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1997 Miami Grand Prix in CART at the Homestead circuit. Full information

1997 Miami Grand Prix

1997 Miami Grand Prix is 270th CART race. Passed at the Homestead circuit. Alessandro Zanardi won the pole position, Michael Andretti won this race. Paul Tracy and Jimmy Vasser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 147 laps (355 km).

Previous race: 1996 Monterey Grand Prix
Next race: 1997 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars
Race Start: 2nd March 1997

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1997 Miami Grand Prix

52nd victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
36th victory for the Michael Andretti
70th podium for the Michael Andretti
26th podium for the Paul Tracy
11th podium for the Jimmy Vasser

1997 Miami Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	21	1h 38m 45.666s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	16	1h 38m 49.067s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	14	1h 38m 55.25s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	12	1h 38m 57.246s	Forsythe Racing
5	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	10	1h 39m 17.613s	Patrick Racing
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	8	1h 39m 29.485s	PacWest Racing Group
7	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	7	1h 39m 54.002s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	5	146 laps	Team Green
9	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	4	146 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
10	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	3	146 laps	Team Rahal
11	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	2	146 laps	Della Penna Motorsports
12	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	1	146 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
13	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	0	146 laps	Tasman Motorsports Group
14	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	0	145 laps	PacWest Racing Group
15	Gualter Salles	Reynard 96I, #77	0	145 laps	Davis Racing
16	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	0	144 laps	Team Rahal
17	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	0	143 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
18	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	0	143 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
19	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	0	133 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
20	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	0	122 laps	All-American Racers
21	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	0	88 laps Engine	Arciero-Wells Racing
22	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	0	68 laps Accident	Walker Racing
23	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	0	62 laps Engine	Project Indy
24	Roberto Moreno	Lola T97/00, #34	0	62 laps Handling	Payton-Coyne Racing
25	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	0	44 laps Accident	Hogan Racing
26	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	0	40 laps Oil leak	Newman-Haas Racing
27	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	0	27 laps Electrics	Marlboro Team Penske
28	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	0	26 laps Engine	All-American Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1997 Miami Grand Prix on the Homestead circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 97I, #4	28s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
2	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 97I, #17	28.025s	PacWest Racing Group
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 97I, #5	28.05s	Walker Racing
4	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	28.15s	Forsythe Racing
5	Mark Blundell	Reynard 97I, #18	28.277s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 97I, #1	28.301s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 97I, #27	28.313s	Team Green
8	Raul Boesel	Reynard 97I, #40	28.334s	Patrick Racing
9	Patrick Carpentier	Reynard 97I, #16	28.384s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
10	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC26, #2	28.419s	Marlboro Team Penske
11	Scott Pruett	Reynard 97I, #20	28.477s	Patrick Racing
12	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 97I, #7	28.516s	Team Rahal
13	Dario Franchitti	Reynard 97I, #9	28.547s	Hogan Racing
14	Michael Andretti	Swift 007i, #6	28.596s	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Christian Fittipaldi	Swift 007i, #11	28.746s	Newman-Haas Racing
16	Paul Tracy	Penske PC26, #3	28.764s	Marlboro Team Penske
17	Massimiliano Papis	Reynard 97I, #25	28.784s	Arciero-Wells Racing
18	Bryan Herta	Reynard 97I, #8	28.792s	Team Rahal
19	Gualter Salles	Reynard 96I, #77	28.795s	Davis Racing
20	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T97/00, #31	29.252s	Tasman Motorsports Group
21	Richie Hearn	Lola T97/00, #21	29.324s	Della Penna Motorsports
22	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T97/00, #32	29.413s	Tasman Motorsports Group
23	Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T97/00, #19	29.768s	Payton-Coyne Racing
24	P.J. Jones	Reynard 96I, #98	29.783s	All-American Racers
25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Reynard 96I, #36	29.947s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita	Reynard 96I, #24	30.39s	Arciero-Wells Racing
27	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T97/00, #64	30.958s	Project Indy
28	Roberto Moreno	Lola T97/00, #34	Handling	Payton-Coyne Racing