Race No. 2
IndyCarnival
Surfer's Paradise — Gold Coast, Australia
April 4 — April 6, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 95.940 | 104.878 | 168.749 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 96.140 | 104.660 | 168.398 | 100.21% |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 96.441 | 104.333 | 167.872 | 100.52% |
| 4 | 99 | Greg Moore | 96.754 | 103.996 | 167.329 | 100.85% |
| 5 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 96.754 | 103.996 | 167.329 | 100.85% |
| 6 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 96.772 | 103.976 | 167.298 | 100.87% |
| 7 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 96.831 | 103.913 | 167.196 | 100.93% |
| 8 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 96.896 | 103.843 | 167.084 | 101.00% |
| 9 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 96.945 | 103.791 | 166.999 | 101.05% |
| 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 97.078 | 103.649 | 166.771 | 101.19% |
| 11 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 97.324 | 103.387 | 166.349 | 101.44% |
| 12 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 97.371 | 103.337 | 166.269 | 101.49% |
| 13 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 97.592 | 103.103 | 165.892 | 101.72% |
| 14 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 97.646 | 103.046 | 165.801 | 101.78% |
| 15 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 97.819 | 102.863 | 165.507 | 101.96% |
| 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 97.895 | 102.784 | 165.379 | 102.04% |
| 17 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 98.215 | 102.449 | 164.840 | 102.37% |
| 18 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 98.325 | 102.334 | 164.656 | 102.49% |
| 19 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 98.521 | 102.131 | 164.328 | 102.69% |
| 20 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 98.990 | 101.647 | 163.549 | 103.18% |
| 21 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 99.595 | 101.029 | 162.556 | 103.81% |
| 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 99.927 | 100.694 | 162.016 | 104.16% |
| 23 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 99.981 | 100.639 | 161.928 | 104.21% |
| 24 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 100.138 | 100.481 | 161.674 | 104.38% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 100.505 | 100.114 | 161.084 | 104.76% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 101.871 | 98.772 | 158.924 | 106.18% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 102.316 | 98.342 | 158.233 | 106.65% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 102.795 | 97.884 | 157.496 | 107.15% |