| 1st | 62 | Mauro Baldi / Stefan Johansson | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber Mercedes | 1:24.9200 |
| 2nd | 61 | Jean-Louis Schlesser / Jochen Mass | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber Mercedes | 1:25.7200 |
| 3rd | 7 | Bob Wollek / Paolo Barilla | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 1:26.2500 |
| 4th | 2 | Jan Lammers / Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar XJR-9 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1:26.7100 |
| 5th | 1 | Eddie Cheever / Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-9 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1:27.5000 |
| 6th | 8 | Frank Jelinski / "John Winter" | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 1:28.2800 |
| 7th | 6 | Manuel Reuter / Jésus Pareja | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 1:28.4600 |
| 8th | 16 | Jochen Dauer / Franz Konrad | Porsche 962 C | Victor Dauer Racing | 1:29.1900 |
| 9th | 10 | Bruno Giacomelli / Volker Weidler | Porsche 962 CK6 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 1:29.4400 |
| 10th | 4 | Harald Huysman / Walter Brun | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 1:29.6500 |
| 11th | 5 | Uwe Schäfer / Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 1:30.6700 |
| 12th | 121 | Costas Los / Wayne Taylor | Spice SE87C Ford | G.P. Motorsport | 1:32.0100 |
| 13th | 111 | Ray Bellm / Gordon Spice | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Engineering | 1:32.1000 |
| 14th | 40 | Antoine Salamin / Giovanni Lavaggi | Porsche 962 C | Swiss Team Salamin | 1:32.5800 |
| 15th | 14 | David Hobbs / Martin Donnelly | Porsche 962 C GTi | Richard Lloyd Racing | 1:32.6000 |
| 16th | 127 | John Williams / Nick Adams / Richard Jones | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:32.7700 |
| 17th | 103 | Thorkild Thyrring / Almo Coppelli | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Engineering | 1:33.2200 |
| 18th | 107 | Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Louis Ricci | Spice SE88C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:34.5500 |
| 19th | 24 | Jean-Pierre Frey / Paolo Giangrossi | Lancia LC2/88 | Dollop Racing | 1:35.9100 |
| 20th | 109 | Maurizio Gellini / Ranieri Randaccio | Tiga GC288 Ford | Kelmar Racing | 1:36.3200 |
| 21st | 117 | "Pierre Chauvet" / Robin Smith | Argo JM19C Ford | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | 1:36.5300 |
| 22nd | 106 | Vito Veninata / Pasquale Barberio | Tiga GC288 Ford | Kelmar Racing | 1:37.5700 |
| 23rd | 160 | Hellmut Mundas / Stefan Neuberger / Rudi Seher | Gebhardt JC873 Ford | G. Gebhardt Motorsport | 1:38.3100 |
| 24th | 191 | Richard Piper / Olindo Iacobelli | Argo JM19C Ford | P.C. Automotive | 1:38.7500 |
| 25th | 177 | Dominique Lacaud / Gérard Tremblay / Louis Descartes | ALD 04 BMW | Louis Descartes | 1:40.6500 |
| 26th | 183 | Walter Maurer / Helmut Gall / Edgar Dören | Maurer Lotec C87 BMW Turbo | Walter Maurer | 1:41.1800 |
| 27th | 151 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi / Bruno Sotty | Spice SE86C Ford | Pierre Alain Lombardi | 1:41.3300 |
| 28th | 198 | John Sheldon / Neil Crang | Tiga GC286 Ford | Roy Baker Racing | 1:41.6100 |
| 29th | 124 | Pierre-François Rousselot / Jean Messaoudi | Argo JM19C Ford | MT Sport Racing | 1:41.8300 |
| 30th | 182 | Peter Fritsch / Dieter Heinzelmann | Argo JM19 Porsche Turbo | Pero Racing Team | 1:41.9800 |
| 31st | 20 | Tim Lee-Davey / Tom Dodd-Noble / Peter Oberndorfer | Porsche 962 C | Tim Lee-Davey | 1:42.3000 |