| 1st | 1 | Brundle / Collard / Sospiri | Toyota GT-One | Toyota Motorsports | 3:31.8570 |
| 2nd | 12 | Brabham / Bernard | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | Panoz Motorsports | 3:31.9410 |
| 3rd | 3 | Katayama / Tsuchiya / Suzuki | Toyota GT-One | Toyota Motorsports | 3:32.4260 |
| 4th | 17 | Lehto / Müller | BMW V12 LMR | BMW Motorsport | 3:32.8670 |
| 5th | 2 | Boutsen / McNish / Kelleners | Toyota GT-One | Toyota Motorsports | 3:33.1740 |
| 6th | 6 | Lamy / Schneider / Lagorce | Mercedes-Benz CLR | AMG Mercedes | 3:33.8640 |
| 7th | 16 | Kristensen / Winkelhock | BMW V12 LMR | BMW Motorsport | 3:34.4930 |
| 8th | 8 | Pirro / Biela | Audi R8R | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:36.3900 |
| 9th | 11 | Magnussen / O'Connell / Angelelli | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | Panoz Motorsports | 3:36.5770 |
| 10th | 22 | Krumm / Motoyama / van de Poele | Nissan R391 | Nissan Motorsports | 3:36.9550 |
| 11th | 7 | Alboreto / Capello / Aiello | Audi R8R | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:37.5090 |
| 12th | 25 | Tinseau / Terrien / Montagny | Lola B98/10 Judd | DAMS | 3:37.6000 |
| 13th | 23 | Krumm / Motoyama / van de Poele | Nissan R391 | Nissan Motorsports | 3:38.0000 |
| 14th | 4 | Webber / Gounon / Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLR | AMG Mercedes | 3:38.2270 |
| 15th | 5 | Bouchut / Dumbreck / Heidfeld | Mercedes-Benz CLR | AMG Mercedes | 3:39.7300 |
| 16th | 29 | Pescatori / Policand / Baldi | Ferrari 333 SP | J.B. Jabouille Bouresche | 3:40.5730 |
| 17th | 30 | Pescatori / Policand / Baldi | Ferrari 333 SP | J.B. Jabouille Bouresche | 3:41.1170 |
| 18th | 18 | Bscher / Auberlen / Soper | BMW V12 LM | Price+Bscher | 3:41.5680 |
| 19th | 13 | Montermini / Caffi / Schiattarella | Courage C52 Nissan | Courage Compétition | 3:42.7850 |
| 20th | 19 | Matsushita / Katou / Nakaya | BMW V12 LM | Team Go | 3:42.8310 |
| 21st | 26 | Kox / Lammers / Coronel | Lola B98/10 Ford | Konrad Motorsport | 3:43.6870 |
| 22nd | 9 | Johansson / Theys / Ortelli | Audi R8C | Audi Sport UK | 3:43.7860 |
| 23rd | 21 | Cottaz / Ekblom / Goossens | Courage C52 Nissan | Nissan Motorsports | 3:44.3500 |
| 24th | 15 | Martini / Dalmas | BMW V12 LMR | BMW Motorsport | 3:44.9820 |
| 25th | 27 | Saldaña / Orbell / de Radigues | Lola B98/10 Ford | Kremer Racing | 3:45.5410 |
| 26th | 31 | Formato / Gache / Apicella / Fellows | Riley & Scott Mk III Series 2 | Riley & Scott Europe | 3:47.8710 |
| 27th | 14 | Pescarolo / Gay / Ferté | Courage C50 Porsche | Pescarolo Promotion | 3:47.9960 |
| 28th | 10 | Wallace / Weaver / McCarthy | Audi R8C | Audi Sport UK | 3:48.4060 |
| 29th | 32 | Formato / Gache / Apicella | Riley & Scott Mk III Series 2 | Riley & Scott Europe | 3:48.8840 |
| 30th | 24 | Terada / Fréon | Autoexe LMP99 Ford | Autoexe Motorsports | 3:50.2740 |
| 31st | 20 | Guillaume Gomez | WR LMP 99 Peugeot | Gérard Welter | 3:56.9560 |
| 32nd | 51 | Beretta / Dupuy / Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 3:57.2250 |
| 33rd | 52 | Wendlinger / Belloc / Ayari | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 3:58.5220 |
| 34th | 53 | Beretta / Wendlinger / Belloc | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 3:59.3610 |
| 35th | 57 | Erdos / Gläsel / Vann | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Hugh Chamberlain | 4:01.4800 |
| 36th | 55 | Emmanuel Clérico | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:01.8750 |
| 37th | 56 | Hugenholtz / Amorim / Seiler | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Hugh Chamberlain | 4:01.9700 |
| 38th | 50 | Drudi / Mello-Breyner / de Galzain | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | CICA Team Oreca | 4:03.8270 |
| 39th | 62 | Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 993 GT2 | Roock Racing | 4:03.8460 |
| 40th | 61 | Kaufmann / Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:04.0850 |
| 41st | 64 | Konrad / Kitchak | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsports | 4:04.2530 |
| 42nd | 54 | Gosselin / Belmondo / Rostan | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:05.0940 |
| 43rd | 65 | Chéreau / Goueslard | Porsche 911 GT2 | Chéreau Sport | 4:07.0240 |
| 44th | 63 | Ahrlé / Haupt | Porsche 993 GT2 | Roock Racing | 4:07.2070 |
| 45th | 81 | Alzen / Riccitelli | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Manthey Racing GmbH | 4:11.6290 |
| 46th | 67 | Jarier / Lafon / von Gartzen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Larbre Competition | 4:12.0720 |
| 47th | 66 | Monteiro / Monteiro / Maisonneuve | Porsche 911 GT2 | Estoril Racing Communication | 4:12.7170 |
| 48th | 80 | Wagner / Müller | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Dave Maraj | 4:14.2020 |
| 49th | 60 | Ishihara / Iketani / Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:15.0850 |
| 50th | 84 | Perrier / Ricci | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | Perspective Racing | 4:31.6660 |
| 51st | 83 | Neugarten / MacQuillan / Westwood | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | Gérard MacQuillan | 4:33.3240 |
| 52nd | 86 | Clark / Konig / Lintott | Chrysler Viper GTS | Brookspeed Motorsport | 5:19.5280 |
| 53rd | 68 | Ayles / *Jones / *Hammond | Porsche 911 GT2 | Gérard MacQuillan | 58:55.1909 |