| 1st | 61 | Jean-Louis Schlesser / Jochen Mass | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber Mercedes | 1:15.0200 |
| 2nd | 1 | Eddie Cheever / Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-9 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1:16.6700 |
| 3rd | 62 | Mauro Baldi / James Weaver | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber Mercedes | 1:16.7400 |
| 4th | 7 | Bob Wollek / Philippe Streiff / David Hobbs | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing GmbH | 1:16.8600 |
| 5th | 14 | Derek Bell / Tiff Needell | Porsche 962 C GTi | Richard Lloyd Racing | 1:17.2000 |
| 6th | 2T | Jan Lammers / Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar XJR-9 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1:17.3800 |
| 7th | 10 | Kris Nissen / Harald Grohs | Porsche 962 C | Porsche Kremer Racing | 1:17.4600 |
| 8th | 8 | Frank Jelinski / Stanley Dickens / "John Winter" | Porsche 962 C | Joest Racing GmbH | 1:19.6700 |
| 9th | 201 | David Kennedy / Yojiro Terada / Yoshimi Katayama | Mazda 767 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | 1:20.2300 |
| 10th | 121 | Costas Los / Wayne Taylor | Spice SE87C Ford | G.P. Motorsport | 1:21.9500 |
| 11th | 40 | Antoine Salamin / Hellmut Mundas / Max Cohen-Olivar | Porsche 962 C | Swiss Team Salamin | 1:22.1000 |
| 12th | 111 | Gordon Spice / Ray Bellm | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Engineering | 1:22.6400 |
| 13th | 127 | Nick Adams / Ian Khan | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:22.7400 |
| 14th | 24 | Jean-Pierre Frey / Nicola Marozzo | Lancia LC2/88 | Dollop Racing | 1:23.1600 |
| 15th | 103 | Thorkild Thyrring / Almo Coppelli | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Engineering | 1:23.4400 |
| 16th | 117 | Will Hoy / Martin Schanche | Argo JM19C Ford | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | 1:24.2100 |
| 17th | 107 | Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Louis Ricci | Spice SE88C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:24.8900 |
| 18th | 115 | Tom Dodd-Noble / Stefano Sebastiani / Colin Pool | ADA 03 Ford | A.D.A. Engineering | 1:26.2400 |
| 19th | 42 | Bernard Santal / Jacques Guillot / Noël del Bello | Sauber C8 Mercedes | Unigestion Team | 1:26.5100 |
| 20th | 109 | Pasquale Barberio / Vito Veninata / Ranieri Randaccio | Tiga GC288 Ford | Kelmar Racing | 1:26.5900 |
| 21st | 123 | Tim Harvey / Duncan Bain / Chris Hodgetts | Tiga GC287 Porsche Turbo | Charles Ivey Racing/Team Istel | 1:27.7400 |
| 22nd | 112 | Sean Walker / Paul Stott / Evan Clements | Tiga GC287 Ford | FAI Automotive | 1:29.1300 |
| 23rd | 198 | Chris Ashmore / Mike Kimpton / David Andrews | Tiga GC286 Ford | Roy Baker Racing | 1:30.7900 |
| 24th | 191 | Richard Piper / Olindo Iacobelli | Argo JM19C Ford | P.C. Automotive | 1:31.5100 |
| 25th | 181 | Luigi Taverna / Fabio Magnani / Roberto Ragazzi | Olmas GLT-200 Ford | Luigi Taverna Technoracing | 1:32.7100 |
| 26th | 177 | Dominique Lacaud / Michel Lateste | ALD 03 BMW | Louis Descartes | 1:33.0500 |
| 27th | 178 | Gérard Tremblay / Michel Lateste / Louis Descartes | ALD 04 BMW | Louis Descartes | 1:34.8900 |