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 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 21.207 | 175.187 | 281.877 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 21.236 | 174.948 | 281.492 | 100.14% |
| 3 | 99 | Greg Moore | 21.298 | 174.439 | 280.672 | 100.43% |
| 4 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 21.302 | 174.406 | 280.620 | 100.45% |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 21.304 | 174.390 | 280.593 | 100.46% |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 21.351 | 174.006 | 279.975 | 100.68% |
| 7 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 21.411 | 173.518 | 279.191 | 100.96% |
| 8 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 21.553 | 172.375 | 277.351 | 101.63% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 21.593 | 172.056 | 276.838 | 101.82% |
| 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 21.613 | 171.897 | 276.582 | 101.91% |
| 11 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 21.634 | 171.730 | 276.313 | 102.01% |
| 12 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 21.641 | 171.674 | 276.224 | 102.05% |
| 13 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 21.671 | 171.436 | 275.841 | 102.19% |
| 14 | 98 | PJ Jones | 21.698 | 171.223 | 275.498 | 102.32% |
| 15 | 7X | Bobby Rahal | 21.744 | 170.861 | 274.915 | 102.53% |
| 16 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 21.799 | 170.430 | 274.222 | 102.79% |
| 17 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 21.819 | 170.274 | 273.970 | 102.89% |
| 18 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 21.838 | 170.125 | 273.732 | 102.98% |
| 19 | 25 | Max Papis | 21.870 | 169.877 | 273.331 | 103.13% |
| 20 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 22.012 | 168.781 | 271.568 | 103.80% |
| 21 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 22.031 | 168.635 | 271.334 | 103.89% |
| 22 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 22.158 | 167.669 | 269.779 | 104.48% |
| 23 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 22.191 | 167.419 | 269.378 | 104.64% |
| 24 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 22.682 | 163.795 | 263.546 | 106.96% |
| 25 | 32X | Adrian Fernandez | 22.763 | 163.212 | 262.608 | 107.34% |
| 26 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 23.016 | 161.418 | 259.722 | 108.53% |