| 1st | 6 | Michael Bartels / Max Angelelli | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:28.8690 |
| 2nd | 5 | Andreas Scheld / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:29.4560 |
| 3rd | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:29.9980 |
| 4th | 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:30.2170 |
| 5th | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:30.5000 |
| 6th | 3 | Christophe Tinseau / Franck Lagorce | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:30.5370 |
| 7th | 12 | Marcel Tiemann / Jean-Marc Gounon | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:30.7710 |
| 8th | 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:30.9570 |
| 9th | 70 | Harald Becker / Cor Euser / Christian Vann | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:31.8460 |
| 10th | 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:31.8950 |
| 11th | 66 | Franz Konrad / Altfrid Heger | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:32.2190 |
| 12th | 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:32.8990 |
| 13th | 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:33.2890 |
| 14th | 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:33.5650 |
| 15th | 15 | Geoff Lees / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | Davidoff Classic | 1:33.9090 |
| 16th | 52 | Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:34.2160 |
| 17th | 58 | André Ahrlé / Sascha Maassen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:34.9820 |
| 18th | 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:35.3800 |
| 19th | 53 | Ni Amorim / Manfred Stohl | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:35.6480 |
| 20th | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:36.0230 |
| 21st | 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:36.4150 |
| 22nd | 62 | *Uwe Sick / *Axel Rohr | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:36.9730 |
| 23rd | 76 | Ernst Palmberger / Manfred Jurasz / Gerhard Marchner | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:37.5560 |
| 24th | 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:38.2820 |
| 25th | 61 | Bruno Lambert / Mauro Casadei / Karl Baron | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:40.1810 |
| 26th | 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:42.4340 |
| 27th | 67 | Herbert Drexler / Wido Rössler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Remus Racing | 1:46.5970 |
| 28th | 78 | Kalman Bodis / Ferenc Ratkai | Porsche 911 GT2 | Bovi Motorsport | 1:47.3780 |
| 29th | 79 | Raffaele Sangiuolo / Günther Blieninger / Hans-Jörg Hofer | Porsche 911 GT2 | RWS | 1:49.5250 |
| 30th | 69 | Patrick Vuillaume / Gerold Ried | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 2:16.6830 |