Race No. 11
Molson Indy
Toronto — Ontario, Canada
July 18 — July 20, 1997
Friday Individual Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 59.408 | 104.289 | 167.801 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 59.894 | 103.443 | 166.439 | 100.82% |
| 3 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 60.080 | 103.123 | 165.924 | 101.13% |
| 4 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 60.240 | 102.849 | 165.483 | 101.40% |
| 5 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 60.309 | 102.731 | 165.294 | 101.52% |
| 6 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 60.323 | 102.707 | 165.256 | 101.54% |
| 7 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 60.361 | 102.642 | 165.152 | 101.60% |
| 8 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 60.386 | 102.600 | 165.083 | 101.65% |
| 9 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 60.523 | 102.368 | 164.710 | 101.88% |
| 10 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 60.564 | 102.298 | 164.598 | 101.95% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 60.589 | 102.256 | 164.530 | 101.99% |
| 12 | 99X | Greg Moore | 60.599 | 102.239 | 164.503 | 102.00% |
| 13 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 60.641 | 102.168 | 164.389 | 102.08% |
| 14 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 60.670 | 102.120 | 164.311 | 102.12% |
| 15 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 61.069 | 101.452 | 163.237 | 102.80% |
| 16 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 61.099 | 101.403 | 163.157 | 102.85% |
| 17 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 61.185 | 101.260 | 162.928 | 102.99% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 61.228 | 101.189 | 162.813 | 103.06% |
| 19 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 61.375 | 100.947 | 162.423 | 103.31% |
| 20 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 61.709 | 100.400 | 161.544 | 103.87% |
| 21 | 25 | Max Papis | 61.987 | 99.950 | 160.820 | 104.34% |
| 22 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 62.043 | 99.860 | 160.674 | 104.44% |
| 23 | 98 | PJ Jones | 62.169 | 99.657 | 160.349 | 104.65% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 62.289 | 99.465 | 160.040 | 104.85% |
| 25 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 62.384 | 99.314 | 159.796 | 105.01% |
| 26 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 64.022 | 96.773 | 155.708 | 107.77% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 64.279 | 96.386 | 155.085 | 108.20% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 65.822 | 94.127 | 151.450 | 110.80% |