060 | 167.509 | 269.522 | 100.90% |
| 5 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 40.106 | 167.317 | 269.212 | 101.02% |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 40.130 | 167.217 | 269.051 | 101.08% |
| 7 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 40.142 | 167.167 | 268.971 | 101.11% |
| 8 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 40.163 | 167.079 | 268.830 | 101.16% |
| 9 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 40.185 | 166.988 | 268.683 | 101.22% |
| 10 | 77X | Gualter Salles | 40.204 | 166.909 | 268.556 | 101.27% |
| 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 40.212 | 166.876 | 268.503 | 101.29% |
| 12 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 40.256 | 166.693 | 268.209 | 101.40% |
| 13 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 40.259 | 166.681 | 268.189 | 101.41% |
| 14 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 40.301 | 166.507 | 267.910 | 101.51% |
| 15 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 40.353 | 166.292 | 267.565 | 101.64% |
| 16 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 40.458 | 165.861 | 266.870 | 101.91% |
| 17 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 40.532 | 165.558 | 266.383 | 102.09% |
| 18 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 40.584 | 165.346 | 266.042 | 102.22% |
| 19 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 40.734 | 164.737 | 265.062 | 102.60% |
| 20 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 41.047 | 163.481 | 263.041 | 103.39% |
| 21 | 99 | Greg Moore | 41.298 | 162.487 | 261.442 | 104.02% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 41.537 | 161.552 | 259.938 | 104.62% |
| 23 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 41.543 | 161.529 | 259.900 | 104.64% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 41.900 | 160.153 | 257.686 | 105.54% |
| 25 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 42.082 | 159.460 | 256.571 | 106.00% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 42.140 | 159.241 | 256.218 | 106.14% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 42.281 | 158.710 | 255.364 | 106.50% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 42.692 | 157.182 | 252.905 | 107.53% |