| 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:16.0070 |
| 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:16.9460 |
| 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:18.4750 |
| 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:18.5740 |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:18.6920 |
| 70 | Christian Vann / Cor Euser / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:19.2060 |
| 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:19.2710 |
| 52 | Karl Wendlinger / David Donohue | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:19.6350 |
| 5 | Alexander Grau / Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:20.1100 |
| 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:20.1910 |
| 3 | Eric Bernard / David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:20.4430 |
| 57 | Sascha Maassen / Bruno Eichmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:20.8540 |
| 6 | Michael Bartels / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:21.0620 |
| 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:21.1220 |
| 77 | Jean-Pierre Jarier / François Lafon | Porsche 911 GT2 | Sonauto Levallois | 1:22.0790 |
| 53 | Ni Amorim / Gary Ayles | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:22.1390 |
| 66 | Stephane Sallaz / Franz Konrad | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:22.1520 |
| 62 | Axel Rohr / Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:22.3280 |
| 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:22.4560 |
| 58 | André Ahrlé / Ratanakul Prutirat | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:23.4910 |
| 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:23.7500 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:23.9750 |
| 17 | Bob Wollek / Carl Rosenblad / Patrice Goueslard | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Larbre Competition | 1:26.1010 |
| 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:27.1960 |
| 61 | Eric Graham / Hervé Poulain / David Smadja | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:28.9830 |
| 76 | Bernard Schwach / Peter Seikel / Fred Rosterg | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:30.5380 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:41.3910 |
| 27 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Patrick Caternet | McLaren F1 GTR | Parabolica Motorsports (BBA) | 1:43.1100 |