Race No. 3
Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach — California
April 11 — April 13, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 51.665 | 105.704 | 170.078 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 51.795 | 105.439 | 169.651 | 100.25% |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 51.834 | 105.359 | 169.523 | 100.33% |
| 4 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 51.911 | 105.203 | 169.272 | 100.48% |
| 5 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 52.016 | 104.991 | 168.930 | 100.68% |
| 6 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 52.024 | 104.975 | 168.904 | 100.69% |
| 7 | 99 | Greg Moore | 52.035 | 104.952 | 168.868 | 100.72% |
| 8 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 52.046 | 104.930 | 168.833 | 100.74% |
| 9 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 52.062 | 104.898 | 168.781 | 100.77% |
| 10 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 52.067 | 104.888 | 168.765 | 100.78% |
| 11 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 52.070 | 104.882 | 168.755 | 100.78% |
| 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 52.186 | 104.649 | 168.380 | 101.01% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 52.609 | 103.807 | 167.026 | 101.83% |
| 14 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 52.653 | 103.721 | 166.886 | 101.91% |
| 15 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 52.654 | 103.719 | 166.883 | 101.91% |
| 16 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 52.825 | 103.383 | 166.343 | 102.25% |
| 17 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 52.980 | 103.080 | 165.856 | 102.55% |
| 18 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 53.210 | 102.635 | 165.139 | 102.99% |
| 19 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 53.213 | 102.629 | 165.130 | 103.00% |
| 20 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 53.281 | 102.498 | 164.919 | 103.13% |
| 21 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 53.458 | 102.159 | 164.373 | 103.47% |
| 22 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 53.478 | 102.120 | 164.312 | 103.51% |
| 23 | 98 | PJ Jones | 53.950 | 101.227 | 162.874 | 104.42% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 54.336 | 100.508 | 161.717 | 105.17% |
| 25 | 24X | Hiro Matsushita | 56.167 | 97.231 | 156.445 | 108.71% |
| 26 | 64 | Dennis Vitolo | 58.307 | 93.663 | 150.704 | 112.86% |