| 17 | Eric Hélary / Sébastien Loeb / Soheil Ayari | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 4:01.1970 |
| 2 | Emanuele Pirro / Allan McNish / Frank Biela | Audi R8 | Champion Racing | 4:02.0270 |
| 7 | Nicolas Minassian / Jamie Campbell-Walter / Andy Wallace | DBA 03S Judd | Creation Autosportif | 4:02.9920 |
| 4 | Franck Montagny / Stéphane Ortelli / Jean-Marc Gounon | Audi R8 | Audi Playstation Oreca | 4:05.7700 |
| 3 | J.J. Lehto / Tom Kristensen / Marco Werner | Audi R8 | Champion Racing | 4:07.6430 |
| 5 | Ryou Michigami / Seiji Ara / Katsutomo Kaneishi | Dome S101 hb Mugen | Jim Gainer International | 4:08.7450 |
| 9 | Haruki Kurosawa / Sam Hignett / John Stack | Zytek 04S | Team Jota - Zytek | 4:09.5780 |
| 32 | Sam Hancock / Liz Halliday / Gregor Fisken | Lola B05/40 AER | Intersport Racing | 4:11.7190 |
| 34 | Ian James / John Macaluso / Andy Lally | Courage C65 AER | Miracle Motorsports | 4:12.7540 |
| 16 | Jean-Christophe Boullion / Erik Comas / Emmanuel Collard | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 4:13.5260 |
| 37 | Didier André / Paul Belmondo / Rick Sutherland | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:14.4060 |
| 10 | Jan Lammers / Elton Julian / John Bosch | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 4:15.8160 |
| 50 | Vincent Vosse / Patrice Goueslard / Olivier Dupard | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Larbre Competition | 4:20.6880 |
| 8 | Michael Krumm / Bobby Verdon-Roe / Harold Primat | Dallara LMP Nissan | Rollcentre Racing | 4:20.8620 |
| 31 | Christophe Pillon / Ni Amorim / Romain Iannetta | Courage C65 Mecachrome | Noel del Bello | 4:21.5620 |
| 59 | Darren Turner / Stéphane Sarrazin / David Brabham | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 4:22.6000 |
| 61 | Christophe Bouchut / Alex Vasiliev / Nikolaj Fomenko | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Cirtek Motorsport | 4:23.8850 |
| 52 | Matteo Malucelli / Toni Seiler / Michele Bartyan | Ferrari 550 Maranello | BMS Scuderia Italia | 4:24.6860 |
| 76 | Raymond Narac / Sébastien Dumez / Romain Dumas | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Raymond Narac | 4:25.5980 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano / Bruce Jouanny / Jonathan Cochet | Courage C60H Judd | Courage Competition | 4:26.2470 |
| 36 | Claude-Yves Gosselin / Karim Ojjea / Adam Sharpe | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:27.2680 |
| 93 | Andrew Kirkaldy / Nathan Kinch / Anthony Reid | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | Scuderia Ecosse | 4:28.7240 |
| 18 | João Barbosa / Martin Short / Vanina Ickx | Dallara LMP Judd | Rollcentre Racing | 4:28.8520 |
| 25 | Thomas Erdos / Mike Newton / Warren Hughes | MG Lola EX264 | RML | 4:28.8690 |
| 33 | Sergey Zlobin / Juan Barazi / Bastien Brière | Courage C65 AER | Intersport Racing | 4:29.2170 |
| 51 | Christian Pescatori / Fabrizio Gollin / Miguel Ramos | Ferrari 550 Maranello | BMS Scuderia Italia | 4:30.9730 |
| 58 | Peter Kox / Pedro Lamy / Tomáš Enge | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 4:31.0220 |
| 30 | Phillip Bennett / Ian Mitchell / Tim Mullen | Courage C65 Judd | Kruse Motorsport | 4:31.1270 |
| 35 | Val Hillebrand / Frank Hahn / Gavin Pickering | Courage C65 Judd | G-Force Racing | 4:31.4530 |
| 71 | Mike Rockenfeller / Marc Lieb / Leo Hindery | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Alex Job Racing | 4:32.2350 |
| 77 | Bill Auberlen / Robin Liddell / Scott Maxwell | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Panoz Motor Sports | 4:32.9040 |
| 90 | Jörg Bergmeister / Timo Bernhard / Patrick Long | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | White Lightning Racing | 4:33.1070 |
| 69 | Stéphane Daoudi / Jean-René de Fournoux / Jim Matthews | Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC | JMB Racing | 4:33.6000 |
| 64 | Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 4:36.2090 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Max Papis | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 4:36.3090 |
| 85 | Tom Coronel / Donny Crevels / Peter van Merksteijn | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2 R | Spyker Squadron | 4:36.5390 |
| 20 | Marc Rostan / Philippe Haezebrouck / Pierre Bruneau | Pilbeam MP93 JPX | Pierre Bruneau | 4:39.0590 |
| 72 | Luc Alphand / Christopher Campbell / Jérôme Policand | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Luc Alphand Aventures | 4:41.0650 |
| 24 | Patrice Roussel / Yojiro Terada / William Binnie | WR LMP2 Peugeot | Rachel Welter | 4:42.4030 |
| 89 | Thorkild Thyrring / Pierre Ehret / Lars Nielsen | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Sebah Automotive | 4:43.1500 |
| 80 | Seth Neiman / Lonnie Pechnik / Johannes Van Overbeek | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 4:44.4340 |
| 12 | Dominik Schwager / Christian Vann / Alexander Frei | Courage C60H Judd | Courage Competition | 4:45.0840 |
| 91 | Xavier Pompidou / Yutaka Yamagishi / Jean-Luc Blanchemain | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | T2M Motorsport | 4:47.9220 |
| 95 | Piers Johnson / Richard Stanton / John Hartshorne | TVR Tuscan T400R | Racesport Peninsula TVR | 4:48.3790 |
| 83 | Philip Collin / Horst Felbermayr / David Shep | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Seikel Motorsport | 4:49.4040 |
| 23 | Jean-Bernard Bouvet / Sylvain Boulay / Robert Julien | WR LMP2 | Gerard Welter | 4:51.1630 |
| 39 | Bob Berridge / Peter Owen / Gareth Evans | Lola B05/40 AER | Chamberlain Synergy Motorsport | 4:51.5140 |
| 92 | Joe Macari / Stefan Eriksson / Rob Wilson | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Cirtek Motorsport | 4:53.0190 |
| 78 | Bryan Sellers / Marino Franchitti / Patrick Bourdais | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Panoz Motor Sports | 5:07.9550 |