Race No. 5 Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway — Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 9-11, 1997Race Results| pos | car | driver | laps | time | mph | km/h | lag | status | | 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 133 | 7847.996 | 113.721 | 182.977 | 0.000 | running | | 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 133 | 7849.801 | 113.695 | 182.935 | 1.805 | running | | 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 133 | 7850.249 | 113.689 | 182.925 | 2.253 | running | | 4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 133 | 7851.088 | 113.676 | 182.905 | 3.092 | running | | 5 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 133 | 7854.351 | 113.629 | 182.829 | 6.355 | running | | 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 133 | 7854.513 | 113.627 | 182.826 | 6.517 | running | | 7 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 133 | 7858.128 | 113.575 | 182.741 | 10.132 | running | | 8 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 133 | 7862.305 | 113.514 | 182.644 | 14.309 | running | | 9 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 133 | 7864.018 | 113.489 | 182.605 | 16.022 | running | | 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 132 | | | | 1 lap | running | | 11 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 132 | | | | 1 lap | running | | 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 132 | | | | 1 lap | running | | 13 | 25 | Max Papis | 132 | | | | 1 lap | running | | 14 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 131 | | | | 2 laps | fuel | | 15 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 128 | | | | 5 laps | running | | 16 | 98 | PJ Jones | 126 | | | | 7 laps | engine | | 17 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 98 | | | | 35 laps | contact | | 18 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 97 | | | | 36 laps | engine | | 19 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 85 | | | | 48 laps | engine | | 20 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 80 | | | | 53 laps | engine | | 21 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 64 | | | | 69 laps | engine | | 22 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 56 | | | | 77 laps | contact | | 23 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 46 | | | | 87 laps | engine | | 24 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 36 | | | | 97 laps | engine | | 25 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 23 | | | | 110 laps | gearbox | | 26 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 0 | | | | 133 laps | contact | | 27 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 0 | | | | 133 laps | contact | | 28 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 0 | | | | 133 laps | contact | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | track length | 1.86 | mls | | | | | | | | 133 | laps | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | distance: | 247.91 | mls | | | | | | | | 398.89 | km | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cautions | | | | | | | | | 8 for 43 laps | | | | | | |
Fastest Race Laps| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time | | 1 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 39.898 | 168.189 | 270.616 | 100.00% | | 2 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 39.963 | 167.915 | 270.176 | 100.16% | | 3 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 40.199 | 166.930 | 268.590 | 100.75% | | 4 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 40.226 | 166.817 | 268.409 | 100.82% | | 5 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 40.252 | 166.710 | 268.236 | 100.89% | | 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 40.298 | 166.519 | 267.930 | 101.00% | | 7 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 40.326 | 166.404 | 267.744 | 101.07% | | 8 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 40.354 | 166.288 | 267.558 | 101.14% | | 9 | 99 | Greg Moore | 40.384 | 166.165 | 267.359 | 101.22% | | 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 40.414 | 166.041 | 267.161 | 101.29% | | 11 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 40.467 | 165.824 | 266.811 | 101.43% | | 12 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 40.514 | 165.632 | 266.501 | 101.54% | | 13 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 40.631 | 165.155 | 265.734 | 101.84% | | 14 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 40.661 | 165.033 | 265.538 | 101.91% | | 15 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 40.694 | 164.899 | 265.322 | 102.00% | | 16 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 40.709 | 164.838 | 265.225 | 102.03% | | 17 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 40.710 | 164.834 | 265.218 | 102.04% | | 18 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 40.716 | 164.810 | 265.179 | 102.05% | | 19 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 40.867 | 164.201 | 264.199 | 102.43% | | 20 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 41.151 | 163.068 | 262.376 | 103.14% | | 21 | 98 | PJ Jones | 41.430 | 161.970 | 260.609 | 103.84% | | 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 41.471 | 161.809 | 260.351 | 103.94% | | 23 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 42.179 | 159.093 | 255.981 | 105.72% | | 24 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 42.701 | 157.149 | 252.852 | 107.03% | | 25 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 43.151 | 155.510 | 250.215 | 108.15% |
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