| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:08.7620 |
| 2nd | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:09.5230 |
| 3rd | 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:10.2240 |
| 4th | 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:10.4560 |
| 5th | 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:10.9190 |
| 6th | 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:11.3660 |
| 7th | 3 | Eric Bernard / David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:11.7370 |
| 8th | 5 | Alexander Grau / Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:11.9150 |
| 9th | 6 | Michael Bartels / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:12.1370 |
| 10th | 17 | Bob Wollek / Carl Rosenblad / Patrice Goueslard | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Larbre Competition | 1:14.6010 |
| 11th | 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:16.6790 |
| 12th | 52 | Karl Wendlinger / David Donohue | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:17.4270 |
| 13th | 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:19.0760 |
| 14th | 70 | Christian Vann / Cor Euser / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:19.2060 |
| 15th | 77 | Jean-Pierre Jarier / François Lafon | Porsche 911 GT2 | Sonauto Levallois | 1:19.5320 |
| 16th | 57 | Sascha Maassen / Bruno Eichmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:19.7010 |
| 17th | 53 | Ni Amorim / Gary Ayles | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:20.4200 |
| 18th | 62 | Axel Rohr / Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:20.9840 |
| 19th | 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:21.0180 |
| 20th | 66 | Stephane Sallaz / Franz Konrad | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:21.3880 |
| 21st | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:21.7170 |
| 22nd | 27 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Patrick Caternet | McLaren F1 GTR | Parabolica Motorsports (BBA) | 1:22.9220 |
| 23rd | 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:22.9900 |
| 24th | 58 | André Ahrlé / Ratanakul Prutirat | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:23.1670 |
| 25th | 76 | Bernard Schwach / Peter Seikel / Fred Rosterg | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:23.2360 |
| 26th | 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:24.8390 |
| 27th | 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:25.7970 |
| 28th | 61 | Eric Graham / Hervé Poulain / David Smadja | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:25.8910 |