| 5 | Seiji Ara / Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | 3:35.6800 |
| 2 | Emanuele Pirro / J.J. Lehto / Marco Werner | Audi R8 | Champion Racing - Dave Maraj | 3:35.8520 |
| 88 | Jamie Davies / Guy Smith / Johnny Herbert | Audi R8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | 3:36.0790 |
| 8 | Pierre Kaffer / Allan McNish / Frank Biela | Audi R8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | 3:36.8040 |
| 17 | Emmanuel Collard / Sébastien Bourdais / Nicolas Minassian | Pescarolo C60 Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:37.6010 |
| 15 | Jan Lammers / Chris Dyson / Katsutomo Kaneishi | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:40.3600 |
| 22 | Andy Wallace / David Brabham | Zytek 04S | Zytek Engineering LTD | 3:40.5010 |
| 18 | Erik Comas / Benoit Tréluyer / Soheil Ayari | Pescarolo C60 Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:40.5920 |
| 25 | Thomas Erdos / Nathan Kinch / Mike Newton | MG Lola EX257 | RML | 3:44.0470 |
| 6 | Martin Short / João Barbosa / Rob Barff | Dallara LMP Judd | Rollcentre Racing | 3:44.5840 |
| 9 | Hayanari Shimoda / Ryou Michigami / Hiroki Katou | Dome S101 Mugen | Kondo Racing | 3:45.7560 |
| 14 | Robbie Stirling / Werner Lupberger | Nasamax DM139 Judd | Team Nasamax | 3:46.5320 |
| 16 | Tom Coronel / Justin Wilson / Ralph Firman | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:47.3540 |
| 20 | John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard / Jens Moller | Lister Storm LMP | Lister Racing | 3:48.7170 |
| 4 | Benjamin Leuenberger / Christian Vann | Lola B2K/10B Judd | Taurus Sports Racing | 3:50.7650 |
| 27 | Jon Field / Duncan Dayton / Larry Connor | Lola B160 Judd | Intersport Racing | 3:50.9740 |
| 37 | Paul Belmondo / Claude-Yves Gosselin / Marco Saviozzi | Courage C65 AER | Paul Belmondo Racing | 3:53.8420 |
| 64 | Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing | 3:54.1170 |
| 31 | Christophe Tinseau / Jean-Marc Gounon / Jonathan Cochet | Courage C65 JPX | Courage Compétition | 3:54.1340 |
| 66 | Tomáš Enge / Peter Kox / Alain Menu | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Prodrive Racing | 3:55.1270 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Max Papis | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing | 3:56.1610 |
| 69 | Christophe Bouchut / Patrice Goueslard / Olivier Dupard | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Larbre Compétition | 3:57.1150 |
| 65 | Rickard Rydell / Darren Turner / Colin McRae | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Prodrive Racing | 4:00.0680 |
| 62 | Mike Hezemans / Ange Barde / Jean-Denis Delétraz | Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC | Barron Connor Racing | 4:00.7800 |
| 29 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Jérôme Policand / Bruno Hernandez | Reynard 2KQ Lehmann | Noël Del Bello | 4:04.5610 |
| 32 | Clint Field / William Binnie / Rick Sutherland | Lola B2K/40 Judd | Intersport Racing | 4:04.7400 |
| 24 | Patrice Roussel / Yojiro Terada / Olivier Porta | WR LMP2 Peugeot | Rachel Welter | 4:05.5350 |
| 35 | Gunnar Jeannette / Renaud Derlot / Lucas Lasserre | Courage C65 JPX | Epsilon Sport | 4:05.9340 |
| 61 | John Bosch / Danny Sullivan / Thomas Biagi | Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC | Barron Connor Racing | 4:06.0380 |
| 11 | Jean-Luc Blanchemain / Roland Bervillé / Patrick Bourdais | Panoz GTP Elan | Panoz Motor Sport | 4:06.9440 |
| 7 | Rocky Agusta / Sylvain Boulay / Almo Coppelli | Dallara LMP Judd | Spinnaker Clandesteam | 4:07.1070 |
| 85 | Stéphane Ortelli / Romain Dumas / Timo Bernhard | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:09.0710 |
| 75 | Ian Khan / Tim Sugden / Michel Neugarten | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Thierry Perrier | 4:09.7630 |
| 90 | Jörg Bergmeister / Michael Petersen / Patrick Long | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Dale White, White Lightning Racing | 4:12.3980 |
| 33 | Marc Goossens / Jean-Philippe Belloc / Alexander Frei | Courage C65 JPX | Courage Compétition | 4:12.8090 |
| 83 | Gabrio Rosa / Alex Caffi / Peter van Merksteijn | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:13.5470 |
| 70 | Melo / Stéphane Daoudi / Jean-René de Fournoux | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | JMB Racing | 4:13.7430 |
| 60 | Bruno Besson / Anthony Kumpen | Pagani Zonda | Force One Racing | 4:14.3940 |
| 34 | Jesús Diez de Villarroel | Courage C65 JPX | Epsilon Sport | 4:14.8600 |
| 87 | Leo Hindery / Marc Lieb / Mike Rockenfeller | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Orbit | 4:16.3710 |
| 78 | David Warnock / Jim Matthews / Paul Daniels | Porsche 996 GT3-R | PK Sport LTD | 4:18.5190 |
| 77 | Haruki Kurosawa / Kazuyuki Nishizawa / Manabu Orido | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Choroq Racing Team | 4:19.5340 |
| 92 | Frank Mountain / Rob Wilson / Robert Brooks | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Cirtek Motorsport | 4:19.7080 |
| 86 | Nikolaj Fomenko / Alex Vasiliev / Robert Nearn | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:20.3790 |
| 72 | Luc Alphand / Philippe Alméras / Christian Lavielle | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Luc Alphand Aventure | 4:21.5640 |
| 81 | Ian Donaldson / Gregor Fisken / Lars Nielsen | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | The Racers Group | 4:24.2280 |
| 89 | Bob Berridge / Christopher Stockton / Gareth Evans | TVR Tuscan T400R | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 4:25.3240 |
| 84 | Tony Burgess / Philip Collin / Grady Willingham | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:25.8380 |
| 96 | Nigel Greensall / Lawrence Tomlinson / Jonathan Coleman | TVR Tuscan T400R | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 4:26.6100 |
| 36 | Richard Balandras | WR LMP2 | Gérard Welter | 4:27.4860 |
| 80 | Neil Cunningham / Adam Sharpe / Keith Ahlers | Morgan Aero 8 GTN | Morgan Works Race Team | 4:27.5830 |
| 10 | Phil Andrews / Calum Lockie / Chuck Goldsborough | Lola B2K/10B Caterpillar | Taurus Sports Racing | 8:10.1880 |