Race No. 15
Molson Indy
Vancouver — Canada
August 29 — August 31, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 54.769 | 111.939 | 180.110 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 54.913 | 111.646 | 179.638 | 100.26% |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 54.916 | 111.640 | 179.628 | 100.27% |
| 4 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 55.164 | 111.138 | 178.821 | 100.72% |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 55.170 | 111.126 | 178.801 | 100.73% |
| 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 55.192 | 111.081 | 178.730 | 100.77% |
| 7 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 55.242 | 110.981 | 178.568 | 100.86% |
| 8 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 55.251 | 110.963 | 178.539 | 100.88% |
| 9 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 55.287 | 110.890 | 178.423 | 100.95% |
| 10 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 55.398 | 110.668 | 178.065 | 101.15% |
| 11 | 99 | Greg Moore | 55.420 | 110.624 | 177.995 | 101.19% |
| 12 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 55.509 | 110.447 | 177.709 | 101.35% |
| 13 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 55.517 | 110.431 | 177.684 | 101.37% |
| 14 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 55.792 | 109.887 | 176.808 | 101.87% |
| 15 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 55.794 | 109.883 | 176.801 | 101.87% |
| 16 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 55.823 | 109.826 | 176.710 | 101.92% |
| 17 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 56.080 | 109.322 | 175.900 | 102.39% |
| 18 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 56.240 | 109.011 | 175.399 | 102.69% |
| 19 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 56.343 | 108.812 | 175.079 | 102.87% |
| 20 | 34 | Christian Danner | 56.460 | 108.587 | 174.716 | 103.09% |
| 21 | 40X | Raul Boesel | 56.518 | 108.475 | 174.537 | 103.19% |
| 22 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 56.534 | 108.444 | 174.487 | 103.22% |
| 23 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 56.744 | 108.043 | 173.841 | 103.61% |
| 24 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 56.904 | 107.739 | 173.353 | 103.90% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 56.994 | 107.569 | 173.079 | 104.06% |
| 26 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 57.159 | 107.259 | 172.579 | 104.36% |
| 27 | 98 | PJ Jones | 57.233 | 107.120 | 172.356 | 104.50% |
| 28 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 57.488 | 106.645 | 171.592 | 104.96% |
| 29 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 60.596 | 101.175 | 162.791 | 110.64% |
| 30 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 61.998 | 98.887 | 159.109 | 113.20% |
| 31 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 63.378 | 96.734 | 155.645 | 115.72% |
| 32 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 65.505 | 93.593 | 150.591 | 119.60% |