Race No. 16
Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey
Monterey — California
September 5 — September 7, 1997
Friday Individual Qualifying Report
| car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 4 | Alex Zanardi | 68.339 | 117.895 | 189.692 | 100.00% |
| 18 | Mark Blundell | 68.767 | 117.161 | 188.512 | 100.63% |
| 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 68.899 | 116.936 | 188.151 | 100.82% |
| 99X | Greg Moore | 69.026 | 116.721 | 187.804 | 101.01% |
| 5 | Gil de Ferran | 69.145 | 116.520 | 187.481 | 101.18% |
| 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 69.326 | 116.216 | 186.992 | 101.44% |
| 9X | Dario Franchitti | 69.338 | 116.196 | 186.959 | 101.46% |
| 6X | Michael Andretti | 69.347 | 116.181 | 186.935 | 101.47% |
| 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 69.453 | 116.004 | 186.650 | 101.63% |
| 8X | Bryan Herta | 69.491 | 115.940 | 186.548 | 101.69% |
| 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 69.508 | 115.912 | 186.502 | 101.71% |
| 27 | Parker Johnstone | 69.660 | 115.659 | 186.095 | 101.93% |
| 20 | Scott Pruett | 69.681 | 115.624 | 186.039 | 101.96% |
| 3X | Paul Tracy | 69.814 | 115.404 | 185.685 | 102.16% |
| 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 69.861 | 115.326 | 185.560 | 102.23% |
| 40 | Raul Boesel | 69.867 | 115.316 | 185.544 | 102.24% |
| 7 | Bobby Rahal | 69.913 | 115.240 | 185.422 | 102.30% |
| 25 | Max Papis | 70.029 | 115.049 | 185.115 | 102.47% |
| 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 70.130 | 114.884 | 184.848 | 102.62% |
| 77 | Gualter Salles | 70.718 | 113.929 | 183.311 | 103.48% |
| 21 | Richie Hearn | 70.786 | 113.819 | 183.135 | 103.58% |
| 16 | Partick Carpentier | 70.900 | 113.636 | 182.840 | 103.75% |
| 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 71.111 | 113.299 | 182.298 | 104.06% |
| 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 71.831 | 112.163 | 180.471 | 105.11% |
| 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 71.963 | 111.958 | 180.140 | 105.30% |
| 98 | PJ Jones | 72.316 | 111.411 | 179.260 | 105.82% |
| 34 | Charlie Nearburg | 72.997 | 110.372 | 177.588 | 106.82% |
| 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 74.464 | 108.197 | 174.089 | 108.96% |