| 11 | Bernd Schneider / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:18.6100 |
| 12 | Alexander Wurz / Greg Moore | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:18.6910 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:18.8570 |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:18.9130 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen / Hans-Joachim Stuck | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:19.0460 |
| 9 | Peter Kox / J.J. Lehto / *Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:19.4280 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans / Max Angelelli | Lotus Elise GT1 | GT1 Lotus Racing | 1:20.2560 |
| 5 | David Brabham / Andy Wallace / *Perry McCarthy | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | David Price Racing | 1:20.2940 |
| 3 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.3600 |
| 47 | Allan McNish / Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:20.5470 |
| 17 | Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | JB Racing | 1:20.5970 |
| 2 | John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.6160 |
| 8 | Roberto Ravaglia / Steve Soper / *J.J. Lehto | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:20.6500 |
| 1 | Geoff Lees / Anders Olofsson | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.6670 |
| 20 | Eric Bernard / Franck Lagorce | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:20.8600 |
| 27 | Gary Ayles / Chris Goodwin | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Parabolica Motorsport | 1:20.8740 |
| 30 | John Greasley / Magnus Wallinder / Geoff Lister | Porsche 911 GT1 | G Force | 1:21.6300 |
| 13 | Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix | Lotus Elise GT1 | GT1 Lotus Racing | 1:22.4070 |
| 4 | Perry McCarthy / Olivier Grouillard / *Andy Wallace | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | David Price Racing | 1:22.9470 |
| 29 | Julian Bailey / Eric van de Poele | Lister Storm GTL | NewCastle United | 1:23.8850 |
| 59 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:24.9830 |
| 56 | Bruno Eichmann / Stéphane Ortelli / *Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:25.1350 |
| 51 | Olivier Beretta / Philippe Gache | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:25.3160 |
| 54 | Richard Dean / Tim O'Kennedy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:26.0440 |
| 52 | Justin Bell / Tommy Archer | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:26.1930 |
| 77 | Robert Schirle / Christian Vann / *Peter Owen | Ford Saleen Mustang | Cirtek Motorsport | 1:26.8470 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Toni Seiler / Nick Ham / *Bernd Netzebrand | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:27.0570 |
| 97 | Cort Wagner / Dirk Layer / Kelly Collins | Porsche 911 GT2 | GMB Motorsports | 1:27.6070 |
| 55 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Wido Rössler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Karl Augustin | 1:27.8800 |
| 95 | Carlos Palau / Steve Saleen / *Price Cobb | Ford Saleen Mustang | Saleen Allen Speedlab | 1:28.0530 |
| 53 | Tim Moser / Patrick Vuillaume / Shane Lewis | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:28.0820 |
| 87 | André Ahrlé / Hugh Price / John Robinson | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:28.4340 |
| 57 | Uwe Alzen / Claudia Hürtgen / *Ni Amorim / *Pedro Chaves | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:28.7050 |
| 70 | Rainer Bonnetsmüller / Klaus Horn / *Gunther Bieninger | Porsche 911 GT2 | Dellenbach Motorsport | 1:28.8710 |
| 72 | Michel Neugarten / Stéphane de Groodt | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:29.5350 |
| 61 | Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner / Ulli Richter | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:29.5650 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Motorsport | 1:29.5810 |
| 58 | Michel Monteiro / Manuel Monteiro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Monteiro | 1:30.4110 |
| 62 | Denis Lay / Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:30.7960 |
| 80 | Mark Hales / William Wykeham / David Vegher | Morgan Plus 8 GTR | Charles Morgan | 1:32.1900 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:32.3650 |
| 60 | Martijn Koene / Rob Wilson | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:36.9410 |