| 1st | 1 | Marc Surer / Klaus Ludwig / Manfred Winkelhock | Ford C100 | Ford Motor Company | 1:27.5000 |
| 2nd | 2 | Klaus Niedzwiedz / Manfred Winkelhock | Ford C100 | Ford Motor Company | 1:27.5300 |
| 3rd | 50 | Teo Fabi / Riccardo Patrese | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 1:29.3800 |
| 4th | 51 | Michele Alboreto / Piercarlo Ghinzani | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 1:29.6000 |
| 5th | 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Walter Brun | Sauber SHS C6 BMW Turbo | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 1:30.3800 |
| 6th | 11 | Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche | 1:31.0400 |
| 7th | 40 | "Pierre Chauvet" / Jo Gartner | TOJ SC205 BMW | Pierre Chauvet | 1:31.1500 |
| 8th | 3 | Jonathan Palmer / Desiré Wilson | Ford C100 | Ford Motor Company | 1:31.5700 |
| 9th | 12 | Emilio de Villota / Derek Daly / Fred Stiff | Grid Plaza S1 Ford | Grid Plaza Racing | 1:32.9000 |
| 10th | 8 | Guy Edwards / Rupert Keegan | Lola T610 Ford | Ultramar/Team Lola | 1:33.4300 |
| 11th | 22 | John Fitzpatrick / David Hobbs / Bob Wollek | Porsche 935 K4 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | 1:35.4700 |
| 12th | 6 | Ray Mallock / Mike Salmon | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Viscount Downe/Pace Petroleum | 1:36.6100 |
| 13th | 32 | Roland Binder / Rolf Götz | Lola T296 BMW | Roland Binder | 1:37.5500 |
| 14th | 21 | Hans Heyer / Bob Wollek / Henri Pescarolo | Porsche 936C | Vegla Racing Team/Joest-Porsche | 1:38.0200 |
| 15th | 4 | Siegfried Müller, Jr. / Stefan Johansson | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 1:39.6500 |
| 16th | 18 | John Paul, Jr. / Frank Jelinski | Porsche CK5 | Kremer Racing | 1:41.0800 |
| 17th | 20 | Eddie Jordan / Glenn Loxton / Dudley Wood | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Racing | 1:41.7600 |
| 18th | 5 | Helmut Gall / Harald Grohs | URD C81 BMW | URD-Rennwagenbau GmbH | 1:41.7700 |
| 19th | 29 | Nick Faure / Roy Baker / Eddie Arundel | Lola T298 Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 1:42.5700 |
| 20th | 36 | Tony Dron / Richard Cleare | Porsche 934 | R. H. Cleare Limited | 1:42.8500 |
| 21st | 16 | John Cooper / Paul Smith | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Racing | 1:43.5700 |
| 22nd | 19 | Jørgen Poulsen / Peter Hansen | Porsche 935 | Team Castrol Denmark | 1:43.7100 |
| 23rd | 41 | Jens Winther / Wolfgang Braun | BMW M1 | Team Castrol Denmark/Jens Winther | 1:43.7700 |
| 24th | 34 | Richard Lloyd / Jeff Allam | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras/GTi Engineering | 1:44.0800 |
| 25th | 37 | Chris Ashmore / Max Payne | Lotus Elan Ford | Arthur Hough Pressings/Ark Racing | 1:44.3200 |
| 26th | 30 | David Mercer / Mike Chittenden | Vogue SP2 Ford | David Mercer/Sevenoaks DMC | 1:44.9600 |
| 27th | 28 | David Kennedy / Gerry Amato / Martin Birrane | Chevron B36B Ford | Frox Clothing Limited | 1:45.3500 |
| 28th | 10 | David Preece / Reg Woodcock | Aston Martin DPLM | Dave Preece | 1:48.0300 |
| 29th | 27 | Barrie Williams / Simon Phillips | Martin BM8 Ford | Simon Phillips | 1:49.1500 |
| 30th | 35 | Edi Kofel / Peter Zbinden | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | FRC-Zurich | 1:49.9500 |
| 31st | 39 | Guido Daccò / Gianni Giudici | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Sivama Vesuvio Racing | 1:50.6200 |
| 32nd | 38 | Joe Castellano / Aldo Bertuzzi | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Sivama Vesuvio Racing | 1:52.0900 |
| 33rd | 60 | Les Blackburn / David Palmer | Mazda RX-7 | Manns Garage | 1:54.0100 |