| 1st | 8 | Pierre Kaffer / Allan McNish / Frank Biela | Audi R8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | 3:34.6830 |
| 2nd | 88 | Jamie Davies / Guy Smith / Johnny Herbert | Audi R8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | 3:34.9070 |
| 3rd | 5 | Rinaldo Capello / Tom Kristensen / Seiji Ara | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | 3:35.1690 |
| 4th | 2 | Emanuele Pirro / J.J. Lehto / Marco Werner | Audi R8 | Champion Racing - Dave Maraj | 3:35.8920 |
| 5th | 17 | Emmanuel Collard / Sébastien Bourdais / Nicolas Minassian | Pescarolo C60 Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:36.8010 |
| 6th | 15 | Jan Lammers / Chris Dyson / Katsutomo Kaneishi | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:37.3230 |
| 7th | 6 | João Barbosa / Rob Barff / Martin Short | Dallara LMP Judd | Rollcentre Racing | 3:39.2600 |
| 8th | 18 | Erik Comas / Benoit Tréluyer / Soheil Ayari | Pescarolo C60 Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:40.3990 |
| 9th | 22 | Andy Wallace / David Brabham / Hayanari Shimoda | Zytek 04S | Zytek Engineering LTD | 3:41.1810 |
| 10th | 9 | Hiroki Katou / Ryou Michigami / Ryou Fukuda | Dome S101 Mugen | Kondo Racing | 3:42.1430 |
| 11th | 31 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Sam Hancock / Alexander Frei | Courage C65 AER | Courage Compétition | 3:42.5920 |
| 12th | 16 | Tom Coronel / Justin Wilson / Ralph Firman | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:43.1220 |
| 13th | 25 | Thomas Erdos / Mike Newton / Nathan Kinch | MG Lola EX257 | RML | 3:48.1470 |
| 14th | 20 | John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard / Jens Moller | Lister Storm LMP | Lister Racing | 3:49.5420 |
| 15th | 14 | Werner Lupberger / Kevin McGarrity / Robbie Stirling | Nasamax DM139 Judd | Team Nasamax | 3:49.7790 |
| 16th | 64 | Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing | 3:52.1580 |
| 17th | 27 | Jon Field / Duncan Dayton / Larry Connor | Lola B160 Judd | Intersport Racing | 3:52.8620 |
| 18th | 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Max Papis | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing | 3:54.6120 |
| 19th | 4 | Didier André / Benjamin Leuenberger / Christian Vann | Lola B2K/10B Judd | Taurus Sports Racing | 3:55.7800 |
| 20th | 66 | Peter Kox / Tomáš Enge / Alain Menu | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Prodrive Racing | 3:56.4930 |
| 21st | 69 | Christophe Bouchut / Patrice Goueslard / Olivier Dupard | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Larbre Compétition | 3:56.9200 |
| 22nd | 35 | Gunnar Jeannette / Gavin Pickering / Renaud Derlot | Courage C65 Willman | Epsilon Sport | 3:57.8500 |
| 23rd | 65 | Darren Turner / Rickard Rydell / Colin McRae | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Prodrive Racing | 3:58.4930 |
| 24th | 29 | Bruno Besson / Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Sylvain Boulay | Reynard 2KQ Lehmann | Noël Del Bello | 3:59.2570 |
| 25th | 62 | Jean-Denis Delétraz / Ange Barde / Mike Hezemans | Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC | Barron Connor Racing | 4:00.7140 |
| 26th | 24 | Olivier Porta / Yojiro Terada / Patrice Roussel | WR LMP2 Peugeot | Rachel Welter | 4:05.8520 |
| 27th | 61 | John Bosch / Danny Sullivan / Thomas Biagi | Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC | Barron Connor Racing | 4:06.3750 |
| 28th | 11 | Patrick Bourdais / Jean-Luc Blanchemain / Roland Bervillé | Panoz GTP Elan | Panoz Motor Sport | 4:06.5150 |
| 29th | 36 | Tristan Gommendy / Jean-Bernard Bouvet / Bastien Brière | WR LMP2 | Gérard Welter | 4:08.7080 |
| 30th | 32 | Clint Field / William Binnie / Rick Sutherland | Lola B2K/40 Judd | Intersport Racing | 4:08.8240 |
| 31st | 90 | Sascha Maassen / Jörg Bergmeister / Patrick Long | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Dale White, White Lightning Racing | 4:09.6790 |
| 32nd | 70 | Jaime Melo / Stéphane Daoudi / Jean-René de Fournoux | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | JMB Racing | 4:11.0250 |
| 33rd | 87 | Marc Lieb / Mike Rockenfeller / Leo Hindery | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Orbit | 4:11.4360 |
| 34th | 85 | Stéphane Ortelli / Romain Dumas / Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:12.2370 |
| 35th | 75 | Tim Sugden / Nigel Smith / Ian Khan | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Thierry Perrier | 4:13.0090 |
| 36th | 77 | Haruki Kurosawa / Kazuyuki Nishizawa / Manabu Orido | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Choroq Racing Team | 4:13.9720 |
| 37th | 83 | Alex Caffi / Gabrio Rosa / Peter van Merksteijn | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:14.1890 |
| 38th | 10 | Phil Andrews / Calum Lockie / Anthony Kumpen | Lola B2K/10B Caterpillar | Taurus Sports Racing | 4:14.3800 |
| 39th | 84 | Tony Burgess / Philip Collin / Andrew Bagnall | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:16.0200 |
| 40th | 89 | Bob Berridge / Michael Caine / Christopher Stockton | TVR Tuscan T400R | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 4:16.1840 |
| 41st | 72 | Luc Alphand / Philippe Alméras / Christian Lavielle | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Luc Alphand Aventure | 4:18.7350 |
| 42nd | 86 | Alex Vasiliev / Robert Nearn / Nikolaj Fomenko | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:18.9730 |
| 43rd | 96 | Nigel Greensall / Lawrence Tomlinson / Gareth Evans | TVR Tuscan T400R | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 4:19.9800 |
| 44th | 81 | Ian Donaldson / Lars Nielsen / Gregor Fisken | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | The Racers Group | 4:20.0100 |
| 45th | 92 | Rob Wilson / Frank Mountain / Hans Hugenholtz | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Cirtek Motorsport | 4:20.5220 |
| 46th | 78 | David Warnock / Jim Matthews / Paul Daniels | Porsche 996 GT3-R | PK Sport LTD | 4:21.2770 |
| 47th | 80 | Neil Cunningham / Adam Sharpe / Steve Hyde | Morgan Aero 8 GTN | Morgan Works Race Team | 4:30.3550 |
| 48th | 37 | Paul Belmondo / Claude-Yves Gosselin / Marco Saviozzi | Courage C65 AER | Paul Belmondo Racing | 6:14.7880 |