1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota

Race 1 of 17

Homestead
147 laps
Time of race: 1:38:45.666
Average speed of winner: 135.478 mph
Margin of victory: 3.401 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 36 laps
Fastest lap: Michael Andretti 183.897
Lap leaders: Zanardi 1-31, de Ferran 32-68, Andretti 69-105, Zanardi 106-107, Tracy 108-112, Andretti 113-147

Race notes: Debut for Patrick Carpentier, Dario Franchitti, and Gualter Salles.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	14	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco/Havoline	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	190.978	147	2	72	flagged	21
2	16	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	189.862	147	1	5	flagged	16
3	6	Jimmy Vasser	1	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	192.968	147	0	0	flagged	14
4	4	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Forsythe	194.004	147	0	0	flagged	12
5	11	Scott Pruett	20	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	191.776	147	0	0	flagged	10
6	2	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	194.869	147	0	0	flagged	8
7	1	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	195.043	147	2	33	flagged	7
8	7	Parker Johnstone	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	192.887	146	0	0	flagged	5
9	9	Patrick Carpentier	16	Alumax	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	192.404	146	0	0	flagged	4
10	18	Bryan Herta	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	189.678	146	0	0	flagged	3
11	21	Richie Hearn	21	Ralph's Food 4 Less	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Della Penna	186.237	146	0	0	flagged	2
12	20	André Ribeiro	31	LCI/Marlboro	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	186.695	146	0	0	flagged	1
13	22	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	185.673	146	0	0	flagged	0
14	5	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	193.132	145	0	0	flagged	0
15	19	Gualter Salles	77	Davis Racing	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Davis	189.658	145	0	0	flagged	0
16	12	Bobby Rahal	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Rahal	191.514	144	0	0	flagged	0
17	8	Raul Boesel	40	Brahma	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	192.744	143	0	0	engine	0
18	23	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	Herdez/Mexlub	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	183.459	143	0	0	flagged	0
19	17	Max Papis	25	MCI	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	189.730	133	0	0	flagged	0
20	25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	182.362	122	0	0	flagged	0
21	26	Hiro Matsushita	24	Panasonic-Duskin	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	179.704	88	0	0	oil pressure	0
22	3	Gil de Ferran	5	Valvoline/Cummins Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Walker	194.695	68	1	37	contact	0
23	27	Dennis Vitolo	64	SmithKline Beecham	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Project Indy	176.407	62	0	0	engine	0
24	28	Roberto Moreno	34	Data Control	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne		62	0	0	handling	0
25	13	Dario Franchitti	9	Hogan Motor Leasing Inc.	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Hogan	191.306	44	0	0	contact	0
26	15	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Swift	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	189.981	40	0	0	oil leak	0
27	10	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	192.167	27	0	0	electrical	0
28	24	P.J. Jones	98	Castrol-Jockey	Reynard	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	183.366	26	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Michael Andretti	21	1	0	1	1
2	Paul Tracy	16	1	0	0	1
3	Jimmy Vasser	14	1	0	0	1
4	Greg Moore	12	1	0	0	0
5	Scott Pruett	10	1	0	0	0
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	8	1	0	0	0
7	Alex Zanardi	7	1	1	0	0
8	Parker Johnstone	5	1	0	0	0
9	Patrick Carpentier	4	1	0	0	0
10	Bryan Herta	3	1	0	0	0
11	Richie Hearn	2	1	0	0	0
12	André Ribeiro	1	1	0	0	0
13	Adrián Fernández	0	1	0	0	0
14	Mark Blundell	0	1	0	0	0
15	Gualter Salles	0	1	0	0	0
16	Bobby Rahal	0	1	0	0	0
17	Raul Boesel	0	1	0	0	0
18	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	0	1	0	0	0
19	Max Papis	0	1	0	0	0
20	Juan Manuel Fangio II	0	1	0	0	0
21	Hiro Matsushita	0	1	0	0	0
22	Gil de Ferran	0	1	0	0	0
23	Dennis Vitolo	0	1	0	0	0
24	Roberto Moreno	0	1	0	0	0
25	Dario Franchitti	0	1	0	0	0