Race No. 15
Molson Indy
Vancouver — Canada
August 29 — August 31, 1997
Friday Individual Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 54.184 | 113.148 | 182.055 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 54.750 | 111.978 | 180.173 | 101.04% |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 54.810 | 111.856 | 179.976 | 101.16% |
| 4 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 54.888 | 111.697 | 179.720 | 101.30% |
| 5 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 55.088 | 111.291 | 179.067 | 101.67% |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | 55.141 | 111.184 | 178.895 | 101.77% |
| 7 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 55.146 | 111.174 | 178.879 | 101.78% |
| 8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 55.186 | 111.093 | 178.749 | 101.85% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 55.260 | 110.945 | 178.510 | 101.99% |
| 10 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 55.334 | 110.796 | 178.271 | 102.12% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 55.350 | 110.764 | 178.220 | 102.15% |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 55.622 | 110.223 | 177.348 | 102.65% |
| 13 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 55.650 | 110.167 | 177.259 | 102.71% |
| 14 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 55.677 | 110.114 | 177.173 | 102.76% |
| 15 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 55.907 | 109.661 | 176.444 | 103.18% |
| 16 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 56.179 | 109.130 | 175.590 | 103.68% |
| 17 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 56.203 | 109.083 | 175.515 | 103.73% |
| 18 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 56.494 | 108.521 | 174.611 | 104.26% |
| 19 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 56.511 | 108.489 | 174.558 | 104.29% |
| 20 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 56.605 | 108.308 | 174.268 | 104.47% |
| 21 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 56.788 | 107.959 | 173.707 | 104.81% |
| 22 | 98 | PJ Jones | 56.917 | 107.715 | 173.313 | 105.04% |
| 23 | 25 | Max Papis | 57.207 | 107.169 | 172.434 | 105.58% |
| 24 | 34 | Christian Danner | 57.956 | 105.784 | 170.206 | 106.96% |
| 25 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 58.897 | 104.094 | 167.487 | 108.70% |
| 26 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 59.913 | 102.328 | 164.646 | 110.57% |
| 27 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 65.411 | 93.727 | 150.807 | 120.72% |