| 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:24.1380 |
| 3 | David Brabham / Eric Bernard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:25.1840 |
| 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:25.2880 |
| 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:26.5880 |
| 12 | Marcel Tiemann / Jean-Marc Gounon | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:27.1630 |
| 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:28.5140 |
| 6 | Michael Bartels / Max Angelelli | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:29.2570 |
| 15 | Geoff Lees / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | Davidoff Classic | 1:30.7420 |
| 70 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Christian Vann | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:31.7100 |
| 5 | Andreas Scheld / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:31.9800 |
| 7 | Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:32.1390 |
| 52 | Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:32.4050 |
| 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:33.6300 |
| 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans / André Ahrlé | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:34.3910 |
| 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:34.6920 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Altfrid Heger | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:35.5750 |
| 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:36.0610 |
| 53 | Ni Amorim / Matt Turner / Martin Short | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:36.2320 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:36.6100 |
| 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:36.6440 |
| 61 | Eric Graham / David Smadja / Emmanuel Clérico | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:36.9220 |
| 62 | Axel Rohr / Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:37.2860 |
| 98 | Sascha Maassen / David Warnock / Robert Nearn | Porsche 911 GT2 | Cirtek Motorsport | 1:37.4410 |
| 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:38.8400 |
| 58 | John Robinson / Hugh Price | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:39.0940 |
| 76 | Nigel Smith / Jean-François Véroux / Max Cohen-Olivar | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:41.8690 |
| 69 | Patrick Vuillaume / Gerold Ried | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:45.0530 |