| 1st | 1 | Manfred Winkelhock / Klaus Ludwig | Ford C100 | Ford | 1:25.5000 |
| 2nd | 3 | Guy Edwards / Emilio de Villota | Lola T600 Ford | Banco Occidental/Ultramar/Team Lola | 1:26.6000 |
| 3rd | 2 | Bob Wollek / Henri Pescarolo | Porsche 917K/81 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 1:27.0000 |
| 4th | 10 | Giorgio Francia / Lella Lombardi | Osella PA9 BMW | Osella Squadra Corse | 1:27.5000 |
| 5th | 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Hans Heyer | BMW M1 | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 1:28.3000 |
| 6th | 50 | Bobby Rahal / Bob Garretson | Porsche 935 K3/80 | Flying Tigers-Garretson Racing | 1:29.3000 |
| 7th | 29 | Dieter Schornstein / Harald Grohs | Porsche 935J | Vegla Racing Team-Aachen | 1:30.3000 |
| 8th | 23 | Edgar Dören / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 935 K3 | Wera-Meibberg-Team | 1:32.6000 |
| 9th | 16 | Robin Smith / Joachim Winkelhock | URD 679 BMW | URD-Rennwagenbau-Grafenau | 1:32.7000 |
| 10th | 22 | Derek Bell / Chris Craft | BMW M1 | Emka Productions Limited | 1:32.8000 |
| 11th | 51 | Desiré Wilson / Edgar Dören | Porsche 935 K3 | Preston J. Henn | 1:34.9000 |
| 12th | 66 | Ian Taylor / John Sheldon | Tiga SC81 Ford | Ian Taylor Racing Limited | 1:35.2000 |
| 13th | 5 | Leon Walger / Richard Jones | De Cadenet Lola LM Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 1:35.8000 |
| 14th | 62 | Jeremy Rossiter / Geoff Farmer | Lola T590 Ford | Geoff Farmer | 1:36.4000 |
| 15th | 15 | David Mercer / Mike Chittenden | Vogue SP2 Ford | David Mercer | 1:37.0000 |
| 16th | 12 | Martin Birrane / Roy Baker / Richard Jones | Lola T297 Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 1:37.2000 |
| 17th | 77 | Divina Galica / Tim Lee-Davey | Tiga SC80 Ford | Kelly Girl Services Limited | 1:37.4000 |
| 18th | 65 | Mike Taylor / Richard Eyre | Tiga SC81 Ford | Ian Taylor Racing Limited | 1:37.6000 |
| 19th | 25 | John Cooper / Dudley Wood | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Racing | 1:37.7000 |
| 20th | 78 | Allan Kayes / Robert Gibbs | March 81S Ford | DB Motorsport | 1:38.5000 |
| 21st | 28 | Claude Haldi / Rodrigo Téran | Porsche 935 K3 | Claude Haldi | 1:38.5000 |
| 22nd | 30 | Jacques Guérin / Christian Bussi | Porsche 935 | Christian Bussi | 1:38.8000 |
| 23rd | 64 | Adrian Hall / Robert Parker / Mike Kimpton | Tiga SC80 Ford | Kemitex | 1:40.1000 |
| 24th | 60 | John Brindley / John L. Webb | Lola T592 Ford | RG Racing | 1:40.6000 |
| 25th | 43 | David Kennedy / Richard Cleare | Porsche 934 | Richard Cleare | 1:40.9000 |
| 26th | 61 | Hans Lundstrom / Ulf Dahl | Lola T492 Ford | HEP | 1:41.8000 |
| 27th | 63 | Chris Alford / John Walker / Roger Woodward | Tiga SC79 Ford | Kiron Camera Lenses | 1:42.3000 |
| 28th | 26 | Barry Robinson / Paul Edwards | Porsche Carrera RSR | Crossroads Coachwork Centre/Motorfair Earls Court | 1:43.2000 |
| 29th | 41 | Andy Rouse / Richard Lloyd | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras Racing with GTi Engineering | 1:44.2000 |
| 30th | 33 | Jan Lundgardh / "Umberto Calvo" | Porsche 935 L1 | Tuff Kote Dinol | 1:44.5000 |
| 31st | 21 | William Wykeham / Ian Harrower | Triumph TR8 Turbo | Janspeed/ADA Engineering | 1:44.9000 |
| 32nd | 42 | Neil Crang / Angelo Pallavicini | Porsche 934 | Angelo Pallavicini | 1:45.0000 |
| 33rd | 32 | John Evans / Max Payne | Lotus Elan | Arthur Hough Pressings/Ark Racing | no time |