Race No. 11
Molson Indy
Toronto — Ontario, Canada
July 18 — July 20, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 59.027 | 104.962 | 168.884 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 59.164 | 104.719 | 168.493 | 100.23% |
| 3 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 59.206 | 104.645 | 168.373 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 59.225 | 104.611 | 168.319 | 100.34% |
| 5 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 59.344 | 104.401 | 167.982 | 100.54% |
| 6 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 59.540 | 104.058 | 167.429 | 100.87% |
| 7 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 59.569 | 104.007 | 167.347 | 100.92% |
| 8 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 59.605 | 103.944 | 167.246 | 100.98% |
| 9 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 59.618 | 103.922 | 167.210 | 101.00% |
| 10 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 59.661 | 103.847 | 167.089 | 101.07% |
| 11 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 59.701 | 103.777 | 166.977 | 101.14% |
| 12 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 59.721 | 103.742 | 166.922 | 101.18% |
| 13 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 59.829 | 103.555 | 166.620 | 101.36% |
| 14 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 59.926 | 103.388 | 166.351 | 101.52% |
| 15 | 99X | Greg Moore | 60.348 | 102.665 | 165.187 | 102.24% |
| 16 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 60.514 | 102.383 | 164.734 | 102.52% |
| 17 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 60.870 | 101.784 | 163.771 | 103.12% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 60.897 | 101.739 | 163.698 | 103.17% |
| 19 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 60.989 | 101.586 | 163.451 | 103.32% |
| 20 | 25 | Max Papis | 61.132 | 101.348 | 163.069 | 103.57% |
| 21 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 61.306 | 101.060 | 162.606 | 103.86% |
| 22 | 98 | PJ Jones | 61.347 | 100.993 | 162.497 | 103.93% |
| 23 | 32X | Adrian Fernandez | 61.419 | 100.874 | 162.307 | 104.05% |
| 24 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 61.858 | 100.158 | 161.155 | 104.80% |
| 25 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 62.066 | 99.823 | 160.615 | 105.15% |
| 26 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 62.190 | 99.624 | 160.295 | 105.36% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 62.664 | 98.870 | 159.082 | 106.16% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 63.446 | 97.652 | 157.121 | 107.49% |
| 29 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 63.751 | 97.184 | 156.370 | 108.00% |
| 30 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 65.197 | 95.029 | 152.902 | 110.45% |