Race No. 5
Rio 400
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway — Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 9-11, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 39.227 | 171.066 | 275.245 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 39.293 | 170.779 | 274.783 | 100.17% |
| 3 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 39.396 | 170.332 | 274.064 | 100.43% |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 39.431 | 170.181 | 273.821 | 100.52% |
| 5 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 39.438 | 170.151 | 273.772 | 100.54% |
| 6 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 39.444 | 170.125 | 273.731 | 100.55% |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 39.466 | 170.030 | 273.578 | 100.61% |
| 8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 39.505 | 169.862 | 273.308 | 100.71% |
| 9 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 39.510 | 169.841 | 273.273 | 100.72% |
| 10 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 39.526 | 169.772 | 273.163 | 100.76% |
| 11 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 39.553 | 169.656 | 272.976 | 100.83% |
| 12 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 39.596 | 169.472 | 272.680 | 100.94% |
| 13 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 39.640 | 169.284 | 272.377 | 101.05% |
| 14 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 39.740 | 168.858 | 271.692 | 101.31% |
| 15 | 99 | Greg Moore | 39.774 | 168.713 | 271.460 | 101.39% |
| 16 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 39.837 | 168.446 | 271.030 | 101.56% |
| 17 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 40.080 | 167.425 | 269.387 | 102.17% |
| 18 | 77X | Gualter Salles | 40.148 | 167.142 | 268.931 | 102.35% |
| 19 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 40.161 | 167.087 | 268.844 | 102.38% |
| 20 | 18X | Mark Blundell | 40.314 | 166.453 | 267.823 | 102.77% |
| 21 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 40.349 | 166.309 | 267.591 | 102.86% |
| 22 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 40.806 | 164.446 | 264.594 | 104.03% |
| 23 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 40.869 | 164.193 | 264.186 | 104.19% |
| 24 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 41.104 | 163.254 | 262.676 | 104.78% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 41.175 | 162.973 | 262.223 | 104.97% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 41.211 | 162.830 | 261.994 | 105.06% |
| 27 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 41.520 | 161.618 | 260.044 | 105.85% |
| 28 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 41.993 | 159.798 | 257.115 | 107.05% |
| 29 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 42.274 | 158.736 | 255.406 | 107.77% |
| 30 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 42.384 | 158.324 | 254.743 | 108.05% |
| 31 | 25X | Max Papis | 42.443 | 158.104 | 254.389 | 108.20% |
| 32 | 24X | Hiro Matsushita | 44.036 | 152.384 | 245.187 | 112.26% |
| 33 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 46.478 | 144.378 | 232.304 | 118.48% |