Race No. 3
Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach — California
April 11 — April 13, 1997
Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 52.076 | 109.640 | 176.410 |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 52.310 | 109.149 | 175.621 |
| 3 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 52.451 | 108.856 | 175.149 |
| 4 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 52.533 | 108.686 | 174.876 |
| 5 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 52.586 | 108.576 | 174.699 |
| 6 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 52.608 | 108.531 | 174.626 |
| 7 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 52.876 | 107.981 | 173.741 |
| 8 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 53.128 | 107.469 | 172.917 |
| 9 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 53.141 | 107.442 | 172.875 |
| 10 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 53.204 | 107.315 | 172.670 |
| 11 | 99 | Greg Moore | 53.220 | 107.283 | 172.618 |
| 12 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 53.280 | 107.162 | 172.424 |
| 13 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 53.288 | 107.146 | 172.398 |
| 14 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 53.325 | 107.072 | 172.278 |
| 15 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 53.425 | 106.871 | 171.956 |
| 16 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 53.481 | 106.759 | 171.776 |
| 17 | 16X | Patrick Carpentier | 53.574 | 106.574 | 171.478 |
| 18 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 53.636 | 106.451 | 171.279 |
| 19 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 53.771 | 106.184 | 170.849 |
| 20 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 54.070 | 105.596 | 169.905 |
| 21 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 54.230 | 105.285 | 169.403 |
| 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 54.307 | 105.136 | 169.163 |
| 23 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 54.436 | 104.886 | 168.762 |
| 24 | 98 | PJ Jones | 54.506 | 104.752 | 168.546 |
| 25 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 54.556 | 104.656 | 168.391 |
| 26 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 54.837 | 104.119 | 167.528 |
| 27 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 54.933 | 103.938 | 167.235 |
| 28 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 55.835 | 102.258 | 164.534 |
| 29 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 56.391 | 101.250 | 162.912 |
| 16 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 56.591 | 100.892 | 162.336 |
| 11 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 83.816 | 68.121 | 109.606 |