| 1st | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:14.2980 |
| 2nd | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:14.4000 |
| 3rd | 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:14.8490 |
| 4th | 7 | Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:15.1320 |
| 5th | 3 | Eric Bernard / David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:15.1390 |
| 6th | 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:15.3820 |
| 7th | 11 | Bernd Mayländer / Christophe Bouchut | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:15.6800 |
| 8th | 6 | Max Angelelli / Michael Bartels | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:15.7340 |
| 9th | 70 | Cor Euser / Christian Vann / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:21.9370 |
| 10th | 51 | Pedro Lamy / Olivier Beretta | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:22.2480 |
| 11th | 52 | Karl Wendlinger / David Donohue | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:22.3860 |
| 12th | 56 | Stéphane Ortelli / Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:22.7000 |
| 13th | 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:23.4040 |
| 14th | 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:23.6930 |
| 15th | 53 | Ni Amorim / Dominic Chapell / Hans Hugenholtz | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:24.0960 |
| 16th | 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:24.3980 |
| 17th | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Zak Brown | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:24.5540 |
| 18th | 66 | Franz Konrad / Jan Lammers | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:24.5750 |
| 19th | 58 | André Ahrlé / Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:25.0830 |
| 20th | 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:26.1780 |
| 21st | 80 | Daniel Dror / Simon Gregg / Robert Schirle | Ford Saleen Mustang | GP Motorsport | 1:26.9290 |
| 22nd | 71 | Manno Schaafsma / Herman Buurman | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:27.0640 |
| 23rd | 76 | Andrew Bagnall / Max Cohen-Olivar / Nigel Smith | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:27.5420 |
| 24th | 87 | Christian Vogler / Manfred Jurasz / Gerhard Marchner | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:27.8080 |
| 25th | 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:28.1300 |
| 26th | 86 | Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte | Porsche 911 GT2 | Larbre Competition | 1:28.2930 |
| 27th | 61 | Klaus Horn / Mauro Casadei | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:28.8720 |
| 28th | 62 | Uwe Sick / Renato Mastropietro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:29.8940 |