Race No. 16
Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey
Monterey — California
September 5 — September 7, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 8X | Bryan Herta | 67.815 | 118.806 | 191.158 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 68.433 | 117.733 | 189.432 | 100.91% |
| 3 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 68.469 | 117.671 | 189.332 | 100.96% |
| 4 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 68.732 | 117.221 | 188.608 | 101.35% |
| 5 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 68.735 | 117.215 | 188.600 | 101.36% |
| 6 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 68.849 | 117.021 | 188.287 | 101.52% |
| 7 | 99X | Greg Moore | 68.992 | 116.779 | 187.897 | 101.74% |
| 8 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 69.013 | 116.743 | 187.840 | 101.77% |
| 9 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 69.055 | 116.672 | 187.726 | 101.83% |
| 10 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 69.062 | 116.660 | 187.707 | 101.84% |
| 11 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 69.180 | 116.461 | 187.386 | 102.01% |
| 12 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 69.319 | 116.228 | 187.011 | 102.22% |
| 13 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 69.384 | 116.119 | 186.835 | 102.31% |
| 14 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 69.461 | 115.990 | 186.628 | 102.43% |
| 15 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 69.486 | 115.949 | 186.561 | 102.46% |
| 16 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 69.646 | 115.682 | 186.133 | 102.70% |
| 17 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 69.679 | 115.627 | 186.044 | 102.75% |
| 18 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 69.696 | 115.599 | 185.999 | 102.77% |
| 19 | 25 | Max Papis | 70.271 | 114.653 | 184.477 | 103.62% |
| 20 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 70.486 | 114.304 | 183.914 | 103.94% |
| 21 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 70.547 | 114.205 | 183.755 | 104.03% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 70.996 | 113.482 | 182.593 | 104.69% |
| 23 | 98 | PJ Jones | 71.015 | 113.452 | 182.544 | 104.72% |
| 24 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 71.340 | 112.935 | 181.713 | 105.20% |
| 25 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 72.244 | 111.522 | 179.439 | 106.53% |
| 26 | 34 | Charlie Nearburg | 73.280 | 109.945 | 176.902 | 108.06% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 74.774 | 107.749 | 173.368 | 110.26% |
| 28 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 75.264 | 107.047 | 172.239 | 110.98% |