| 1st | 4 | Didier de Radigues / Bill Auberlen | Riley & Scott Mk III BMW | BMW Team Rafanelli | 1:24.9860 | 171.9810 |
| 2nd | 3 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Steve Soper | Riley & Scott Mk III BMW | BMW Team Rafanelli | 1:26.3720 | 169.2210 |
| 3rd | 19 | Anthony Beltoise / Philippe Gache | Riley & Scott Mk III Ford | Solution F | 1:28.2540 | 165.6020 |
| 4th | 6 | Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner / Angelo Zadra | Ferrari 333 SP | Autosport Racing SRL | 1:28.7260 | 164.7310 |
| 5th | 14 | Tim Sugden / Grant Orbell | BRM P301 Nissan | BRM | 1:31.3910 | 159.9280 |
| 6th | 45 | Fabio Mancini / Luca Riccitelli | Tampolli RTA-98 Alfa Romeo | Tampolli Engineering | 1:31.1980 | 160.2660 |
| 7th | 44 | Felice Tedeschi / Gianluca Giraudi | Tampolli RTA-98 Alfa Romeo | Tampolli Engineering | 1:32.1460 | 158.6170 |
| 8th | 5 | Vincenzo Sospiri / Emmanuel Collard | Ferrari 333 SP | JB Giesse Team Ferrari | 1:23.5000 | 175.0410 |
| 9th | 27 | Fredy Lienhard / Didier Theys | Ferrari 333 SP | Horag-Lista Team | 1:29.3810 | 163.5240 |
| 10th | 16 | Alex Caffi / Andrea Chiesa | Riley & Scott Mk III Chevrolet | Target 24 | 1:30.5410 | 161.4900 |
| 11th | 47 | Piergiuseppe Peroni / Leonardo Maddalena | Lucchini P1-98 Alfa Romeo | Siliprandi Racing | 1:32.1610 | 158.5920 |
| 12th | 10 | Almo Coppelli / Rocky Agusta | Kremer K8 Porsche | Agusta Kremer Racing | 1:32.6790 | 157.7050 |
| 13th | 41 | Beppe Gabbiani / Filipe Ortiz / Fulvio Ballabio | Centenari M1 Alfa Romeo | Centenari Racing SRL | 1:32.9240 | 157.2890 |
| 14th | 43 | Loic Depailler / João Barbosa / "Rael" | Centenari M1 Alfa Romeo | Centenari Racing SRL | 1:32.9530 | 157.2400 |
| 15th | 32 | André Cholley / Edouard Sezionale / Jean-Claude de Castelli | Debora LMP296 BMW | Waterair Sports | 1:33.1280 | 156.9450 |
| 16th | 15 | Robbie Stirling / Chris Hodgetts | McNeil-Lola 981 Judd | McNeil Engineering | 1:33.3550 | 156.5630 |
| 17th | 51 | Massimo Perazza / Filippo Finocchiaro | Lucchini SP96/3 Alfa Romeo | Siliprandi Racing | 1:33.5250 | 156.2790 |
| 18th | 40 | Xavier Pompidou / Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. / Robin Donovan | Centenari MAC3 Alfa Romeo | Centenari Racing SRL | 1:33.8370 | 155.7590 |
| 19th | 9 | Alfonso de Orleans / Tomas Saldaña | Kremer K8 Porsche | Repsol Kremer Racing | 1:34.1880 | 155.1790 |
| 20th | 50 | Marco Zadra / Fabio Poggetti | Lucchini SP96 Alfa Romeo | Cipriani Motorsport | 1:34.2050 | 155.1510 |
| 21st | 48 | Gianni Giudici / Arturo Merzario / Giovanna Amati | Gaiero SPN Alfa Romeo | Scuderia Giudici | 1:35.6550 | 152.7990 |
| 22nd | 46 | Luigi Taverna / Stefano Comandini / Giovanni Anzeloni | Osella PA20 BMW | Luigi Taverna | 1:39.2240 | 147.3030 |
| 23rd | 49 | Stefano Buttiero / Raffaele Di Bari / Mauro Calicetti | Picchio A001 BMW | Picchio SPA | 1:39.4050 | 147.0340 |
| 24th | 18 | Fabio Montani / Gabrio Rosa | Chevron B73 BMW | Target 24 | 1:43.7620 | 140.8600 |