Castroneves fastest in warm-up

Castroneves was fastest on a lap of 1m16.425s in his Penske Reynard-Honda, 0.4s ahead of Brack's Rahal Lola-Ford. Michael Andretti was third in his Team Motorola Reynard-Honda, 0.6s off Castroneves' pace.

Bruno Junqueira improved his form to set the fourth quickest time, despite two offs. Also showing better form were Max Wilson and the new Arciero Brooke team, improving to eighth in the unique Phoenix/Ilmor-engined Reynard.

Local hero Adrian Fernandez continued to struggle, only 27th fastest as the warm-up was red-flagged early following a spin by Dale Coyne Racing's Luiz Garcia Jr.

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1 H Castroneves Penske Reynard-Honda 1m16.425s
2 K Brack Rahal Lola-Ford 1m16.818s
3 M Andretti Motorola Reynard-Honda 1m17.091s
4 B Junqueira Ganassi Lola-Toyota 1m17.153s
5 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Reynard-Honda 1m17.189s
6 Jimmy Vasser Patrick Reynard-Toyota 1m17.236s
7 D Franchitti Green Reynard-Honda 1m17.345s
8 M Wilson Brooke Reynard-Phoenix 1m17.457s
9 G de Ferran Penske Reynard-Honda 1m17.472s
10 O Servia Sigma Lola-Ford 1m17.525s
11 P Carpentier Forsythe Reynard-Ford 1m17.526s
12 A Tagliani Forsythe Reynard-Ford 1m17.569s
13 B Herta Zakspeed Reynard-Ford 1m17.572s
14 C da Matta Newman-Haas Lola-Toyota 1m17.670s
15 S Nakano Fernandez Reynard-Honda 1m17.699s
16 M Gugelmin PacWest Reynard-Toyota 1m17.706s
17 A Zanardi Mo Nunn Reynard-Honda 1m17.807s
18 P Tracy Green Reynard-Honda 1m17.823s
19 N Minassian Ganassi Lola-Toyota 1m18.236s
20 S Dixon PacWest Reynard-Toyota 1m18.264s
21 C Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Lola-Toyota 1m18.398s
22 M Papis Rahal Lola-Ford 1m18.541s
23 M Jourdain Jr Bettenhausen Lola-Ford 1m18.567s
24 T Takagi Walker Reynard-Toyota 1m18.711s
25 M Krumm Coyne Lola-Ford 1m19.397s
26 L Garcia Jr Coyne Lola-Ford 1m19.813s
27 A Fernandez Fernandez Reynard-Honda 1m19.844s
28 Roberto Moreno Patrick Reynard-Toyota 1m20.129s