| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:52.5800 |
| 2nd | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:53.5200 |
| 3rd | 7 | Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas / Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:54.2210 |
| 4th | 8 | Bob Wollek / Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:54.5560 |
| 5th | 11 | Bernd Mayländer / Christophe Bouchut | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:56.2340 |
| 6th | 12 | Marcel Tiemann / Jean-Marc Gounon | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:56.2770 |
| 7th | 3 | Franck Lagorce / Johnny O'Connell / Christophe Tinseau | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:56.5640 |
| 8th | 6 | Michael Bartels / Alexander Grau / Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:58.1750 |
| 9th | 5 | Armin Hahne / Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:59.1990 |
| 10th | 15 | Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees | McLaren F1 GTR | Davidoff Classic | 1:59.5460 |
| 11th | 100 | Kunimitsu Takahashi / Akira Iida / Ryō Michigami | Honda NSX-S | Team Kunimitsu with Moon Craft | 2:02.5070 |
| 12th | 139 | Keiichi Tsuchiya / Tatsuya Tanigawa / Max Angelelli | Toyota Supra GT (JZA80) | IDC SARD Racing Team | 2:04.7150 |
| 13th | 70 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 2:05.1510 |
| 14th | 52 | Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell / Hideshi Matsuda | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 2:05.9530 |
| 15th | 51 | Pedro Lamy / Olivier Beretta / Dominique Dupuy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 2:06.0770 |
| 16th | 66 | Franz Konrad / Altfrid Heger / Stephane Sallaz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 2:08.5510 |
| 17th | 56 | Jan Lammers / Claudia Hürtgen / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 2:09.1260 |
| 18th | 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Sascha Maassen / Hisashi Wada | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 2:10.1150 |
| 19th | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 2:11.9220 |
| 20th | 53 | Hans Hugenholtz / Matt Turner / Hiroshi Sakai | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 2:13.4560 |
| 21st | 58 | André Ahrlé / Robert Nearn / Ratanakul Prutirat | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 2:14.7490 |
| 22nd | 76 | Nigel Smith / Takashi Suzuki | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 2:14.9190 |
| 23rd | 181 | Hideo Fukuyama / Nobuyuki Ohyagi / Tatsuya Mizutani | Nissan Silvia | Team Daishin | 2:15.3160 |
| 24th | 65 | Martin Stretton / Yukihiro Hane / Jun Harada | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 2:15.7180 |
| 25th | 69 | Patrick Vuillaume / Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 2:16.3890 |
| 26th | 62 | Uwe Sick / Franz Hunkeler / Jörg Clavuot | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 2:16.8850 |
| 27th | 110 | Hidehiko Asou / Akira Ishikawa / Yasutaka Hinoi | Porsche 911 GT2 (993 GT2) | Ability | 2:19.0140 |
| 28th | 61 | Eric Graham / David Smadja / Masahiro Kimoto | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 2:19.4600 |
| 29th | 87 | Gerhard Marchner / Sumio Sakurai / Tomiko Yoshikawa | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 2:20.1450 |
| 30th | 170 | Yoshimi Ishibashi / Patrick van Schoote / Hiroyuki Nodi | Porsche 911 GT2 | Team Gaikokuya | 2:21.4150 |
| 31st | 128 | Hajime Ooshiro / Kazuho Takahashi / Tadayuki Sato | Honda NSX-R | NSX Dream 28 Competition | 2:27.6330 |