Race No. 15
Molson Indy
Vancouver — Canada
August 29 — August 31, 1997
Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 55.340 | 110.784 | 178.252 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 55.352 | 110.760 | 178.213 | 100.02% |
| 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 55.797 | 109.877 | 176.792 | 100.83% |
| 4 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 55.813 | 109.845 | 176.741 | 100.85% |
| 5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 55.878 | 109.718 | 176.536 | 100.97% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 55.931 | 109.614 | 176.368 | 101.07% |
| 7 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 55.987 | 109.504 | 176.192 | 101.17% |
| 8 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 56.265 | 108.963 | 175.321 | 101.67% |
| 9 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 56.304 | 108.887 | 175.200 | 101.74% |
| 10 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 56.337 | 108.824 | 175.097 | 101.80% |
| 11 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 56.649 | 108.224 | 174.133 | 102.37% |
| 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 56.722 | 108.085 | 173.909 | 102.50% |
| 13 | 18X | Mark Blundell | 56.852 | 107.838 | 173.511 | 102.73% |
| 14 | 99 | Greg Moore | 56.859 | 107.825 | 173.490 | 102.74% |
| 15 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 56.919 | 107.711 | 173.307 | 102.85% |
| 16 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 57.199 | 107.184 | 172.459 | 103.36% |
| 17 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 57.297 | 107.000 | 172.164 | 103.54% |
| 18 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 57.362 | 106.879 | 171.969 | 103.65% |
| 19 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 57.424 | 106.764 | 171.783 | 103.77% |
| 20 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 57.469 | 106.680 | 171.648 | 103.85% |
| 21 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 57.653 | 106.340 | 171.101 | 104.18% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 57.705 | 106.244 | 170.946 | 104.27% |
| 23 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 57.830 | 106.014 | 170.577 | 104.50% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 58.054 | 105.605 | 169.919 | 104.90% |
| 25 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 58.220 | 105.304 | 169.434 | 105.20% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 58.948 | 104.004 | 167.342 | 106.52% |
| 27 | 34 | Christian Danner | 59.513 | 103.016 | 165.753 | 107.54% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 62.183 | 98.593 | 158.636 | 112.37% |
| 29 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 64.322 | 95.314 | 153.361 | 116.23% |
| 30 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 65.173 | 94.070 | 151.358 | 117.77% |
| 31 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 69.383 | 88.362 | 142.174 | 125.38% |
| 32 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 69.986 | 87.600 | 140.949 | 126.47% |