Race No. 15
Molson Indy
Vancouver — Canada
August 29 — August 31, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 54.025 | 113.481 | 182.591 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 54.351 | 112.800 | 181.495 | 100.60% |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 54.386 | 112.728 | 181.379 | 100.67% |
| 4 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 54.419 | 112.659 | 181.269 | 100.73% |
| 5 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 54.505 | 112.481 | 180.983 | 100.89% |
| 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 54.542 | 112.405 | 180.860 | 100.96% |
| 7 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 54.553 | 112.382 | 180.823 | 100.98% |
| 8 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 54.600 | 112.286 | 180.668 | 101.06% |
| 9 | 99 | Greg Moore | 54.614 | 112.257 | 180.621 | 101.09% |
| 10 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 54.655 | 112.173 | 180.486 | 101.17% |
| 11 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 54.977 | 111.516 | 179.429 | 101.76% |
| 12 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 55.052 | 111.364 | 179.184 | 101.90% |
| 13 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 55.090 | 111.287 | 179.061 | 101.97% |
| 14 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 55.118 | 111.230 | 178.970 | 102.02% |
| 15 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 55.183 | 111.099 | 178.759 | 102.14% |
| 16 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 55.315 | 110.834 | 178.332 | 102.39% |
| 17 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 55.535 | 110.395 | 177.626 | 102.80% |
| 18 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 55.635 | 110.197 | 177.307 | 102.98% |
| 19 | 25 | Max Papis | 55.930 | 109.616 | 176.371 | 103.53% |
| 20 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 55.962 | 109.553 | 176.271 | 103.59% |
| 21 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 56.027 | 109.426 | 176.066 | 103.71% |
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 56.028 | 109.424 | 176.063 | 103.71% |
| 23 | 34 | Christian Danner | 56.068 | 109.346 | 175.937 | 103.78% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 56.241 | 109.009 | 175.396 | 104.10% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 56.373 | 108.754 | 174.985 | 104.35% |
| 26 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 58.508 | 104.786 | 168.600 | 108.30% |
| 27 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 62.557 | 98.003 | 157.688 | 115.79% |