| 1st | 1 | Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 1:16.9100 |
| 2nd | 51 | Piercarlo Ghinzani / Teo Fabi | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 1:17.9800 |
| 3rd | 50 | Michele Alboreto / Riccardo Patrese | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 1:18.5900 |
| 4th | 7 | Manfred Winkelhock / Klaus Ludwig | Ford C100 | Ford | 1:19.9000 |
| 5th | 52 | Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti | Osella PA9/82 Carma Turbo | Jolly Club | 1:20.0400 |
| 6th | 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Hans Heyer | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 1:20.8800 |
| 7th | 4 | Bob Wollek / Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin | Porsche 936C | Belga Team Joest Racing | 1:21.2300 |
| 8th | 16 | Guy Edwards / Rupert Keegan | Lola T610 Ford | Ultramar Team Lola | 1:21.3600 |
| 9th | 23 | Henri Pescarolo / Gordon Spice | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 1:22.4500 |
| 10th | 37 | Emilio de Villota / David Hobbs | Grid Plaza S1 Ford | Grid Plaza | 1:23.3700 |
| 11th | 32 | Ray Mallock / Mike Salmon | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Viscount Downe with Pace Petroleum | 1:24.8800 |
| 12th | 19 | Siegfried Müller, Jr. / Walter Brun | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 1:25.1600 |
| 13th | 60 | John Cooper / Paul Smith | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Racing | 1:25.2700 |
| 14th | 31 | Geoff Lees / Bob Evans | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd. | 1:25.3300 |
| 15th | 78 | Gianpiero Moretti / Mauro Baldi | Porsche 935/78-81 | Momo | 1:26.2700 |
| 16th | 56 | Giorgio Francia / Duilio Truffo | Osella PA9 BMW | Osella Mirabella Racing | 1:26.3200 |
| 17th | 36 | Chris Craft / Raul Boesel / Eliseo Salazar | Dome RC82 Ford | Amada Dome | 1:27.2000 |
| 18th | 63 | Dieter Schornstein / Harald Grohs | Porsche 935J | Vegla Racing Team Joest Racing | 1:27.6300 |
| 19th | 64 | Edgar Dören / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 935 K3 | Lässig Obermaier Team | 1:28.1600 |
| 20th | 39 | Bernard de Dryver / Mike Wilds | De Cadenet Lola Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 1:29.4700 |
| 21st | 48 | Jim Crawford / Joe Castellano / Mark Thatcher | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Vesuvio Racing | 1:29.5000 |
| 22nd | 49 | Gianni Giudici / Mark Thatcher | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Vesuvio Racing | 1:30.2600 |
| 23rd | 55 | Martin Birrane / Robin Smith / Neil Crang | Chevron B36B Ford | Chevron Racing Cars with Frox Clothing Ltd. | 1:30.7000 |
| 24th | 59 | David Mercer / Barrie Williams / Mike Chittenden | Vogue SP2 Ford | David Mercer | 1:31.1900 |
| 25th | 38 | Jean-Pierre Delaunay / Christian Bussi / Jacques Guérin | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jacques Guerin | 1:31.3200 |
| 26th | 62 | Steve O'Rourke / Nick Mason / Jeff Allam | BMW M1 | EMKA Productions Ltd. | 1:32.1700 |
| 27th | 24 | Jean Rondeau / François Migault | Rondeau M482 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 1:32.4300 |
| 28th | 58 | Roy Baker / Eddie Arundel / Nick Faure | Lola T298 Ford | Dorset Racing Associates/Olympus Cameras | 1:32.6400 |
| 29th | 82 | Pete Lovett / Yojiro Terada / Tom Walkinshaw | Mazda RX-7 254i | Mazdaspeed | 1:33.5800 |
| 30th | 92 | Jens Winther / Lars-Viggo Jensen | BMW M1 | Team Castrol, Denmark | 1:33.8500 |
| 31st | 84 | Richard Lloyd / Andy Rouse | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras/GTi Engineering | 1:34.8900 |
| 32nd | 74 | Max Payne / Chris Ashmore | Lotus Elan | Arthur Hough Racing/Castrol/Ark Racing | 1:35.1000 |
| 33rd | 90 | Richard Cleare / Tony Dron | Porsche 934 | R. H. Cleare Ltd. | 1:35.2100 |
| 34th | 80 | Steve Earle / Richard Jones / Simon Phillips | Ferrari 512 BB | Simon Phillips | 1:35.6200 |
| 35th | 68 | Jan Lundgardh / Per Stureson | Porsche 935 L1 | Rennax Racing | 1:37.2200 |
| 36th | 85 | Tony Garcia / Albert Naon | BMW M1 | Tony Garcia Racing | 1:37.9400 |
| 37th | 91 | Peter Zbinden / Edi Kofel | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich | 1:38.1500 |
| 38th | 75 | Kenneth Leim / Kurt Simonsen | BMW 320 | Kenneth Leim | 1:40.6200 |
| 39th | 9 | Jean-Daniel Raulet / Roger Dorchy / Michel Pignard | WM P82 Peugeot | Secateva | 1:54.8100 |